Award Category: Visual/Photojournalism
Howard Chapnick
For the past 50 years, Chapnick has been the driving force behind Black Star, one of the most respected international photographic agencies. From 1964 until recently he served as Black Star’s president. Chapnick has been a regular member of the Missouri Photo Workshop and a very strong supporter of the Pictures of the Year awards. … Continued
Gilka E. Gilka
Bob Gilka has been photography director for National Geographic since 1963. As director, he is responsible for the still photography in National Geographic as well as other publications of the Washington-based society. Prior to this, Gilka was picture editor for The Milwaukee Journal and a journalism instructor at his alma mater, Marquette University. He began … Continued
Ernest C. Withers
Ernest C. Withers has been a practicing photographer for more than 60 years and still maintains a Beale Street studio in his hometown of Memphis. He documented the Civil Rights movement as well as the southern entertainment and social scenes during the 1950’s and 60’s. Mr. Withers often traveled with and photographed leading Civil Rights … Continued
Donna Ferrato
Donna Ferrato, an expert on domestic abuse, has been a professional photographer for more than 20 years. Her most recent project, “Looking for Love,” concentrates on the bonds that hold people and families together. For 10 years she documented domestic abuse by spending time in battered women’s shelters, living with couples in their homes and … Continued
Dirck Halstead
Dirck Halstead
Danny Lyon
Danny Lyon is a photographer, filmmaker and writer. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., he studied history at the University of Chicago, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1963. While still a student he joined the early southern civil rights movement, using his camera to support the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. Upon graduation, … Continued
Catherine Leroy
Catherine Leroy arrived in Saigon in February of 1966 as freelance photojournalist at the age of 21. A native of Enghien, France (a Paris suburb), she had no formal photographic training. Despite her lack of experience, Leroy’s arresting images of the war were printed in many publications, including Life, Time and the Sunday Times of … Continued