Peter-Dechert-Obituary

Peter Dechert

Santa Fe, New Mexico

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PETER DECHERT Peter Dechert, photojournalist and jazz musician, died peacefully at his home in Santa Fe on November 22, aged 91. He was a graduate of the Los Alamos Ranch School (1941) and the University of Pennsylvania (BA 1948, MA 1950, PhD 1955). He also attended the Lawrenceville School and...

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Me, Peter D & Ron M

Peter D was my inspiration and teacher when I embarked on writing a book on Canon Rangefinder Lenses which was finally produced in 2008. I only met Peter once back in 2004 but the distance was shortened with the advent of the email digital era.
Quote from Peter's book which I stand by today is "If one waits for the revelation of absolute fact, true truth, one will wait for ever" Unquote.
Rest in peace Peter your name will NEVER be forgotten.

Caroline. Am so sorry for the loss of your father. It was a blessing for you and him that you were able to be back in NM for his later years. What an amazing man-I enjoyed reading about his life in the Newspaper obituary.

He was a very dear man. He was always honest and caring at Holy Faith. I loved hearing from him about photography, and observing his photographs. He could not stand anything ungrammatical, and was fierce to those who dared dangle their participles.

Caroline My deepest sympathy on the loss of your father. Tom Dillon