Dancers in Op, 11/100, Signed, Lyle J Wessell

Lyle J Wessale APSA. WW2 PHOTOGRAPHER. The photo is Numbered 11 of 100. 8” x 10” backed to 11” x 14”. A World War II Army photographer, Lyle S. Wessale was a graduate of Yale University's Progressive School of Photography and Indiana's Winona School of Photography. He was awarded the "Master of Photography" degree in 1959 by Professional Photographers of America Inc. and in 1967 elected as an Associate of the Photographic Society of America. Hundreds of his prints have been exhibited in photographic salons around the world, and his awards include eight gold and two silver medals. He has also received numerous "Best of Show" and First Place awards at art fairs in Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin and Florida. Among the collections his work is held in: Coca Cola Co., Caterpillar, Atlantic- Richfield Co., Seattle Art Museum and Rowland Development Corp. Lyle Wessale of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, passed away November 5, 2004, at the age of 78.He joined the Photographic Society.