Deanne Fitzmaurice

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Deanne Fitzmaurice is an American photographer and photojournalist. She was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography in 2005. [1]

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Biography and career

Born in Melrose, Massachusetts, Fitzmaurice graduated in 1983 with a B.F.A in photography from the Academy of Art College in San Francisco, California. [2]

She joined the San Francisco Chronicle in 1989, working there until 2008. [1] The celebrities she photographed included Barack Obama, Steven Spielberg and Jerry Seinfeld. [3]

She has contributed to a number of journals including Time, Newsweek , U.S. News & World Report , Sports Illustrated , ESPN the Magazine and People . [4]

In 2005, together with her husband, Kurt Rogers, she was one of the co-founders of Think Tank Photo, which produces camera bags. [4]

Awards

In 2005, she received the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography for her series illustrating the story of "the near-death of a young Iraqi boy, who was horribly injured by an improvised explosive device, to his triumphal recovery in the United States." Fitzmaurice followed the progress of Saleh Khalaf over 13 months in an Oakland hospital beginning in November 2003. [5]

In 2004, Fitzmaurice's same work, “Operation Lion Heart,” also received the Casey Medal for Meritorious Journalism in 2005. [6] Additionally, Fitzmaurice received the Mark Twain Award.

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References

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  2. "Deanne Fitzmaurice - Academy of Art University". www.academyart.edu. Academy of Art University . Retrieved 2015-11-19.[ permanent dead link ]
  3. "Pulitzer Prize–Winning Photography Grad Shares Her Experience & Insight", Academy of Art University. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
  4. 1 2 "Deanne Fitzmaurice", MediaStorm. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
  5. Fischer, Heinz Dietrich (2011). Picture Coverage of the World: Pulitzer Prize Winning Photos. LIT Verlag Münster. pp. 212–. ISBN   978-3-643-10844-9 . Retrieved 3 April 2013.
  6. "2005 Press Release | JCCF". www.journalismcenter.org. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-11-19.