Rowland Scherman began taking pictures in New York in 1958. In 1961, he served as the first photographer for the Peace Corps. Traveling the world, he helped establish an image fo...
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When I was the Peace Corps photographer (1961-63), I photographed JFK many times. In this picture he was at his proudest: he was saying farewell to the first volunteers to go overseas, to Ghana. 1961.