2019 – in memoriam Arthur David Pollock
March 22, 1950 – July 6, 2018.
Sharon, Massachusetts, USA
Arthur David Pollock, age 68, of Sharon, Massachusetts died peacefully at home on July 6th, surrounded by a family that loved him dearly. For nearly 40 years Arthur was the beloved husband of Judy Cockerton. He was the devoted father of Jesse, Jenna and Brianna Pollock;
loving son of the
late Max and Diana
Pollock; and cherished
brother of Gloria
Milner.
Born in Brooklyn, New
York and raised on
Long Island, Arthur
was passionate about
many things in life,
especially photogra-
phy, music and mov-
ies. He enjoyed good
food, whether making
homemade pizza with
his youngest daugh-
ter every Wednesday
night or dining out in
a fancy restaurant. A
bag of fresh bagels was always in his arms when he went to work on Saturdays. Arthur loved his work. For
almost fififty years Arthur was a
dedicated photojournalist who
spent the majority of his career
as a Photographer and Photo
Editor at the Boston Herald.
Beginning with his time at The
Daily Cardinal (University of
Wisconsin – Madison) and the
start of his professional life in
Hammond, Indiana and Lowell, Massachusetts, he documented
day to day life in the communi-
ties he served. Hired on staff at
the Boston Herald in the early
eighties, he worked assignments
around the world and on major
features like the Space Shuttle Chal- lenger explosion. Arthur’s passion for photography led him to receive numerous awards throughout his time in the fifield, including the World Press Award and Na- tional Press Photog- raphers Association Picture of the Year.
In 2011, a book of
his photographs was published by Unpiano Books and exhibited in San Francisco.
His iconic photos of Boston, represented by Magnum Photos, continue to reach people all over the world. Arthur loved and admired his three children. A parent by
birth and by adoption, he supported children and youth living in foster care by providing
seed fund-
ing for the award winning Treehouse Foundation and ongoing fifi- nancial support for Birdsong Farm’s animal therapy pro- grams.
Arthur also en-
joyed contrib-
uting his time
at Camp To Belong Mas-
sachusetts, a program designed to reunite sisters and brothers who are separated when
placed in foster care. For over a decade, Arthur could be found at CTB MA taking photos of camp- ers and making videos of their sibling adventures. Graveside Service was held Sunday, July 8, 2018 ~ Levine Chapels Obituary
Longtime Boston Herald photographer Arthur Pollock, whose 40-year career spanned the dark room to the digital news- room, died yesterday. Pollock, 68, made a mark
on the Boston news landscape photo- graphing thousands of news events, ce- lebrities and athletes. He kept up the pace after being named assistant chief pho- tographer. “I had the honor of watching Arthur take pictures for decades,” said Herald Editor-in- Chief Joe Sciacca. “I saw him photograph Christa McAuliffe in Houston and then the horrifific Chal- lenger disaster that took her life at Cape Kennedy. I watched as he studied an or- phanage in Huambo, Angola, before click- ing away as Ethel Kennedy embraced children there. And
I saw him chronicle events — happy, sad, uplifting, tragic — that we were assigned to cover as daily news cycles turned into years.
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“Arthur didn’t just take his work seriously. He immersed himself in it, caught up in every moment he captured,” Sciacca added. “He did it with humor, compassion, intelligence and remarkable energy. In every image he left, there is a part of his spirit.”
Herald photo department director James Mahoney called Pollock “fifirst a friend” then a colleague and mentor. “He was really a terrifific guy who loved being a Herald news photographer. To day is a sad day for his family and for us,” Mahoney said. “What he could do with a camera was often magic and his imagination was boundless as his sense of humor. He was a really tremendous photographer who I counted on frequently to get the right photo for our stories. .. It was an honor to work with him for last 34 years. I’ll miss him.”
Herald publisher Kevin Corrado said, “Arthur