In Memoriam
Remembering those who have made a lasting impact on visual journalism
Memorials
Alan Hagman
Alan Hagman was deputy director of photography for the Los Angeles Times. He was an Emmy Award-winning multimedia producer whose work has also been recognized by Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, Pictures of the Year International, National Press Photographer’s Assn., the Society for News Design and the Webby Awards. Hagman...
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Bill Luster
Bill Luster is a well-known American photojournalist. He worked for many years at The Courier-Journal in Louisville, Kentucky, where his storytelling photographs became widely recognized.
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Bob Baxter
Bob Baxter was director of photography for the Suburban Publishing Co. in Union, NJ. He was a U.S. Navy veteran who served during World War II. In 1971, a swimming accident left Baxter a paraplegic. He spent the last eleven years of his life in East Orange Veterans Hospital where he...
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G. Gordon Yoder
G Gordon Yoder joined the NPPA in 1946, when it was first established. He went on to win their Photographer of the Year and in 1994 the Sprague Award. In 2000 he and his wife, Irene established the G Gordon Yoder TV NewsVideo Workshop Scholarship with a large donation to the National Press...
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Kit C. King
Kit King was the Chief Photographer at The Spokesman-Review and Spokane Chronicle.
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Liane Enkelis
Liane Enkelis established this scholarship in honor of the people who made her career in photojournalism possible: Her parents, Bettijune Kruse (a gifted fiction writer) and Benedict Kruse (a journalist and photographer): who kindled and encouraged her love of photography Harvey Weber, Director of Photography at Newsday, Long Island, NY, and Recipient of the...
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Mark Edelson
Mark Edelson, nine-time recipient of the prestigious Newspaper Picture Editor of the Year award, passed away on April 23, 2015.
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Michel du Cille
Photojournalist Michel du Cille drew praise from colleagues around the globe for his deep moral compass and sense of social justice. His three Pulitzer Prizes are a fitting tribute to the stunning quality of his work.
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Reid Blackburn
Reid Blackburn was a photojournalist for the The Columbian in Vancouver, Wa.
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