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A Life in Photos: Gary Ferber's Dedicated Service Earns Him Mill Valley's 2016 Spirit of Marin Award
Ferber has been named the Mill Valley Chamber of Commerce & Visitor Center's 2016 Business Citizen of the Year.
Let’s just get this out of the way: Gary Ferber has lived life to its fullest.
He’s traveled the world. He lived in a lighthouse for years. He’s photographed more than 2,000 weddings, and “has been on plenty of honeymoons without ever getting married,” Ferber says with a laugh. The longtime Marin photographer has taken headshots for the likes of Jay Leno and Willie Brown, snapped live concerts at the Sweetwater and shot prominent sporting events like the America’s Cup and the Tour de California. Ferber was on hand to shoot a private reception for Queen Elizabeth and then-President Ronald Reagan at the de Young Museum in 1980, an event where he met the likes of Billy Graham, Joe Montana and Willie Mays.
But while “The Life & Times of Gary Ferber” would likely be scintillating, the star-studded, would-be tome wouldn’t tell the full story of one of Marin’s most ubiquitous photographers.
