Fred Lynch retired in 2018 after capturing images for the Southeast Missourian since 1975, in that time moving from black-and-white to color, from film to digital and to video. The blog title is a nod to an earlier era of news photography and the 4x5 Speed Graphic: It's more important to be there for the shot than to worry about technical details.

"Resume Speed - Thank You"

Posted Monday, September 5, 2016, at 12:00 AM

Missouri State Highway Patrol officers work a two-vehicle accident along the two-lane stretch of Highway 61 next to Memorial Park north of Cape Girardeau in this undated photo by G.D. Fronabarger.

Known as One-Shot Frony, the photographer made two pictures with his 4x5 Speed Graphic on this occasion. A license plate indicates the year circa 1961.

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I wonder if he was on his cell phone. Ha.

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