National Geographic Live- Annie Griffiths Belt…
May 6, 2008
Over her 25-year National Geographic career, Annie Griffiths Belt has worked on every continent except Antarctica. One of the first female staff photographers hired at the National Geographic, her assignments have included coverage of Jerusalem, the spectacular ancient ruins of Petra in Jordan, England’s Lake District, Lawrence of Arabia, and the Badlands region of South Dakota. Read more
Documentary Film Screening Saturday night at 5:15
May 2, 2008
I’m a little late in letting folks know about this, but a great documentary photographer and friend of mine Scott Anger, along with Deborah Dickson, is screening a film called
WITNESS TO A SECRET WAR tomorrow night at 5:15 as part of the Minneapolis/St Paul International Film Festival. It’s at the Oak Street Cinema at 309 Oak Street SE in MInneapolis, Saturday May 3rd. Read more
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
