By: (AP) Rick Corrales, a former Los Angeles Times photographer who helped the newspaper win a Pulitzer Prize for public service and invented the innovative 360-degree Spinshot camera, has died of stomach cancer. He was 48.
Corrales, who worked for the Times from 1981 to 1995, died Monday, said Frank Sotomayor, an editor at the newspaper.
His photos of Southern California's Latino community helped the Times win the Pulitzer for public service in 1984.
Corrales invented, patented and manufactured the 360-degree Spinshot camera, selling about 1,000 units.
Corrales also was an innovator in 3-D animation software and teamed with former Times photo editor Raleigh Souther in a company called Motion Graphix. The company, formed in 2000, specializes in software that creates two-view, hologram-like photographs for use as souvenirs, party favors or identification badges.
Corrales, who built his first darkroom at age 10, received a bachelor's degree in photojournalism from California State University, Long Beach.
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