James B. Dickman
Illustration — Dickman, right; Shannon E. Renfroe, left, in 2004 James (Jay) B. Dickman (born March 25, 1949), is an American photographer. He won the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for feature photography while a staff member for the Dallas Times Herald. In the same year, Dickman also won the World Press Golden Eye for a series of photos from the war in El Salvador.
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James B. Dickman
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Illustration — Dickman, right; Shannon E. Renfroe, left, in 2004 James (Jay) B. Dickman (born March 25, 1949), is an American photographer. He won the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for feature photography while a staff member for the Dallas Times Herald. In the same year, Dickman also won the World Press Golden Eye for a series of photos from the war in El Salvador.
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Dickman has also been awarded the Distinguished Journalist award from Sigma Delta Chi, and multiple awards in other competitions. A National Geographic photographer, with more than 25 assignments for the NG Society, he is the co-author of Perfect Digital Photography, an extensive guide to the entire process of photography in the digital age. Dickman owns and conducts a series of photographic workshops, Firstlight Workshops, which has been reviewed in multiple publications.
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The following works and productions are recorded by name or by count. Dickman is recorded with the occupation photographer. Institutional cataloguing adds that james B. Dickman is recorded with the occupation journalist. It is also recorded that james B. Dickman is recorded as a citizen of United States. It is also recorded that james B. Dickman is recorded with the gender male. Dickman was born on 1 January 1949.
San Diego, Calif. (Apr. 28, 2004) - Photographer's Mate Airman Shannon Renfroe, assigned to USS Nimitz (CVN 68), receives instruction from Mr. Jay Dickman, a National Geographic and Pulitzer Prize winning photographer during the Military Photographic Workshop held at Fleet Combat Camera Group Pacific in San Diego, Calif. The Military Photographer's Workshop is a weeklong course of instruction allo
U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Arlo K. Abrahamson. · This image was released by the United States Navy with the ID 040428-N-5362A-009 (next). This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required
San Diego, Calif. (Apr. 28, 2004) - From left to right, Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Tiffini Jones, Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Timothy Smith, and Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Johansen Laurel receive instruction from National Geographic and Pulitzer Prize winning photographer Jay Dickman. The workshop was held at Fleet Combat Camera Group Pacific in San Diego, Calif. The Military Photographer'
U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Arlo K. Abrahamson. · This image was released by the United States Navy with the ID 040428-N-5362A-020 (next). This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required
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