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Mod City: John and Georgette

John Rogers Jr. was born and raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and was the son of John Rogers Sr., a prominent public figure in Oklahoma. Rogers developed his love of photography during his high school years, when he picked up a camera and began photographing his family. After graduating from Tulsa University around 1942, Rogers joined the US Army to fight in World War II. Rogers worked as a photographer for the Army, and was designated “Entertainment Manager.” Much of his photography during the war depicts troops and battles, published into a story about the 393rd Infantry Regiment 99th Infantry Division, which played a key role in the Battle of the Bulge.

Black and white headshot portrait of a white middle-aged man, with short hair smiling at the camera. He wears a dark suit jacket, white collared shirt and black tie. The portait has a wide white boarder on all sides.
Black and white photograph of five young Black soldiers in military uniform with helmets. They sit circled around a small fire, two smoking cigarettes. A military jeep and wall can be seen directly behind them.
Cover of a book. The top two thirds show a black and white photograph of a tank and soldiers walking along a row of tall tree trunks. The bottom third is bright yellow with the words 393D Infantry in Review in black.

After his time in World War II, Rogers attended the Art Center in California. Rogers’ digitized Art Center photography can be viewed on The Portal to Texas History. He moved to Dallas in 1949, where he married his first wife, Barbara “Bobby” Lockwood in 1951. Bobby died in a tragic traffic accident early in their marriage. In the late 1950s, Rogers met Georgette de Bruchard, and the two married in 1966.

Black and white head shot portrait of a white young woman with ear-length dark hair with short straight bangs. She is leaning slightly back and to the left of the camera. She wears a white collared shirt.

Georgette de Bruchard was born in France in 1928. She moved to the US to pursue a career in photography at an early age. De Bruchard initially worked as a staff photographer for Southern Methodist University with the Southwestern Graduate School of Banking. She would go on to produce a great deal of work for publications like Dallas and Time magazines.

The couple worked with many of the same clients in Dallas, with a focus on architecture and product photography. Their photography styles were quite different, with Rogers creating very commercial images, showing subjects exactly how they were, while de Bruchard added a more artistic quality to her photographs, and also featured more human subjects like celebrities and politicians.

Color photograph of a white woman with chin length brown hair. She stands behind a chair, with a white backdrop visible in the background. She wears a paisley type patterned dress with a white belt tied in the front.
Black and white photographs on a contact sheet. Two photos of a white man wearing a short sleeved collared shirt and black tie are on the top row. The bottom row shows two photos of a white woman wearing a white collared shirt and cardigan. In all photos they are smiling and looking at the camera.
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