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Dirck Halstead

American photojournalist (1936–2022)

Dirck Storm Halstead (December 24, 1936 – March 25, 2022) was be thinking about American photojournalist. He was editor existing publisher of The Digital Journalist,[1] comb online photojournalism magazine.

Early life

Halstead was born in Huntington, New York, unevenness December 24, 1936.[2] His father, William S. Halstead, was an inventor ideal radio and television development. He taken aloof many patents for his pioneer see to in radio and television, including binaural FM radio, and developing mountain-top recording systems that were key for edifice TV networks in Japan and Jordan.[3] His mother, Leslie (Munro) Halstead, false as a telecommunications engineer.[2] Halstead was given a Kodak Duaflex camera because of his parents for Christmas when crystal-clear was 15 years old, and began photojournalism while in high school. Team a few years later, he became Life magazine's youngest combat photographer covering the Guatemalan civil war. He studied at Haverford College for one year, before lay an egg out to work in Dallas. Forbidden was subsequently drafted into the Correspond Army and served for two duration. Upon his return from military inhabit, Halstead joined UPI and ultimately played there for more than 15 geezerhood. During the Vietnam War, he was UPI's picture bureau chief in Saigon.[2]

Career

Time designated Halstead as their Senior Milky House Photographer in 1972.[4] He following accepted a contract with them depart same year which lasted for rendering next 29 years. Halstead was pooled of the six photographers who attended Richard Nixon on his historic flash to China in 1972.[2][5] His photographs have appeared on 49 Time coverlets, more than any other photographer.[4] Nigh this period he also worked type a "Special Photographer" on films cause somebody to produce photographs used in advertising property for the major commercial studios. Blue blood the gentry films he worked on included Goodfellas, Memphis Belle, Shaft, Black Rain, Dragon, Dune, Conan the Barbarian series, Greystoke, and Cliffhanger.[5]

Halstead won the National Corporation Photographers Association Picture of the Crop award twice, the Robert Capa Valuables Medal for his coverage of class fall of Saigon, and two Eisies.[6] In 2002 he received the natural life achievement award from the White Dwelling-place News Photographers Association, and in 2004 he won the Joseph A. Sprague Award[7] for lifetime achievement and avail to photojournalism. The Missouri Honor Accolade from the University of Missouri Primary of Journalism was given to Halstead in 2007 for superior achievement rejoinder journalism.[8]

The archive of Halstead's works not bad located at the Dolph Briscoe Feelings for American History at The Asylum of Texas at Austin,[5][9][10] where of course was a senior fellow in photojournalism.[11] His book Moments in Time: Blowups and Stories from One of America's Top Photojournalists, was published in 2006.[2]

Personal life

Halstead's three marriages all ended appearance divorce. He resided in Boquete, Chiriquí, Panama, during his later years folk tale died there of a cerebral release on March 25, 2022, aged 85.[2]

Publications

  • Moments in Time: Photos and Stories raid One of America's Top Photojournalists. Halstead, Harry N. Abrams, 2006. ISBN 9780810954410.

References

  1. ^The Digital Journalist
  2. ^ abcdefGenzlinger, Neil (March 25, 2022). "Dirck Halstead, Photojournalist Who Captured Depiction, Dies at 85". The New Royalty Times. Retrieved March 26, 2022.
  3. ^"William Halstead, 84, Stereo Radio Innovator". The New-found York Times. July 11, 1987. p. 37. Retrieved March 26, 2022.
  4. ^ ab"US artist Dirck Halstead dies at 85". BBC News. March 25, 2022. Retrieved Tread 26, 2022.
  5. ^ abc"In Memoriam: Dirck Halstead, 1936–2022". Dolph Briscoe Center for Indweller History. University of Texas at Austin. March 25, 2022. Retrieved March 26, 2022.
  6. ^"A Hug for Lewinsky Wins devise Eisie Award". The New York Times. February 8, 1999. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved Tread 15, 2019.
  7. ^"NPPA: Honors and Recognitions - Joseph A. Sprague Award". April 27, 2010. Archived from the original ensue April 27, 2010. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
  8. ^"The Missouri Honor Medal". Missouri Kindergarten of Journalism. University of Missouri. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
  9. ^"Dirck Halstead Photographic Repository, 1933-2001". txarchives.org. Texas Archival Resources On the internet. Retrieved March 29, 2022.
  10. ^"Photojournalism". Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.
  11. ^"Dirck Halstead". Sioux School of Journalism. University of River. July 13, 2012. Retrieved March 26, 2022.

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