Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist to speak in Fairbanks
February 28, 2011
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2/28/11
Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Preston Gannaway will speak at a free public lecture, “Pictures from Life’s Other Side,” Wednesday, March 2 at 7 p.m. in the Noel Wien Library auditorium.
Gannaway has worked as a documentary newspaper photographer for the past 10 years. She believes the daily newspaper is an inclusive medium that brings visual storytelling to a diverse audience. She currently works for The Virginian-Pilot newspaper in Norfolk. In 2008, Gannaway's intimate photo story on a St. Pierre family, “Remember Me,” was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for feature photography. Her work has been honored in numerous other national and international competitions, including Pictures of the Year International's One Week's Work and an award of excellence in Best Multimedia Project. A native of North Carolina, she began her career at the Coalfield Progress in rural southwest Virginia after earning a bachelor’s degree in fine art photography at Virginia Intermont College.
Gannaway’s lecture is part of the Snedden Guest Lecture Series. Helen Snedden established the Snedden Chair and lecture series in 2003 with a gift in memory of her late husband, C.W. Snedden, the former publisher and owner of the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner. Since its establishment, the lecture series has allowed the UAF journalism department to bring nationally known journalists to Fairbanks to speak to students, local journalists and the public.
ADDITIONAL CONTACTS: UAF journalism department at 907-474-7761.
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