Rios, Dan. Interview transcript, March 30, 2017.

Title

Rios, Dan. Interview transcript, March 30, 2017.

Description

Daniel Flores Rios, born in Hanford, California. April 10th, 1939 to Theodore and Jennie Rios, was the Chief Photographer at the Escondido Times-Advocate and North County Times newspapers. This interview recounts Rios's childhood and early adulthood, and his personal and educational journey towards becoming a news photographer.

As a child and teen laborer Rios, due to extreme heat, convinced his field worker family to leave the Central Valley and join his aunts in San Diego. They moved in 1953. As a 14 year old teen high school drop-out, Rios started his own gardening and landscaping business in La Jolla, California. A client convinced Rios to attend night school to get his high school degree. Rios then pursued a civil engineering degree at community college, eventually dropping the pursuit of engineering when he finds his passion for photography. Rios acquired a degree in commercial and portrait photography at San Diego Community college where he met his mentors. After graduation he sought work as a photographer and landed an interview in Escondido for the regional newspaper, the Escondido Times-Advocate.

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Date

2017-03-30

Publisher

California State University San Marcos University Library

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California State University San Marcos

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text

Identifier

RiosDan_ClausenAlexa_2017-03-30_transcript

Files

RiosDan_ClausenAlexa_2017-03-30_transcript.pdf

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Citation

Daniel Flores Rios, “Rios, Dan. Interview transcript, March 30, 2017.,” Voices of North County, accessed November 14, 2024, https://archivesoralhistories.csusm.edu/items/show/332.