Renée C. Byer

Renée C. Byer (born in 1958 in Yonkers, New York) is the senior photojournalist at The Sacramento Bee, where she has worked since 2003.

Byer is a documentary photojournalist. She won a Pulitzer Prize in 2007 for her "A Mother's Journey" feature photo.^[1] "A Mother's Journey" was a series of photos, over the course of a year, about a boy at the age of 11 years who was battling neuroblastoma, a type of cancer.

Byer was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2013, "For her heartwarming photographs of a grandfather raising three grandchildren after the violent death of his daughter and the loss of his wife to cancer."^[2]

Byer is married to Paul Kitagaki, Jr., the senior photographer at The Sacramento Bee.

Website

http://www.reneecbyer.com

Awards

2017 The White House News Photographers Association Multimedia documentary award in the annual ‘Eyes of History®’ competition, "No Safe Place." 1st Place"
2016 EPPY for Best Photojournalism: E&P named "No Safe Place" it's EPPY award winner for best photojournalism of a website with at least 1 million unique monthly visitors. The special report is infused with poignant photography by Bee photojournalist Renée C. Byer that captures the refugees' struggles in Sacramento.
2016 Inland Press Association, 1st Place News Picture Photography - Picture Story Renée C. Byer , The Sacramento Bee, "No Safe Place."
2016 Inland Press Association, 1st Place Creative Use of Multimedia, "No Safe Place"
2016 SPJNORCAL, 1st Place Community Journalism (Print/Online), "No Safe Place"
2016 SPJNORCAL, 1st Place Photojournalism (Photo Essay), "No Safe Place"
2015 Best of Photojournalism, Nature and Environmental Picture Story, National Press Photographers Association, First Place^[1]
2015 World Understanding Award, Pictures of the Year International, Finalist^[2]
2015 Scripps Howard Photojournalism Award, Finalist^[3]
2015 LensCulture Earth Awards, Documentary Series on electronic waste, Second Place^[4]
2013 Pulitzer Prize, Feature Photography, The Sacramento Bee, Finalist^[5]
2013 Casey Medal for Meritorious Journalism, Finalist
2007 Pulitzer Prize, Feature Photography, “A Mother’s Journey,” The Sacramento Bee, Winner^[6]
2007 World Understanding Award, Pictures of the Year International, Winner^[7]
2007 Multimedia Feature Picture Story, Pictures of the Year International
2007 Days Japan International Photojournalism Award, Second Place^[8]
2007 Casey Medal for Meritorious Journalism, Winner^[9]
2007 Photo of the Year Award, The United Nations Children Emergency Fund, Honorable Mention^[10]
2007 Award of Excellence, Feature Photography, Pictures of the Year International^[11]
2007 Feature Photo Story, American Society of Newspaper Editors, Finalist
2007 Newspaper Series, Pictures of the Year international, Third Place
2007 Award of Excellence, Photography, Multiple Photos, Society of News Design
2005 Harry Chapin Media Award for World Hunger in Photojournalism
2005 Best of Photojournalism, Nature and Environmental Picture Story, National Press Photographers Association, First Place
2005 McClatchy President’s Award
2004 Mark Twain Award for Excellence in News Photography, Associated Press
2004 Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma, Finalist

Book Awards

2014 IPA Documentary Book Award, Living on a Dollar a Day: The Lives and Faces of the World’s Poor, First Place
2014 Moscow International Foto Awards, Documentary Book, Living on a Dollar a Day: The Lives and Faces of the World’s Poor, Honorable Mention

Solo Exhibitions and Presentations

2017 Western Kentucky University MMTH Gallery and Atrium, Bowling Green, Kentucky
2016 Global Women Leaders’ Forum: Inspiring the Next Generation of Leaders, Sofia, Bulgaria
2016 Month of Photography Los Angeles, California; official exhibition
2015 Viewpoint Photographic Art Center, Sacramento, California
2014 Visa Pour L’Image Festival of the Photograph, Perpignan, France; video presentation
2014 Hartmann Center Art Gallery, Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois
2010 Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, State University of New York, New Paltz
2007 Sage Moon Gallery, LOOK3 Festival of the Photograph, Charlottesville, Virginia
2007 Hartmann Center Art Gallery, Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois
2007 Muroff-Kotler Visual Arts Gallery, State University of New York, Stone Ridge, New York
2007 Palm Beach Photographic Centre, Palm Beach, Florida
2007 Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, California

Selected Group Exhibitions

Present- 2007 Permanent, The Pulitzer Photographs Gallery, Newseum, Washington, D.C.
2014 International Photography Awards Winners for Best of Show; Splashlight Studios, New York City; Espace Beaurepaire Gallery, Paris, France; Beijing Academy of Art, Beijing, China; Chiang Mai Festival of Photography, Rooftop Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand
2014 Tech Awards Gala, San Jose, California; video presentation
2010 Pictures of the Year International 2009, The Annenberg Space for Photography, Los Angeles, California
2008 Photokina, Cologne, Germany
2007 Days Japan International photojournalism exhibit, Yokohama, Japan
2007 FotoWeek, Washington, D.C.
2007 Angkor Wat photography festival, Siem Reap, Cambodia
2007 International Children’s Cancer Day, Madrid, Spain

Publications by Byer

2014 Living on a Dollar a Day: The Lives and Faces of the World’s Poor, The Quantuck Press, Thomas Nazario
2010 A Mother’s Journey and Selected Photographs, Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, SUNY, New Paltz

Contributor to Publications

2015 We the Children, Edition Lammerhuber, collaboration with The United Nations Children Emergency Fund, Germany and GEO Magazine
2015 Moments: The Pulitzer Prize Winning Photographs, collaboration with Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, Inc.
2015 21st Century Reading Student Book 1: Creative Reading and Thinking with TED Talks, Cengage, collaboration with TED and National Geographic Learning; 15th Edition
2014 The Pulitzer Prize Photographs: Capture the Moment, Newseum; 2010 and 2014 editions
2010 The Mercy Project, Mado-sha Publishing Co.
2008 The American Soldier from the Civil War to the War in Iraq: A Photographic Tribute, Business of Entertainment Inc.
2008 America at Home, Running Press
2008 Photojournalism: The Professionals’ Approach, Focal Press; 6th edition multiple
1990 Book of Days, Dorsoduro Press
1987 Best of Photojournalism 11, National Press Photographers Association
1983 Best of Photojournalism 8, National Press Photographers Association

TV, Film, and Radio

2014 NBC's Depth of Field with Ann Curry, “Living on a Dollar a Day: Reality of Extreme Poverty Revealed,” interview
2014 ABC's Real Biz with Bob Woodruff and Rebecca Jarvis, “'Living on a Dollar a Day' - Shocking Photos from Around the World,” interview
2014 NBC's Depth of Field with Ann Curry, “Love and Loss - A Family's Struggle with Childhood Cancer,” interview
2014 The Photography Channel, “Renée C. Byer - A Mother's Journey,” interview

References

↑ "National Press Photographers Association". nppa.org. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
↑ "Pictures of the Year International Winners List". poyi.org. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
↑ "Scripps Howard Awards honor nation’s best 2014 journalism | The E.W. Scripps Company". www.scripps.com. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
↑ LensCulture, Renée C Byer |. "Renée C Byer | LensCulture". LensCulture. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
↑ "Pulitzer Prize Winners 2013". www.pulitzer.org. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
↑ "Pulitzer Prize Winners 2007". www.pulitzer.org. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
↑ "Winners List | Sixty-Fourth Pictures of the Year International Competition". www.poyi.org. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
↑ "Days Japan International Photojournalism Awards". www.daysjapan.net. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
↑ "Meritorious Journalism Casey Medal Winner". www.journalismcenter.org. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
↑ author, page. "The United Nations Children Emergency Fund, Photo of the Year". www.unicef.org. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
↑ "Pictures of the Year International Winners List". www.poyi.org. Retrieved 2016-03-24.

External links

http://www.reneecbyer.com

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