Jack Dykinga
| Jack Dykinga | |
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 Jack Dykinga, 2008 | |
| Born |
January 2, 1943 Chicago, Illinois |
| Known for | Photography |
| 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][3][4]
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.[5]
Jack Dykinga is a founding Fellow of the International League of Conservation Photographers[6] His work appears in Arizona Highways and National Geographic.[7] He shows at the G2 Gallery.[8] He is on the board of the Sonoran Desert National Park Project.[9]
In 2010, Dykinga was photographer in residence at Sedona Photofest.[10]
Personal
Dykinga lives in Tucson, Arizona with his wife Margaret Malley; they married in 1965.[7]
He attended Riverside Brookfield Township High School.
Awards and Honors
- 2010: “Stone Canyon” was selected as one of "40 Best Nature Photographs of all time" by the International League of Conservation Photographers [11]
- 2011: Received the Outstanding Nature Photographer of the Year Award from the Nature Photographers of North America.[12]
Works
- Frog Mountain Blues, University of Arizona Press, 1987, ISBN 978-0-8165-0929-4
- The Sonoran Desert H.N. Abrams, 1992, ISBN 978-0-8109-3824-3
- The Secret Forest, University of New Mexico Press, 1993, ISBN 978-0-8263-1403-1
- Stone Canyons of the Colorado Plateau Abrams, 1996, ISBN 978-0-8109-4468-8
- The Sierra Pinacate University of Arizona Press, 1998, ISBN 978-0-8165-1777-0
- Desert: The Mojave and Death Valley, Harry N. Abrams, 1999, ISBN 978-0-8109-3238-8
- Large format nature photography, Amphoto Books, 2001, ISBN 978-0-8174-4157-9
- Jack Dykinga's Arizona, Westcliffe Publishers, 2004, ISBN 978-1-56579-499-3
- Images: Jack Dykinga's Grand Canyon, Arizona Highways, 2008, ISBN 978-1932082876
- Capture the Magic: Train Your Eye, Improve Your Photographic Composition, Rocky Nook Publishers, 2013, ISBN 978-1937538354
Gallery
- Photos by Jack Dykinga for the US Department of Agriculture
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Teddy-bear Cholla at Tecolote Camp, El Pinacate y Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere Reserve
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Female Mexican fruit fly
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Severe soil erosion in a wheat field near Washington State University
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Hereford twins produced at the ARS Range and Livestock Research Unit at Miles City, Montana
References
- ↑ Elizabeth A. Brennan, Elizabeth C. Clarage, ed. (1999). Who's who of Pulitzer Prize winners. Greenwood Press. ISBN 1573561118. Page 206, #400 at Google Books.
- ↑ "Feature Photography". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 2013-11-13.
- ↑ "Jack Dykinga". Current TV (current.com). Retrieved 2011-01-24.
- ↑ "Jack Dykinga". Tucson Morning Blend. August 18, 2010. Retrieved 2011-01-24.
- ↑ Villareal, Narciso Thomas (November 3, 2010). "Research Paper on Photojournalist Jack Dykinga". JRN 280 Blog for Narciso Thomas Villarreal (villarrealjrn280.blogspot.com). Retrieved 2011-01-24.
- ↑ http://www.ilcp.com/photographers/jack-dykinga#
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Jack Dykinga". National Geographic Photography (photography.nationalgeographic.com). Retrieved 2011-01-24.
- ↑ "Artists: Jack Dykinga". The G2 Gallery (theg2gallery.com). Retrieved 2011-01-24.
- ↑ Rappaport, Robert (September 23, 2009). "Jack Dykinga". Video on Demand – Video Shorts. Arizona Public Media (ondemand.azpm.org). Retrieved 2011-01-24.
- ↑ "Jack Dykinga, Sedona PhotoFest 2010 Master-in-Residence Photographer". Sedonaphotofest.com. Retrieved 2011-01-24.
- ↑ "Guardian: 40 greatest Nature Photographs". Retrieved 2014-05-09.
- ↑ "NANPA Awards and Past Winners". Retrieved 2014-05-09.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jack Dykinga. |
- Official website
- "Interview transcript", Lew and Gail Steiger, Images of Arizona
- "Jack Dykinga: From Pulitzer to Pop-Up", Gordon White, Truck Camper Magazine 19 May 2009
- Jack W. Dykinga at Library of Congress Authorities, with 10 catalog records
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