Paul Cryan, School Photographer
September 15th, 2013
Paul Cryan is pictured on the left with his grandaughter, and on the right one of the first school pictures he took at LMS from 1975.
Congratulations on your 40th anniversary. I was privileged to be there at the beginning. For 39 years I’ve been the Litchfield Montessori school photographer.
Litchfield Montessori has been an important part of my life. As a young man I always wanted to have my own business and photography was my hobby. After completing college and a 2 year hitch in the Army, I moved, with my wife, to northwest Connecticut. I put together a portfolio and declared myself pictured a photographer. On my first day trying to drum-up business I stopped at Litchfield Montessori. I asked them if I could be the school photographer. The teachers said “Fine” and my career was launched.
One of my first employees was a teacher from your school. Martha (Marty) Galvin worked part-time for me after school. From those early years I evolved into a business with as many as 14 employees.
I want to thank all of the parents that purchased the photos of their children over the years. I will always be grateful for having the opportunity to make a living in photography.
