Photos: A look back at the career of AJC photographer Ray West

Flashback Photos

Flashback Photos: A look back at the work of AJC photographer Ray West

Photos by former Atlanta newspaper photographer Ray West, father of Kanye West.

1982: Georgia Tech head football coach Bill Curry gets a panoramic view of his 1982 edition of the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets.

Aug. 3, 1983: President Ronald Reagan greets Georgia Lt. Gov. Zell Miller and House Speaker Tom Murphy at Dobbins Air Force Base.

1980: Poet, novelist Maya Angelou.

1979: An estimated 3,000 Georgia teachers march for higher wages in Atlanta despite rain. Some of the legible signs held by protesters read "Butts County says we'll teach your children if you will feed ours, " Dedication does not pay bills, " "5% won't pay my rent" and "GAE speaks for me."

1980s: Dante's Down the Hatch, restaurant and bar in Underground Atlanta.

March 3, 1979: Ga. Senator Horace Tate speaks in front of the Georgia Capitol building.

Aug. 31, 1982: Max Cleland being congratulated by his mother Juanita.

Aug. 5, 1983: The Rev. Ralph David Abernathy's first public appearance since brain surgery. Hosea Williams is in the background.

1983: The Rev. Ralph David Abernathy.

March 24, 1982: Midtown office building at 1145 Peachtree St. to be renovated. Colony Square Hotel and office buildings in background.

Nov. 6, 1978: African-American child wearing a lacy bonnet in Perry Homes public housing project in Atlanta.

1982: Capital Hotel (73 Park Place) with the Georgia Pacific Headquarters Bldg in the background.

Nov. 2, 1978: Clothesline strung between pine trees at a public housing apartment building in Gilbert Gardens, Atlanta.

Nov. 6, 1978: Early morning at the boarded-up McDaniel-Glen Public Housing complex, Atlanta.

May 17, 1983: Gary Alexander, vice president with Thomson-McKinnon Brokerage firm.

January 1981: Gene Loring (left), Christopher's Kind retail bookstore, at the Atlanta Gay Center, directed by Ray Kluka, Atlanta.

June 17, 1979: Good Buddy's Fast Food restaurant at 830 McDonough Blvd. S.E.

June 17, 1979: Good Buddy's Fast Food restaurant at 830 McDonough Blvd. S.E.

1983: Interior of the Academy of Medicine.

1980: Len Anthony, general manager of WMKJ-FM, formerly of WPLO.

1979: Lloyd Adams, founder of The International Picture Show Company.

1981: From the original caption: "Despite a police campaign against prostitution, side streets off Peachtree Street between 6th and 14th streets is still a haven for hookers, especially at night and during warmer temperatures. This is Peachtree between 11th and 10th streets."

May 17, 1983: Mrs. Olivette Allison, Director of the Carrie Steele-Pitts Home.

December 1981: Plaza Drugs has been an Atlanta landmark since 1951.

Aug. 26, 1978: Retired domestic worker Dorothy Longstreet, Americus. From the original caption: "'Time's terrible now,' says the woman who worked as a maid in Americus until her disability retired her. 'I worked five days a week, eight and nine hours a day for $5 a day. ... But nowadays since the government making 'em pay maids $2.65 an hour, ain't that much call for maid work 'round here.'" The red mark on the photo indicates how it should be cropped.

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1982: Georgia Tech head football coach Bill Curry gets a panoramic view of his 1982 edition of the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets.

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