Shane T. McCoy

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Shane T. McCoy
Born1974 (age 47–48)
Redwood City, California, U.S.
OccupationStill and video photographer, graphic designer
Website www.usmarshals.photo
Detainees upon arrival at Camp X-Ray, January 2002, Photograph by Shane T. McCoy Camp x-ray detainees.jpg
Detainees upon arrival at Camp X-Ray, January 2002, Photograph by Shane T. McCoy

Shane T. McCoy is an operational photographer [1] for the U.S. Marshals Service, where he started working in 2009. [2] [3] His photos have been published in hundreds of publications worldwide. [4] [5] [6] McCoy is responsible for covering all operational aspects of the multi-mission U.S. Marshals Service, and he has photographed thousands of arrests of people wanted on federal and local warrants. [7] [8] [9]

Prior to working for the U.S. Marshals, McCoy spent more than 15 years as a combat photographer for the U.S. Navy. [10] His positions in the Navy also included being the photo editor and lead photojournalist for the Navy's "All Hands" magazine for more than five years, video editor for "All Hands Television" for more than one year, and director of multimedia for one year. [2] During his time in the Navy, his work took him to 35 countries and multiple active war zones. [2] McCoy's most known series of photos was one that he shot as the first detainees arrived at Guantanamo Bay's Camp X-Ray [11] [ circular reference ] in 2002. [12] [13] [4] [14] [15]

While in the Navy, McCoy won awards in every category of the "Military Photographer of The Year" contest, including runner-up "Military Photographer of the Year" twice, [16] winning third place three times, and receiving multiple honorable mentions.[ citation needed ] He also won first place in video editing and graphic design multiple times in military competitions for those categories. [2] [ better source needed ] McCoy delivered the graduation speech for the Basic Still Photography course at the Defense Information School at Fort Meade, Maryland, in June 2006. [17] During the 13-week course, students are trained to create professional visual information products. [17]

McCoy has served as a mentor for the Department of Defense Worldwide Military Photography Workshop since 2004. [18] He is one of the founding staff of the Shoot Off Visual Media Workshops, [19] which are held for government and military photographers. In addition, he was one of the volunteers, known as the "Black Team" [20] for the Eddie Adams Workshop for six years. [2]

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  1. ↑ "Category:Photographs by Shane T. McCoy". commons.wikimedia.org. Retrieved 2021-03-17.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 McCoy, Shane. "US Marshals Photo". US Marshals Photo. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  3. ↑ "flickr: U.S. Marshals Office of Public Affairs". flickr--U.S. Marshals. U.S. Marshals Office of Public Affairs. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  4. 1 2 Rosenberg, Carol (6 March 2018). "Pentagon plans to raze Camp X-Ray, Guantánamo's eyesore and enduring symbol of torture". Miami Herald. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  5. ↑ "Category:Photographs by Shane T. McCoy". Wikimedia Commons. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  6. ↑ Lambert, Tim (2 February 2018). "Trusting News: Wrestling with editorial decisions in times of tragedy". witf. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  7. ↑ Sabawi, Fares (18 December 2017). "Operation Triple Beam nets 215 arrests". mySA. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  8. ↑ Alabama News Network Staff (31 May 2018). "Over 170 Arrests Made During 3-Month Long "Triple Beam" Operation". Alabama News Network. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  9. ↑ "flickr: U.S. Marshals Office of Public Affairs Albums". flickr--U.S. Marshals. U.S. Marshals Office of Public Affairs. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  10. ↑ Rosenberg, Carol (13 May 2016). "Photos echo years later". Miami Herald. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  11. ↑ McCoy, Shane. "Detainees upon arrival at Camp X-Ray, January 2002". Wikipedia. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  12. ↑ Rosenberg, Carol (13 January 2016). "6 of first 20 'worst of the worst' still at Guantanamo". Sun Herald. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  13. ↑ Fallon, Mark (1 November 2017). "How Terrorist Threats Made the U.S. as Brutal as Its Enemies". Newsweek. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  14. ↑ Attwood, Feona; Campbell, Vincent (28 November 2012). Controversial Images: Media Representations on the Edge (2013 ed.). Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 68–69, 73, 75, 77–79. ISBN   978-0230284050.
  15. ↑ "Guantanamo's Camp X-Ray, Then And Now". Huffpost. 22 April 2013. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  16. ↑ McCoy, Shane T. (2007), English: Military Photographer of the Year 1st Runner-Up: MC1 Shane T. McCoy , retrieved 2021-03-17
  17. 1 2 Culp, William C. (2006-06-09), DEFENSE INFORMATION SCHOOL, Fort George G. Meade, Md. – Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Shane McCoy, photojournalist for All Hands magazine, delivers the graduation speech for the Basic Still Photography course 080-06 graduation here June 9, 2006. During the 13-week course, Basic Still Photography students are trained to create professional visual information products using the latest techniques and state-of-the art equipment in photography. , retrieved 2021-03-17
  18. ↑ Calvert, Mary. "2016 Worldwide Military Photography Workshop". Mary F. Calvert. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  19. ↑ "Editors, Mentors, Coaches". Shoot Off Visual Media Workshops. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  20. ↑ "The Black Team". The Eddie Adams Workshop. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
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