Aaron Norman July 14, 1929 to March 20, 2011

[Mark Smith]

Aaron Norman passed away March 20th from kidney failure and complications from it. As may of us may know, he was a prominent photographer of tropical fish in all the major American tropical fish magazines and many books as well.

[dpopok]

Mark - Aaron was my uncle - I think I met you at the service (you were the young guy standing near Warren, right?). Please email me at dpopok@hiwaay.net - we are struggling with what to do with his photo stock - ideas would be appreciated. I will provide complete contact info in response to your email. THANKS!! Dan Popok (Huntsville, AL)

[Mark Smith]

Hi Dan:

I just sent you an e-mail this morning. I sent it to dpropok@hiway.net as dpropok@hiwaay.net appeared not to work.

[Darrell Ullisch]

Mark, you have an "r" after the dp at the start of both those emails, he did not have it in his.

I remember seeing Aaron Norman's photos in The Aquarium magazine, as well as many books and other magazines. They were always amazing to me, and I have always held them as a standard to meet when trying to shoot my own fish pictures (without much success, I'm afraid). My heartfelt condolences on the loss, his contributions to the hobby will live forever.

Darrell Ullisch

[Mark Smith]

Thanks for pointing that out Darrell. I'll go back and check my e-mail to make sure. Yes, Aaron did have lots of great images, as well as a unique style.