Steve Starr
Steve Starr is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American photographer. He has since retired from photography, and since 2014, has served as a Third Order Franciscan Brother at Grace and St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Colorado Springs.
Steve Starr
Associated Press · The Buffalo News Tue, May 05, 1970 ·Page 17 · Public domain
- Occupation
- Photographer
- Education
- San José State University
- Awards
- Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography, 1970
- Born
- 1944
- Died
- 2012
- Nationality
- United States
- Honours
- Pulitzer Prize for Photography
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Steve Starr is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American photographer. He has since retired from photography, and since 2014, has served as a Third Order Franciscan Brother at Grace and St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Colorado Springs.
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Key facts
• Occupation — Photographer • Education — San José State University • Awards — Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography, 1970
Education
Education
Starr attended San José State University, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism in 1967.
Career
Career
• Illustration — Starr's April 1969 photo of armed African-American student Vietnam War protesters at Cornell University was awarded the 1970 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography Starr worked at Associated Press bureaus in Los Angeles, New York City, Albany, New York, and Miami. In 1970, his photograph the prior year, "Campus Guns", of armed African-American protesters leaving Willard Straight Hall at Cornell University after negotiating an end to their occupation of the building, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography.
Personal life
Personal life
Starr married Marilynne Starr, whom he met as a San Jose State University student. He lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado. In 2020, he began work on an autobiography about his career and experiences as a photojournalist and as a Franciscan brother.
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Works
• "Guns on Campus", 1969 • "Mourners at the Columbine Memorial", 1999
"Campus Guns", photograph of armed black student activists leaving Willard Straight Hall at Cornell University after having occupied it for 36 hours in protest of racism at the university. Winner of the 1970 Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography.
Steve Starr · " Pulitzer Prize - Steve Starr, Photojournalist Retrospective " Originally published by the Associated Press in 1969.
Awards
• May 4, 1970: Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography
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