Worked for Look : Photographer Douglas Jones Dies of Cancer

Douglas B. Jones, a photographer for 25 years with Look magazine, has died at Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian in Newport Beach of cancer. He was 70.

Jones, who taught photojournalism part time at Orange Coast College at the time of his death, was born in Los Angeles and attended the University of Southern California. He died on June 7.

Jones worked for the Associated Press before World War II, and during the war, he served as photographic director of a special Navy unit in China.

He joined Look in 1947 and worked for the magazine until its demise in 1971.

Covered the World

Based in New York City, Jones covered local, national and world events for the magazine. He traveled on assignment to Africa, the Soviet Union, South America, Europe and the Far East.

He also worked on the first major national coverage of the Kennedy brothers. The U.S. Postal Service later selected one of his photographs of President John F. Kennedy for a commemorative stamp.

Jones was transferred to Look’s Los Angeles office in 1968. After the magazine folded, he remained on the West Coast as a free-lance photographer.

He is survived by three daughters, Janice Byrne of Del Mar and Pamela and Christina Jones, both of Los Angeles, and three grandchildren.

The family suggests that contributions be made to the American Cancer Society.