Tim Hussin was born in Palm Harbor, Florida in 1985. He is currently a freelance photojournalist.
He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Photojournalism from the University of Florida. He has interned at The Rocky Mountain News, The Deseret Morning News, Monroe Evening News and The Gainesville Sun.
In 2008, he won the College Photographer of the Year and was a semi-finalist for the Hearst Journalism Awards. He has also won other awards from the CPOY, Hearst Journalism Awards Program, the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ), the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA), the Michigan Press Photographers Association (MPPA) and the Photo Imaging Education Association (PIEA). He is currently the 2008 NPPA student clip contest point leader.
He participated in a project about the sponge industry in the Bahamas as well as a Study Abroad project at an historic art house in Berlin, Germany. Recently, he covered the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colo. and the separation of parents from children at the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Eldorado, Texas.
Additional images can be seen on his blog, his Web site, and his Flickr stream.
Please read his interview parts A, B and C.
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Tuesday, December 04, 2007
Michael Rubenstein
Michael Rubenstein was born in Washington D.C. on March 31, 1976. He grew up in New York and has spent most of his adult life living in Portland, Oregon.
He recently moved to Mumbai, India to cover South Asia for Redux Pictures and is available for freelance assignments.
He has a bachelors degree in Environmental Policy from Prescott College in Northern Arizona and has completed 3/4th of a Masters of Arts degree from Ohio University's School of Visual Communications. He an NPPA member.
His clients include: Time Magazine, Newsweek, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times Magazine, The Oregonian, The Chicago Tribune, The Financial Times, Complex Magazine, The Paris Match, Bloomberg News Service and W+K.
He's won a several awards from the College Photographer of the Year competition and attended the Eddie Adams Workshop.
Additional images can be seen at his blog, Web site and Redux Pictures.
Please read the interview Part-A and Part-B.
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He recently moved to Mumbai, India to cover South Asia for Redux Pictures and is available for freelance assignments.
He has a bachelors degree in Environmental Policy from Prescott College in Northern Arizona and has completed 3/4th of a Masters of Arts degree from Ohio University's School of Visual Communications. He an NPPA member.
His clients include: Time Magazine, Newsweek, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times Magazine, The Oregonian, The Chicago Tribune, The Financial Times, Complex Magazine, The Paris Match, Bloomberg News Service and W+K.
He's won a several awards from the College Photographer of the Year competition and attended the Eddie Adams Workshop.
Additional images can be seen at his blog, Web site and Redux Pictures.
Please read the interview Part-A and Part-B.
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Saturday, December 01, 2007
Mark M. Hancock biography
Mark M. Hancock is Editor of books at Squadron / Signal Publications and a Dallas-based freelance photojournalist. He has been a working professional photojournalist since 1995.
His editorial work appears frequently in national and international magazines and newspapers. His commercial work appears in magazines, brochures, annual reports and billboards.
Previously, he was a staff photojournalist for for The Dallas Morning News (1996 - 2004) and The Beaumont Enterprise (2005 - 2008). His time with DMN was split between The Richardson News (1996 - 2000) and The Dallas Morning News (2000-2004).
Hancock was born in Vina Del Mar, Chile on 20 June 1965 while his father served in the U.S. Navy. He grew up in Richardson, Texas.
He later served as an infantry sergeant in the elite OPFOR (Opposing Forces) regiment of the U.S. Army at the National Training Center from 1984-1988. His military awards include an Expert Infantry Badge, Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal, Order of Hamby 1st and 3rd class, Master Tank Commander Badge, Good Conduct Medal, NCOPD ribbon, and Polar Bear Award. He qualified Expert in everything from bayonets to Dragons (wire-guided missiles).
Hancock received a Bachelor of Science degree in photojournalism with Academic Distinction from East Texas State University in 1995 and an Associates of Arts and Sciences degree with High Honors from Richland College in Dallas in 1993. While attending university, he held positions as Editor-In-Chief and News Editor of The East Texan, an award-winning independent student newspaper.
He has won many professional photojournalism awards and honors from organizations including the National Press Photographers Association, Best of Photojournalism, Society for Newspaper Design, Southern Newspaper Publishers Association, Texas Press Association, Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar, Hearst Honors, Texas Associated Press Managing Editors, Suburban Newspapers of America, Dallas Press Club and Southeast Texas Press Club.
His art pieces have been included in several juried photo exhibitions including the Art of Digital Photography show, Texas Photographic Society - Governor's Exhibition, Texas Visual Arts Association Citation Awards and Dallas Business Council on the Arts show as well as other solo and group shows.
He has judged many professional photography contests including National Press Photographers Association national clip competitions, Portfolios.com annual Pcom Awards as well as numerous national, regional and local photography contests.
Hancock was a primary contributor to the book "Rita Captured." The book, published by The Beaumont Enterprise, presents a visual timeline of the destruction caused by Hurricane Rita in Southeast Texas and Southwest Louisiana. The book won a Katie Award.
In 2007, he started producing news videos and music for Web presentations. Hancock also accepts speaking engagements. Most recently, he made two presentations for the New York Press Association annual spring convention.
Hancock met his wife Fayrouz, a Chaldean-Iraqi-Australian-American, online while he lived in DFW and she lived in Sydney, Australia. After cyber-dating for more than a year, they finally met, got engaged and eventually married in 2001. They currently live in Frisco, Texas and have no children.
Examples of his work can be seen on PhotoJournalism, his award-winning blog.
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Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Travis Dove - CPOY 2007
Travis Dove was born in Charlotte, NC on Nov. 22, 1981 and grew up in Concord, NC. He is the 2007 College Photographer of the Year.
He is currently a graduate student working toward a master's degree in photography at Ohio University. He plans to complete this degree in Spring, 2008. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Wake Forest University in 2004.
He is a member of National Press Photographers Association.
He has interned at The Charlotte Observer, The Augusta Chronicle and The Valley News. He has freelanced for The News & Observer and worked at several smaller papers in the Durham, N.C. area.
He won 2007 College Photographer Of the Year, as well as Gold awards in Portrait, Documentary and Portfolio. He also won Awards of Excellence in Sports Feature and Pictorial categories at the 2007 CPOY competition. This is the first time his work has been awarded in an open forum.
Additional images can be seen at his Web site and his blog.
He resides in Athens, Ohio, 750 miles from his high school sweetheart, who he has been with for eight years.
Please read his interview parts A, B and C.
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He is currently a graduate student working toward a master's degree in photography at Ohio University. He plans to complete this degree in Spring, 2008. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Wake Forest University in 2004.
He is a member of National Press Photographers Association.
He has interned at The Charlotte Observer, The Augusta Chronicle and The Valley News. He has freelanced for The News & Observer and worked at several smaller papers in the Durham, N.C. area.
He won 2007 College Photographer Of the Year, as well as Gold awards in Portrait, Documentary and Portfolio. He also won Awards of Excellence in Sports Feature and Pictorial categories at the 2007 CPOY competition. This is the first time his work has been awarded in an open forum.
Additional images can be seen at his Web site and his blog.
He resides in Athens, Ohio, 750 miles from his high school sweetheart, who he has been with for eight years.
Please read his interview parts A, B and C.
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Friday, October 19, 2007
Ken Burns biography
Ken Burns was born in Brooklyn, New York on 29 July 1953. He is known for his historical documentaries. He researches and uses historical photographs and documents to propel the stories within his films.
Burns is the founder of Florentine Films. His titles include executive producer, director, writer, chief cinematographer and music director in addition to his research.
The New York Times proclaimed Ken Burns as "the most accomplished documentary filmmaker of his generation."
Burns has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Hampshire College in Amherst, Mass.
He produced and directed the Academy Award-nominated "Brooklyn Bridge." His most noted productions include "The Civil War" (1990), "Baseball" (1994), "Jazz" (2001) and "The War" (2007).
Other award-winning films include: "The Shakers: Hands to Work"; "Hearts to God; The Statue of Liberty" (also nominated for an Oscar); "Huey Long"; "The Congress: The History and Promise of Representative Government"; "Thomas Hart Benton"; and "Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio."
His work can be seen at www.florentinefilms.com.
He's married to Julie Deborah Brown, executive director of Room to Grow (an organization which supports babies born into poverty), and resides in Walpole, N.H.
Please see the video interviews.
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Burns is the founder of Florentine Films. His titles include executive producer, director, writer, chief cinematographer and music director in addition to his research.
The New York Times proclaimed Ken Burns as "the most accomplished documentary filmmaker of his generation."
Burns has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Hampshire College in Amherst, Mass.
He produced and directed the Academy Award-nominated "Brooklyn Bridge." His most noted productions include "The Civil War" (1990), "Baseball" (1994), "Jazz" (2001) and "The War" (2007).
Other award-winning films include: "The Shakers: Hands to Work"; "Hearts to God; The Statue of Liberty" (also nominated for an Oscar); "Huey Long"; "The Congress: The History and Promise of Representative Government"; "Thomas Hart Benton"; and "Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio."
His work can be seen at www.florentinefilms.com.
He's married to Julie Deborah Brown, executive director of Room to Grow (an organization which supports babies born into poverty), and resides in Walpole, N.H.
Please see the video interviews.
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Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Wyman Meinzer - State Photographer of Texas
Wyman Meinzer gives a presentation at the Lutcher Theater in Orange on Thursday, April 19, 2007 as part of Shangri La Botanical Gardens & Nature Center's activities for Earth Week. Meinzer is the official State Photographer of Texas.
Mark M. Hancock / © The Beaumont Enterprise
Wyman Meinzer is the only official State Photographer of Texas. He was raised on League Ranch, a 27,000-acre ranch in the rolling plains of Texas. Since then, he has traveled across the state many times to capture the first and last rays of sunlight as they kiss the Texas landscapes.
Meinzer has a Bachelor of Science degree in Wildlife Management and was voted Outstanding Alumnus in 1987 by the department of Range and Wildlife Management at Texas Tech University. He also received the Distinguished Alumnus award in 1995 from the School of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources.
He started his career as a professional predator hunter. He transitioned into a research associate for the university and now teaches a senior-level course in Special Problems Photography at Texas Tech University in addition to his ongoing book projects and freelance magazine assignments.
After 28 years as a professional photographer, he has about 20 photography books to his credit and more than 250 magazine cover credits. His images have appeared in Smithsonion, National Geographic, Natural History, Time, Newsweek, U.S. News and World Report, Audubon, Sports Afield, Field and Stream, Outdoor life, Texas Parks and Wildlife, Texas Highways, Korea GEO, German GEO, Das Tier, Airone, Horzu, BBC Wildlife, and many others.
He awards include: State Photographer of Texas, the John Ben Sheppard Jr. Award from the Texas State Historical Foundation for contributing to the preservation of Texas History through writing and photography, 1997 National Literary Award for the book, "Texas Lost: Vanishing Heritage" (with Andrew Sansom) and the San Antonio Conservation Award for the natural history book, "Roadrunner."
His book credits include: ( full list to come
).Additional images can be seen on his Web site at www.wymanmeinzer.com. His five favorite images along with detailed descriptions are also located in tomorrow's feature story at The Beaumont Enterprise.
He and his wife of five years, Sylinda, live in the refurbished Benjamin jail. He has two sons, Hunter, 24, and Pate, 22. They are both horse trainers in the Benjamin area. He has two step daughters, Sara, 28 and Maggie, 21. Sara is a Registered Nurse in Brownwood and Maggie is a junior at Texas Tech where she is in the pre-vet curriculum.
Please also read his interview.
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Wednesday, December 06, 2006
Matt Eich - 2006 CPOY
Matt Eich was born in Richmond, VA on July 11, 1986. He graduated from Oaktree Acadamy High School in 2004.
He is currently a junior at Ohio University working on a Bachelor of Science degree in photojournalism.
He has freelanced for several publications including The FADER magazine and The Virginian-Pilot and interned at The Orange County-Register. He has also been published in NoTxt magazine, The Sunday (London) Times and The British Journal of Photography.
His awards include:
College Photographer of the Year (2006)
2nd Place Student Portfolio at the Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar (2006)
Nominated for PDN's 30 Emerging Photographers (2006)
Commended in The Ian Parry Awards (2006)
$10,000 Nikon Achievement Scholarship for Best Student Work at The Eddie Adams Workshop (2005)
Additional images can be seen at: www.matteichphoto.com
He currently splits his time between his studies in Athens, Ohio and his family in Suffolk, Va.
Please also see interview Part A and Part B.
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He is currently a junior at Ohio University working on a Bachelor of Science degree in photojournalism.
He has freelanced for several publications including The FADER magazine and The Virginian-Pilot and interned at The Orange County-Register. He has also been published in NoTxt magazine, The Sunday (London) Times and The British Journal of Photography.
His awards include:
College Photographer of the Year (2006)
2nd Place Student Portfolio at the Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar (2006)
Nominated for PDN's 30 Emerging Photographers (2006)
Commended in The Ian Parry Awards (2006)
$10,000 Nikon Achievement Scholarship for Best Student Work at The Eddie Adams Workshop (2005)
Additional images can be seen at: www.matteichphoto.com
He currently splits his time between his studies in Athens, Ohio and his family in Suffolk, Va.
Please also see interview Part A and Part B.
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Sunday, September 10, 2006
Denis Delestrac
Denis Delestrac was born in Villeneuve-sur-Lot, in southwestern France on August 14, 1968. He is known for his works in social justice documentary filmmaking.
Delestrac resides in Barcelona, Spain with his wife Gemma and has no children. He is currently a professional film director and scriptwriter.
Delestrac graduated from the Toulouse Law University and the National School of Broadcast Journalism in France before leaving for New York. There, he bought his first camera. Later, he put it into action as a staff photojournalist while attending Richland College in Dallas.
He has worked as a photojournalist, staff writer and managing editor for several daily and monthly publications in the U.S., France (Le Monde) and Spain. He also co-wrote the book "The Future Society" with intellectual Noam Chomsky.
Many of the films in which he participated have won major international awards. He shot the most attended IMAX film of the decade, "Mystery of the Nile." He also worked extensively on "Nomads of the Human Condition," a 13-segment documentary series about modern day nomads and the human aspect of globalization. The series was shot on five continents. His IMAX film, "Arabia," is currently in development along with others.
Additional images can be seen at www.delestrac.com or www.orbitamax.com.
Please read Denis' interview.
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Delestrac resides in Barcelona, Spain with his wife Gemma and has no children. He is currently a professional film director and scriptwriter.
Delestrac graduated from the Toulouse Law University and the National School of Broadcast Journalism in France before leaving for New York. There, he bought his first camera. Later, he put it into action as a staff photojournalist while attending Richland College in Dallas.
He has worked as a photojournalist, staff writer and managing editor for several daily and monthly publications in the U.S., France (Le Monde) and Spain. He also co-wrote the book "The Future Society" with intellectual Noam Chomsky.
Many of the films in which he participated have won major international awards. He shot the most attended IMAX film of the decade, "Mystery of the Nile." He also worked extensively on "Nomads of the Human Condition," a 13-segment documentary series about modern day nomads and the human aspect of globalization. The series was shot on five continents. His IMAX film, "Arabia," is currently in development along with others.
Additional images can be seen at www.delestrac.com or www.orbitamax.com.
Please read Denis' interview.
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Sunday, July 09, 2006
Jeremy Lock: Military Photographer of the Year
Jeremy Lock was born in Almagordo, N.M. on 19 Dec. 1970. He is currently a U.S. Air Force combat photojournalist stationed at Charleston Air Force Base, S.C. with the 1st Combat Camera Squadron and currently serving in Iraq. He is a two-time Military Photographer of the Year winner (2005 and 2002).
Lock has worked around the world with the military. His work has been published in Time and other national magazines as well as major newspapers across the United States including The New York Times, The LA Times and The Washington Times. His work has also been published in books including "The War in Iraq" and "A Day in the Life of the Military."
He also freelances for PBS. His latest work was a documentary titled "Slavery and the Making of America."
In addition to his winning portfolio, additional images can be seen at jeremylockphotojournalist.com.
Lock resides in Charleston, S.C., is single and has two sons Keatin, 10, and Koen, 8. He is working toward a bachelors degree in photojournalism from Syracuse University.
Please read Jeremy's interview.
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Lock has worked around the world with the military. His work has been published in Time and other national magazines as well as major newspapers across the United States including The New York Times, The LA Times and The Washington Times. His work has also been published in books including "The War in Iraq" and "A Day in the Life of the Military."
He also freelances for PBS. His latest work was a documentary titled "Slavery and the Making of America."
In addition to his winning portfolio, additional images can be seen at jeremylockphotojournalist.com.
Lock resides in Charleston, S.C., is single and has two sons Keatin, 10, and Koen, 8. He is working toward a bachelors degree in photojournalism from Syracuse University.
Please read Jeremy's interview.
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Sunday, June 25, 2006
Casey Templeton 2005 CPOY
Casey Templeton was born in Roanoke, Virginia on October 9, 1983. He is currently based in Washington, D.C. before he starts a 14-week internship with National Geographic Magazine in D.C.
Templeton recently graduated from James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Va. with a degree in Media Arts and Design. He has interned previously at the Staunton Newsleader and The Roanoke Times.
He was named the 2005 College Photographer of the Year.
Additional images can be seen at caseytempleton.com as well as his winning portfolio on cpoy.org.
He resides in Washingon, D.C. and is engaged to be married in June 2007.
Please also see interview Part A and Part B.
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Templeton recently graduated from James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Va. with a degree in Media Arts and Design. He has interned previously at the Staunton Newsleader and The Roanoke Times.
He was named the 2005 College Photographer of the Year.
Additional images can be seen at caseytempleton.com as well as his winning portfolio on cpoy.org.
He resides in Washingon, D.C. and is engaged to be married in June 2007.
Please also see interview Part A and Part B.
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Sunday, May 21, 2006
Todd Heisler: 2006 Pulitzer Prize winner
He graduated from Illinois State University in 1994. He is currently a staff photojournalist for The Rocky Mountain News in Denver, Colorado.
Images from his Pulitzer Prize winning story about fallen Marines and their families has also won top awards at World Press Photo (1st People in the News Story), Best of Photojournalism (1st Best Published Picture Story - Large Market), Pictures of the Year International (2nd Newspaper Photographer of the Year), National Headliner Awards (Grand Award in Photography, 1st Feature Photography, 1st Photo Essay/Story), ASNE (1st Community Service Photojournalism), Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar (Best in Show; 1st, 2nd & HM in General News; 2nd in Feature; 1st in Feature Picture Story) and China International Press Photo Contest.
His work during Colorado's worst wildfire season was part of the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for breaking news photography team. Heisler has also made three trips to Iraq since the war began.
He has also won other awards at Pictures of the Year international, Best of Photojournalism and the Colorado Press Association.
Todd Heisler is married to Kelly Heisler, a public relations specialist.
Please also see interview Part A, B and C.
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Images from his Pulitzer Prize winning story about fallen Marines and their families has also won top awards at World Press Photo (1st People in the News Story), Best of Photojournalism (1st Best Published Picture Story - Large Market), Pictures of the Year International (2nd Newspaper Photographer of the Year), National Headliner Awards (Grand Award in Photography, 1st Feature Photography, 1st Photo Essay/Story), ASNE (1st Community Service Photojournalism), Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar (Best in Show; 1st, 2nd & HM in General News; 2nd in Feature; 1st in Feature Picture Story) and China International Press Photo Contest.
His work during Colorado's worst wildfire season was part of the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for breaking news photography team. Heisler has also made three trips to Iraq since the war began.
He has also won other awards at Pictures of the Year international, Best of Photojournalism and the Colorado Press Association.
Todd Heisler is married to Kelly Heisler, a public relations specialist.
Please also see interview Part A, B and C.
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Monday, May 01, 2006
Michael Ainsworth (1965 - ) 2006 Pulitzer Prize winner
Michael Ainsworth was born in Houston, Texas on Dec 11, 1965. He spent seven years of his childhood in Colombia. He is known for sports photography and reliability.
He made images for "Eyes of the Storm," a compilation book of work by The Dallas Morning News photographers. His images have been published in Newsweek, Time, National Geographic and Sports Illustrated.
He has won Sports and News awards in the Picture of the Year International contests and has won for Sports Action in the Baseball Hall of Fame competition. This year, he won the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography for his coverage of Hurricane Katrina along with other photographers at The Dallas Morning News.
He has been employed by The Dallas Morning News his entire career. He freelanced for The Arlington Daily News and the Midcities Daily News (both subsidiaries of DMN) while in college. He started work at The Dallas Morning News part-time while earning a Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Texas at Arlington and was hired full-time in 1996.
He does not have a personal web site. However, several of his images can be viewed on his DMN portfolio.
Please also see interview Part A and Part B.
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He made images for "Eyes of the Storm," a compilation book of work by The Dallas Morning News photographers. His images have been published in Newsweek, Time, National Geographic and Sports Illustrated.
He has won Sports and News awards in the Picture of the Year International contests and has won for Sports Action in the Baseball Hall of Fame competition. This year, he won the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography for his coverage of Hurricane Katrina along with other photographers at The Dallas Morning News.
He has been employed by The Dallas Morning News his entire career. He freelanced for The Arlington Daily News and the Midcities Daily News (both subsidiaries of DMN) while in college. He started work at The Dallas Morning News part-time while earning a Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Texas at Arlington and was hired full-time in 1996.
He does not have a personal web site. However, several of his images can be viewed on his DMN portfolio.
Please also see interview Part A and Part B.
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Tuesday, March 07, 2006
Gordon Parks (1912 - 2006)
Gordon Parks was born in Fort Scott, Kan. on Nov. 30, 1912. He died today (March 7, 2006).
As the first black staff photographer at Life magazine, he was known for his coverage of poverty, crime and civil rights from 1948 to 1968. He was also known for his fashion photography for Vogue. He finished life as a photojournalist, novelist, screen writer, movie director, actor, poet and composer.
In his books include, "A Hungry Heart : A Memoir" (2005), "Eyes with Winged Thoughts : Poems and Photographs" (2005), "A Star for Noon : An Homage to Women in Images, Poetry and Music" (2000), "Half Past Autumn : A Retrospective" (1998), "Glimpses Toward Infinity" (1996), "Voices in the Mirror : An Autobiography" (1990), "Learning Tree" (1987), "The Gordon Parks collection: Kansas State University, Department of Art" (1983), "Gordon Parks: Photographer at large ; January 11 to February 26, 1982" (1982), "Flavio" (1978), "Gordon Parks Whisper" (1971), "Gordon Parks: A poet and his camera" (1969) and "Choice of Weapons" (1966) among others.
His movies include, "Flavio" (1964), "The World of Piri Thomas" (1968), "Diary of a Harlem Family" (1968), "The Learning Tree" (1969), "Shaft" (1971), "Shaft's Big Score" (1972), "The Super Cops" (1974), "Leadbelly" (1976) and "Solomon Norhup's Odyssey" (1984 - TV).
His awards include, Jackie Robinson Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award (2002) and induction into the International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum (2002), honorary Doctor of Letters, University of the District of Columbia (1996), Library of Congress National Film Registry Classics film honor for "The Learning Tree" (1989), National Medal of the Arts (1988), Christopher Award for "Flavio" (1978), Spingarn Award (1972), Emmy Award for documentary in "Diary of a Harlem Family" (1968), Notable Book Award, American Library Association for "A Choice of Weapons" (1966), Julius Rosenwald Fellowship (1941). He has more than 20 doctorates.
See the PDN and KodakProfessional Legends Online series of images.
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As the first black staff photographer at Life magazine, he was known for his coverage of poverty, crime and civil rights from 1948 to 1968. He was also known for his fashion photography for Vogue. He finished life as a photojournalist, novelist, screen writer, movie director, actor, poet and composer.
In his books include, "A Hungry Heart : A Memoir" (2005), "Eyes with Winged Thoughts : Poems and Photographs" (2005), "A Star for Noon : An Homage to Women in Images, Poetry and Music" (2000), "Half Past Autumn : A Retrospective" (1998), "Glimpses Toward Infinity" (1996), "Voices in the Mirror : An Autobiography" (1990), "Learning Tree" (1987), "The Gordon Parks collection: Kansas State University, Department of Art" (1983), "Gordon Parks: Photographer at large ; January 11 to February 26, 1982" (1982), "Flavio" (1978), "Gordon Parks Whisper" (1971), "Gordon Parks: A poet and his camera" (1969) and "Choice of Weapons" (1966) among others.
His movies include, "Flavio" (1964), "The World of Piri Thomas" (1968), "Diary of a Harlem Family" (1968), "The Learning Tree" (1969), "Shaft" (1971), "Shaft's Big Score" (1972), "The Super Cops" (1974), "Leadbelly" (1976) and "Solomon Norhup's Odyssey" (1984 - TV).
His awards include, Jackie Robinson Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award (2002) and induction into the International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum (2002), honorary Doctor of Letters, University of the District of Columbia (1996), Library of Congress National Film Registry Classics film honor for "The Learning Tree" (1989), National Medal of the Arts (1988), Christopher Award for "Flavio" (1978), Spingarn Award (1972), Emmy Award for documentary in "Diary of a Harlem Family" (1968), Notable Book Award, American Library Association for "A Choice of Weapons" (1966), Julius Rosenwald Fellowship (1941). He has more than 20 doctorates.
See the PDN and KodakProfessional Legends Online series of images.
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Thursday, February 03, 2005
Rick Gershon (1982 - ): 2004 CPOY
Rick Gershon was born in Mount Pleasant, Michigan in 1982. He moved to Pilot Point, Texas when he was three. There, he excelled at sports and lettered in football, basketball, track, golf and baseball. His wide receiver skills got him onto the University of North Texas (UNT) football team as a red-shirt freshman.
His mother, Cathy Bell, got him a freelance sports assignment at The Pilot Point Post Signal, a local weekly newspaper. His assignment was to write a story about a basketball team. He was also required to turn in some photos. His mother quickly taught him how to operate a manual focus camera and sent him to the assignment.
After his first year at UNT, he realized his passion for photojournalism and dedicated himself to his training.
He was recently named as the 2004 College Photographer of the Year as part of the Pictures of the Year, international (POYi) competition through the University of Missouri. It's his first major competition win.
Earlier this year he married his high school sweetheart Nicolle, who is an account sales representative for American Airlines. They started dating during Rick’s sophomore year of high school, and both went to UNT. They currently live in Carrollton and have no children.
Please see Part A and Part B of his interview.
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His mother, Cathy Bell, got him a freelance sports assignment at The Pilot Point Post Signal, a local weekly newspaper. His assignment was to write a story about a basketball team. He was also required to turn in some photos. His mother quickly taught him how to operate a manual focus camera and sent him to the assignment.
After his first year at UNT, he realized his passion for photojournalism and dedicated himself to his training.
He was recently named as the 2004 College Photographer of the Year as part of the Pictures of the Year, international (POYi) competition through the University of Missouri. It's his first major competition win.
Earlier this year he married his high school sweetheart Nicolle, who is an account sales representative for American Airlines. They started dating during Rick’s sophomore year of high school, and both went to UNT. They currently live in Carrollton and have no children.
Please see Part A and Part B of his interview.
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Wednesday, January 26, 2005
David Leeson (1957 - 2022) 2004 Pulitzer Prize winner
David Leeson was born in Abilene, Texas on October 18, 1957. He is known for covering major conflicts throughout the world and advancing the use of video as a means of storytelling.
He has been a senior staff photographer at The Dallas Morning News since 1984. Prior to DMN, he was a photojournalist at The Times-Picayune/The States-Item in New Orleans (1982-84) and the Abilene Reporter News (1977-82).
His assignments have taken him to more than 60 countries and 11 conflict zones in 20 years. His conflict coverage includes Iraq (1991 and 2004), Angola, Bosnia, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, South Africa, Sudan, Turkey and Colombia’s drug wars.
Leeson won the Pulitzer Prize in 2004 for his coverage of the invasion of Iraq. Leeson was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 1985 for his photo coverage of apartheid in South Africa and in 1994 for an image of a family evacuating floodwaters in southeast Texas.
He has won two Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Awards for Outstanding Coverage of the Problems of the Disadvantaged. In 1986 he lived on the streets of Dallas with the homeless for two months.
In 1994 he covered the civil war in Angola.
He also worked for 14 months on an essay about death row in the United States.
Leeson began shooting video for The Dallas Morning News in 2000. It made him one of the first staff photographers in the nation to shoot video for a newspaper on a full-time basis. Since then he has completed more than 70 short features and seven documentaries.
These works have won him numerous awards in film and television including a national Edward R. Murrow award, National Headliners award and a regional Emmy award for best television documentary. He was a finalist for best short film at the USA Film Festival in 2004.
Leeson has five children and is married to Kim Ritzenthaler who is also a photojournalist at The Dallas Morning News.
To see more of Leeson's work visit fieldandforest.com and davidleeson.com
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Saturday, October 02, 2004
Richard Avedon (1923 – 2004)
Richard Avedon was born in New York City in 1923. He was known for his revolutionary fashion photography, portraiture and documenting the civil rights struggle of the 1960s as well as the Vietnam war. He was also known as the world’s highest paid photographer.
He was a staff photographer at Harper's Bazaar, Vogue, Theatre Arts, Egoïste and The New Yorker. He had numerous exhibitions around the world.
He was the visual consultant for the film "Funny Face," which starred Fred Astaire and Audrey Hepburn and was based on Avedon's career. He was also involved in the American Masters Documentary program, "Richard Avedon: Darkness and Light" for PBS.
He finished life on assignment in San Antonio, Texas for New Yorker Magazine on October 1, 2004.
He wrote and/or photographed "Nothing Personal," "Alice In Wonderland: The Forming of a Company, The Making of a Play," "Portraits," "The Family," "The Sixties," Avedon: Photographs 1947-1977," "In the American West 1979-1984,"An Autobiography by Richard Avedon,"Evidence 1944-1994," "Richard Avedon: Made in France" and "Richard Avedon Portraits."
These books have won the Maine Photographic Workshop Nikon Award for the Best Photographer Book of the Year, National Magazine Award for Visual Excellence, and the Prix Nadar by the Bibliotheque Nationale for the best photographic book.
He was named by Popular Photography magazine as "One of the World's Ten Greatest Photographers," and Photo District News as the "Most Influential Photographer of the Last Twenty Years." He received lifetime achievement awards from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, Council of Fashion Designers of America, The Alliance for Young Artists & Writers and Americans for the Arts.
The Art Directors Club of New York awarded him the Highest Achievement Medal award as well as placing him in The Hall of Fame. He has been an American Society of Magazine Photographers' Photographer of the Year, Adweek magazine's Commercial Television Director of the Year, Eastman Kodak's Commercial Television Director of the Year.
His awards include the Erna and Victor Hasselblad Foundation International Photography Prize, the International Center of Photography Master of Photography Award, Deutsches Centrum für Photographie, Berlin Photography Prize 2000, and the Royal Photographic Society, 150th Anniversary Medal. He also received the Mental Health Association of New York City, Humanitarian Award.
Additional images can be seen at RichardAvedon.com.
Enough for now,
He was a staff photographer at Harper's Bazaar, Vogue, Theatre Arts, Egoïste and The New Yorker. He had numerous exhibitions around the world.
He was the visual consultant for the film "Funny Face
," which starred Fred Astaire and Audrey Hepburn and was based on Avedon's career. He was also involved in the American Masters Documentary program, "Richard Avedon: Darkness and Light" for PBS.He finished life on assignment in San Antonio, Texas for New Yorker Magazine on October 1, 2004.
He wrote and/or photographed "Nothing Personal," "Alice In Wonderland: The Forming of a Company, The Making of a Play," "Portraits
," "The Family," "The Sixties," Avedon: Photographs 1947-1977," "In the American West 1979-1984,"An Autobiography by Richard Avedon,"Evidence 1944-1994," "Richard Avedon: Made in France" and "Richard Avedon Portraits."These books have won the Maine Photographic Workshop Nikon Award for the Best Photographer Book of the Year, National Magazine Award for Visual Excellence, and the Prix Nadar by the Bibliotheque Nationale for the best photographic book.
He was named by Popular Photography magazine as "One of the World's Ten Greatest Photographers," and Photo District News as the "Most Influential Photographer of the Last Twenty Years." He received lifetime achievement awards from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, Council of Fashion Designers of America, The Alliance for Young Artists & Writers and Americans for the Arts.
The Art Directors Club of New York awarded him the Highest Achievement Medal award as well as placing him in The Hall of Fame. He has been an American Society of Magazine Photographers' Photographer of the Year, Adweek magazine's Commercial Television Director of the Year, Eastman Kodak's Commercial Television Director of the Year.
His awards include the Erna and Victor Hasselblad Foundation International Photography Prize, the International Center of Photography Master of Photography Award, Deutsches Centrum für Photographie, Berlin Photography Prize 2000, and the Royal Photographic Society, 150th Anniversary Medal. He also received the Mental Health Association of New York City, Humanitarian Award.
Additional images can be seen at RichardAvedon.com.
Enough for now,
Monday, September 20, 2004
Eddie Adams (1933 – 2004)
Eddie Adams was born in New Kensington, Pa. on June 12, 1933. He died today (September 20, 2004) at his Manhattan home from complications of Lou Gehrig's disease (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis). He was 71.
During his life, he covered 13 wars. He was known as a combat photojournalist whose images changed the course of history.
He won the 1969 Pulitzer Prize for breaking news with a photo of a Vietnamese officer executing a communist guerrilla in Saigon during the Vietnam War. In the fast-action image, the bullet was still contained within the guerrilla’s head. He also earned more than 500 other honors during his career. Among those awards were a 1978 Robert Capa Award and three George Polk Memorial Awards for war coverage.
He created images for The Associated Press (AP), Time, Life, Newsweek, Vanity Fair, Parade and countless other publications. In addition to photojournalism, he shot for clients in fashion, entertainment, advertising and corporate industries.
He started the annual Eddie Adams Workshop (known as Barnstorm) held in Jeffersonville, N.Y. in 1988 to train aspiring photojournalist.
His books include: "Beyond Glory: Medal of Honor Heroes in Their Own Words", "NYC Life Going On", "Let Freedom Ring: A Pictorial Celebration" and participation in several "Day in the Life" book series projects.
His images can be seen at photonews.net and Shutterbug, among other places.
Enough for now,
During his life, he covered 13 wars. He was known as a combat photojournalist whose images changed the course of history.
He won the 1969 Pulitzer Prize for breaking news with a photo of a Vietnamese officer executing a communist guerrilla in Saigon during the Vietnam War. In the fast-action image, the bullet was still contained within the guerrilla’s head. He also earned more than 500 other honors during his career. Among those awards were a 1978 Robert Capa Award and three George Polk Memorial Awards for war coverage.
He created images for The Associated Press (AP), Time, Life, Newsweek, Vanity Fair, Parade and countless other publications. In addition to photojournalism, he shot for clients in fashion, entertainment, advertising and corporate industries.
He started the annual Eddie Adams Workshop (known as Barnstorm) held in Jeffersonville, N.Y. in 1988 to train aspiring photojournalist.
His books include: "Beyond Glory: Medal of Honor Heroes in Their Own Words
", "NYC Life Going On", "Let Freedom Ring: A Pictorial Celebration" and participation in several "Day in the Life" book series projects.His images can be seen at photonews.net and Shutterbug, among other places.
Enough for now,
Thursday, August 05, 2004
Henri Cartier-Bresson dies
Henri Cartier-Bresson died on Tuesday. All PJs have studied his work. He founded Magnum photo agency. He coined the term "the decisive moment" as it applies to PJ. He became a painter for the last 25 of his 95 years, but he will always be considered the "father of photojournalism" to many.
Magnum has posted a retrospective of his work here.
Enough for now,
Magnum has posted a retrospective of his work here.
Enough for now,
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