{"id":25082,"date":"2022-05-27T11:18:53","date_gmt":"2022-05-27T15:18:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/?p=25082"},"modified":"2022-05-27T11:18:53","modified_gmt":"2022-05-27T15:18:53","slug":"may-2022-chuck-cecils-photography-journey-from-hobby-to-career-profiled-in-the-foreign-service-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/may-2022-chuck-cecils-photography-journey-from-hobby-to-career-profiled-in-the-foreign-service-journal\/","title":{"rendered":"May 2022: Chuck Cecil\u2019s Photography Journey From Hobby to Career Profiled in The Foreign Service Journal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chuck Cecil\u2019s article in the May issue of The Foreign Service Journal tells how he turned his photographic hobby into a retirement career after 36 years in the Foreign Service. The article can be viewed on pages 36-37 in the print version of the journal: <a href=\"https:\/\/afsa.org\/sites\/default\/files\/flipping_book\/0522\/36\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/afsa.org\/sites\/default\/files\/flipping_book\/0522\/36\/index.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Congratulations Chuck!<\/p>\n<p><em>* All images by Chuck Cecil<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Chuck_Cecil-SING_IMG-7300A.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-25083 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Chuck_Cecil-SING_IMG-7300A-235x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"235\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Chuck_Cecil-SING_IMG-7300A-235x300.jpg 235w, https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Chuck_Cecil-SING_IMG-7300A-803x1024.jpg 803w, https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Chuck_Cecil-SING_IMG-7300A-768x980.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Chuck_Cecil-SING_IMG-7300A.jpg 823w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 235px) 100vw, 235px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Chuck_Cecil-Niger_276_06.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-25084\" src=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Chuck_Cecil-Niger_276_06-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Chuck_Cecil-Niger_276_06-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Chuck_Cecil-Niger_276_06-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Chuck_Cecil-Niger_276_06-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Chuck_Cecil-Niger_276_06.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chuck Cecil\u2019s article in the May issue of The Foreign Service Journal tells how he turned his photographic hobby into a retirement career after 36 years in the Foreign Service. 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