Greene said a group from Germany brought pieces of the Berlin Wall with them and he bought three pieces for a dollar each. Greene said one of the most rewarding local events he has had the opportunity to cover was the international rafting competition that was held on the Nantahala River soon after the Berlin Wall came down. Greene took photos at annual Folkmoot USA events for many years as a member of the board of trustees for the international dance festival, and has documented a lot of the gospel groups that have performed in the area.
Greene said it was one of the biggest parties ever held in Bryson City, with probably 500 people in attendance. When Shuler was drafted by the Red Skins, Greene attended the drafting party held at Shuler’s home. He also followed the career of local football star Heath Shuler, taking pictures of him playing at The University of Tennessee, and then for the Washington Red Skins and New Orleans Saints. He would later take many photos at state championship games, and some of his photos can be found in Swain’s Athletic Hall of Fame. For about 25 years Greene didn’t take many pictures at the high school football games because he ran the clock with Bruce Messer. Greene became a regular contributor to the SMT, taking pictures of community events, which eventually included Swain County High School football.
Greene managed to successfully take a newspaper to press that week, though what he thought was 16 pages of material only turned out to be eight! Greene noted that one week as editor was enough for him- he’d rather be a photographer. Greene was even asked once by Lawson to serve as editor for a week when Lawson went on vacation. In the process he became friends with then editor of the SMT, Pete Lawson. Greene joined the Bryson City Jaycees in the early ‘70s and began submitting photos and press releases concerning various Jaycees projects to The Smoky Mountain Times. He used that camera through high school and college, even capturing a shot of Richard Nixon with it when the president came to Asheville around 1970.
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When Greene was 16, he got a job with the A&P store in Bryson City and earned enough money to buy an 8mm movie camera. “That was one-hour photo back then,” Greene said. If he sent film off on Monday, he might get his pictures back on Thursday. A lot of people just snap the picture without framing it first, he said.Īt that time Greene would mail his film to a company called Jack Rabbit for developing. The young Greene figured it was simple, one just needed to frame the shot.
“What got me interested in photography was people taking my picture and cutting my head off,” Greene said. It all started when he was eight or nine years old. Greene, who has never had formal photography training, has been wielding a camera for over 50 years. Much of his work is shared with the Swain community through his regular contributions to The Smoky Mountain Times. Send any memories, stories about Teddy to County native Teddy Greene has used his long held passion for photography to capture many a moment in local history and document events on a national and international level. Look for a memorial story in this week's edition of Smoky Mountain Times. This article interviewing him about his decades-long passion in photography was published Nov.
Editor's Note: SMT photographer Teddy Greene, 71, died Thursday, Feb.
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