"He had begun his career shooting photos for his high school yearbook and college newspaper, though, and always remembered what a simple slice-of-life picture means for those who aren't famous or immersed in a startling news event. Away from work, he photographed his sons' high school sports events and kept doing so after they graduated because he knew photos are treasured memories that linger for years on everything from refrigerators to social media pages."
""To this day, I don't know how many people have his pictures," said his wife, Britt, who added that for Mr. Young, a photo was more than just a fraction of a second, frozen in a frame. "He always said his main objective was to be able to give something to someone that they could cherish forever," she said. "For most people who are into photography, there's a deeper passion, and he had that deeper passion for sure.""
Mr. Young began his career shooting photos for his high school yearbook and college newspaper and valued everyday slice-of-life images for non-famous subjects. He photographed his sons' high school sports and continued afterward because he knew photos become cherished memories on refrigerators and social media. His wife Britt said a photo was more than a fraction of a second and that his objective was to give people something they could cherish forever. He was a vigorous endurance athlete who completed the Lake Placid Ironman, the New York City Marathon, and Paris-Brest-Paris in just over 80 hours in 1999. He died at 57 on Aug. 23 in Illinois when a car struck him while he was bicycling during an annual low-key triathlon held to honor a cyclist he had known since boyhood; an investigation is continuing.
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