Mr. Pran was a frequent visitor to Ocean Grove, shooting for the Times as well as his personal enjoyment.

Record photographer Charlotte Pritchard frequently ran into him around town, and she captured the shot the picture above last spring.

She writes: He loved being near the water. He was a frequent visitor to the OG fishing pier and I ran into him taking photos of ice boats in Red Bank. He was fascinated by the way the light danced off a certain patch of ice.

His photographer's eye seemed never to turn off for a second. He always lugged heavy cameras and lenses, and I have a funny photo of him taking pictures of a family of strangers on the pier with their little camera. He was so accustomed to the big equipment that the little point-and-shoot was awkward for him. They had no idea who he was.

He has a website dedicated to genocide and was a frequent college lectureron the subject. I t was work he was very proud of.

He was physically small. But his intellect and heart and humor were huge. He loved his life and was always smiling.

This is a photo that Pran sent to me: it's of him with his little dog Gabby. He sent it about a year-and-a-half ago before he was sick.