Jack Dykinga

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Jack Dykinga
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Jack Dykinga, 2008
Born (1943-01-02) January 2, 1943 (age 79)
Chicago, Illinois
Known forPhotography
Spouse(s)
Margaret Malley
(m. 1965)
Website http://www.dykinga.com/

Jack William Dykinga (born January 2, 1943) is an American photographer. [1] For 1970 work with the Chicago Sun-Times he won the annual Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography citing "dramatic and sensitive photographs at the Lincoln and Dixon State Schools for the Retarded in Illinois." [2]

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Career

Born in Chicago, Dykinga began his career at the Chicago Tribune , and the Chicago Sun-Times before moving to Arizona, where he joined the Arizona Daily Star and taught at the University of Arizona and Pima Community College. [3]

Dykinga left the Arizona Daily Star and photojournalism in 1985. Thanks to the support and inspiration of a friend, he started to work on a book about the Sonoran Desert. [4] The publication of The Sonoran Desert launched his new career as a nature and conservation photographer.

Dykinga is a founding Fellow of the International League of Conservation Photographers. [5] His work appears in Arizona Highways and National Geographic. [6] He shows at the G2 Gallery. [7] He is on the board of the Sonoran Desert National Park Project. [8]

In 2010, Dykinga was photographer in residence at Sedona Photofest. [9]

Personal

Dykinga lives in Tucson, Arizona, with his wife Margaret Malley; they married in 1965. [6]

He attended Riverside Brookfield High School.

Awards and honors

Works

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