If you live or have lived in metroDetroit™ or follow the goings-on of southeast Michigan, you’ve surely seen some of Max Ortiz’s photographic work, from the purely didactic or ceremonial to seemingly “fly-on-the-wall”, images captured by Ortiz’s sharp eye that would have been missed in those blink-of-an-eye moments.
Max Ortiz hangs expensive Detroit News video camera inches from the ground while filming the Dream Cruise along Woodward Ave, Aug 17, 2006.
Photo: David Guralnick, Detroit News
Max Ortiz passed away at the all-too-young age of 58 on May 31, 2024 and the News [and we here at !detroit] pays tribute to staff photographer and more, a California native with transplanted roots long grown in Royal Oak, MI.
Alt links for your convenience via archive.is:
- The Detroit News : Max Ortiz, award-winning photojournalist, dies at 58
- Detroit News photo gallery: Max Ortiz remembered as talented, caring Detroit News photojournalist
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