Pulitzer winner Rick Rickman to speak in Mankato…
April 18, 2008
Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Rick Rickman will speak on “Chronicling a World on the Run” Thursday , April 24 at 2 p.m. at Minnesota State University, Mankato’s Ostrander Auditorium in the Centennial Student Union. The visit is part of Minnesota State, Mankato’s Mass Communications department’s Media Day.
During his 30-year career as a photojournalist, Rickman has worked for National Geographic, Time, Newsweek, U.S. News & World Report, Audubon, Life, ESPN The Magazine, The Des Moines Register and other major daily newspapers. His work has received numerous awards, including the 1985 Pulitzer Prize for News Photography for team coverage of the 1984 Summer Olympics for The Orange County (Calif.) Register.
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Stacy Bengs named CPOY…
April 15, 2008
Stacy Bengs, a student at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities was named College Photographer of the Year by the Minnesota News Photographers Association.
Bengs has been working at the The Minnesota Daily for the past two years and has also completed an internship at the St. Paul Pioneer Press. Bengs will be graduating in May with a BA in Art and Journalism.
After graduation, Bengs wants to continue in photojournalism and capture images from across the world.
<< check back soon to view her and other winning images from the CPOY competition >>
CPOY winners announced
April 14, 2008
The winners for the 2007 Minnesota News Photographers Association College Photographer of the Year (CPOY) as judged by:
Randy Johnson, St. Paul Pioneer Press; Jerry Holt, Star Tribune; and Thomas Whisenand, freelance. Read more
Sam Abell at the State Theatre…
April 14, 2008
National Geographic Live: Sam Abell
World-renowned photographer Sam Abell comes to Minneapolis to share his photos and stories of the Mississippi River. Read more
Documentary photography symposium…
April 14, 2008
Photographers Michal Daniel and Keri Pickett, with book artist Paulette Myers-Rich, will give presentations at the Documentary Photography Symposium at the College of St. Catherine. Daniel and Myers-Rich will conduct the Knife River Weekend Workshop at the Minnesota Center for Book Arts. Read more
