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TrailerBlazers of Light: Photojournalists

TrailerBlazers of Light: Photojournalists

Early 1900s to 1950s

Berenice Abbott 1926Marjorie Dean Andruk 1943Eve Arnold 1946Roberta Barrett • Jessie Tarbox Beals 1902 • Lucie Becker 1950s. Theresa Bonney 1924Charlotte Brooks 943 • Christina Broom 1903 • Joan Liffring-Zug Bourret 1948 • Jane Brown 1949Esther Bubley 1945 • Marion Carpenter 1940sCarolyn McKenzie Carter 1940sDickey Chapelle 1942Virginia DeCarvalho 1943Marjory Collins 1930sPauline Ehrlich • Mary Frampton 1953Martine Franck 1963Toni Frissell 1931Emma and Mayme Gerhard 1903 • Irena Giedraitiene 1955Ruth Gruber 1935Marie Hansen 1942Martha Holmes 1944Dorothy Hosmer 1938Doris Jacoby 1953Frances Benjamin Johnston 1889 • Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy 1951Helen Johns Kirtland 1914 •  Marian Klein Koehler 1956Dorothea Lange 1929Lisa Larsen 1948Mary Morris Lawrence 1936Adelaide Leavy 1941Nina Leen 1945Betty Love 1941 • Ella Maillart 1930Louise Ozelle Martin 1946Hansel Mieth 1930Lee Miller 1939Edna Murray 1940sLora Webb Nichols 1899 • Janine Niepce 1946Madeline Osborne • Ruth Orkin 1943 • Maxine Reams 1943Martha McMillan Roberts • Ann Rosener 1942Louise Rosskam 1938 • Tsuneko Sasamoto 1940Marilyn Silverstone 1959Doreen Spooner 1949Marilyn Stafford 1948Lisl Steiner 1953Evelyn Straus 1940Gerda Taro 1936Doris Ulmann 1918 • Rita Vandivert 1938Homai Vyarawalla 1930sDorothy Lee Walch, Lee Rosenthal 1944Caroline Valenta 1945 • Eudora Welty 1930sEdna Weston 1945Margaret Bourke-White 1929Marion Post Wolcott 1936Ida Wyman 1940s 

Early 1900s to 1950s

Berenice Abbott 1926Marjorie Dean Andruk 1943Eve Arnold 1946Jessie Tarbox Beals 1902 • Lucie Becker 1950s. Theresa Bonney 1924Jane Brown 1949Marion Carpenter 1940sCarolyn McKenzie Carter 1940sDickey Chapelle 1942Virginia DeCarvalho 1943Mary Frampton 1953Martine Franck 1963Toni Frissell 1931Irena Giedraitiene 1955Ruth Gruber 1935Marie Hansen 1942Martha Holmes 1944Dorothy Hosmer 1938Doris Jacoby 1953Frances Benjamin Johnston 1864Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy 1951 Marian Klein Koehler 1956Dorothea Lange 1929Lisa Larsen 1948Mary Morris Lawrence 1936Adelaide Leavy 1941Nina Leen 1945Ella Maillart 1930Louise Ozelle Martin 1946Hansel Mieth 1930Lee Miller 1939Edna Murray 1940sJanine Niepce 1946Maxine Reams 1943Tsuneko Sasamoto 1940Marilyn Silverstone 1959Doreen Spooner 1949Marilyn Stafford 1948Lisl Steiner 1953Evelyn Straus 1940Gerda Taro 1936Rita Vandivert 1938Homai Vyarawalla 1930sDorothy Lee Walch, Lee Rosenthal 1944Eudora Welty 1930sEdna Weston 1945Margaret Bourke-White 1929Marion Post Wolcott 1936Ida Wyman 1940s 

You have to love this job because the schedules, the emotional ups and downs, the pressures would sometimes be too much of you didn’t love it. It’s a creative field. If you go to a game and make a good picture or shoot a nice portrait, you go home feeling great, but if you miss something, you go home feeling awful.

Amy Sancetta, Associated Press Guide to Photojournalism.

1960s

Joana Biarnes 1962Martha Cooper 1968Doris Derby 1963 • Olivia Fall Edwards 1969Jill Freedman 1964Abigail Heyman 1967Jill Krementz 1961 Naomi Lasdon 1968Catherine Leroy 1966Mary Ellen Mark 1965Hilaria McCarthy 1968Marilyn Newton 1963Maya OkushkoSylvia Plachy 1965Ursula Seemann 1969 • Sahm Doherty-Sefton 1969Sally Soames 1963Elizabeth Sunflower 1975Margaret Thomas 1966Maria Varela 1963 • Michelle Vignes 1966Ulrike Welsch 1966Linda Wheeler 1960s 

1960s

Joana Biarnes 1962Martha Cooper 1968Doris Derby 1963 • Olivia Fall Edwards 1969Jill Freedman 1964Abigail Heyman 1967Jill Krementz 1961 Naomi Lasdon 1968Catherine Leroy 1966Mary Ellen Mark 1965Hilaria McCarthy 1968Marilyn Newton 1963Maya OkushkoSylvia Plachy 1965Ursula Seemann 1969 • Sahm Doherty-Sefton 1969Sally Soames 1963Elizabeth Sunflower 1975Margaret Thomas 1966Maria Varela 1963 • Michelle Vignes 1966Ulrike Welsch 1966Linda Wheeler 1960s 

Practice the art of stillness. One of my mentors, the late Howard Chapnick of Black Star, taught me to slow down to see more and avoid the superficial glance. When entering a situation where I will be photographing a person or an intimate situation I take a moment to look around, to be still. I want to be present and available. I want the individual to know that there is no place I’d rather be, that I am interested in them, their story, their plight. It not only has helped them to relax, as much as possible, but I feel more comfortable as well.

Joanna Pinneo, One Piece Of Advice.

1970s

Lyn Alweis 1977Jane Evelyn Atwood 1976 Elizabeth (Bagby) Sunflower 1975Kathleen BallardMarice Cohn Band 1979Martine Barrat 1979Letizia Battaglia 1971 Patricia Beck 1975Susan Biddle 1971Nicole BengivenoJoan E. Biren 1971Mary DiBiase Blaich 1974Patt Blue 1974Carrie Boretz 1975Sisse Brimberg 1976Robin BucksonMary Butkus 1979 • Kathleen Cabble 1979Chris Cannella 1976 • Judith Calson 1975Linda Cataffo 1976Rina Castelnuovo 1978Jodi Cobb 1972  • Cary Beth Cryor 1970 Lenore Davis 1979 • Suzannem DeChillo 1975Marie-Laure de Decker 1971Françoise Demulder 1975Anne Cusack Derk 1973Joyce Dopkeen 1973Madeline Drexler 1978Deirdre Drohan 1975Lyntha Scott Eiler 1970Isabel Ellsen 1978Karen Elshout 1974Melissa Farlow 1974Sharon Farmer 1974 Donna Ferrato 1975Jane Fincher 1975 Natalie Fobes 1978Gail Folda 1977Mimi Fuller Foster 1978Mary Lou Foy 1971Mary Anne Fackelman 1977Susan (Ehmer) Gilbert Jenny Goodall 1977Arlene Gottfried 1978 • Beth Green 1971 •  Stormi Greener 1975Annie Griffiths 1978Judy Griesedieck 1978Graciela Iturbide 1970Penni Gladstone 1978Randy Goodman 1979Loie Grossmann 1979Louise Gubb • Mary Gordon Duvendack Hagler 1974Lana Harris 1972Susan Harris 1977Leilani HuKaren Huntt 1976Nour HyzanLynn Johnson 1975 • Marlene Karas 1975 • Mary Kaul 1977  • Sonia Katchian 1972 • Sharon Gekoski - Kimmel 1976Lori King 1979Sue Klemens early 70sJanet Knott • Linda Kopczyk 1974Sara Krulwich 1973Ljalja Kuznetsova 1978 • Joan Liftin 1975Pauline Lubens 1979Wendy Maeda 1974Cheryl Magazine 1974 • Nancy Skellie Mangiafico 1976Joyce Marshall 1976Stephanie Maze • Barbara McClellan 1977Susan Tinsley Mcelhinney 1974Susan Meiselas 1974 • Joyce Mendelsohn 1976Barbara Montgomery 1978 • Mary Jo Moss 1978 • Tish Murtha • Mary Alice Murphy 1976 • Rebecca Naden 1978 Marilyn Nance 1975Marcy Nighswander 1973Lona O’Connor 1974Sue Ogrocki 1976Katy Raddatz 1975Pam Smith O’Hara 1973Darlene (Pfister) Prois 1971Sarah Putnam 1978Regene Radniecki 1972 • Robin Rayne 1975Trish Robb 1977Cristina Garcia Rodero 1973Linda Shipley 1971 • Iris Schneider 1973Mary Schroeder 1979Minla Linn-Shields 1975Jean Shifrin 1979Lynne Sladky 1978Dayna Smith 1979Pam SpauldingChristine Spengler 1970Maggie Steber 1973Lanna Swindler 1973Beverly Taylor 1973Audrey Tiernan 1979Susan Tusa 1979Betty Udesen 1977Vicki Valerio 1976Nuri Vallbona 1979Dixie D. Vereen 1975Susan Vlamis 1973Diana Walker 1975Ruby Washington mid 1970s • Wendy Watriss 1970Kathy Willens 1972 Marilynn K. Yee 1973Teresa Zabala 1974Charlyn Zlotnik 1977

1970s

Lyn Alweis 1977Jane Evelyn Atwood 1976 Elizabeth (Bagby) Sunflower 1975Kathleen BallardMarice Cohn Band 1979Martine Barrat 1979Letizia Battaglia 1971 Patricia Beck 1975Susan Biddle 1971Nicole BengivenoJoan E. Biren 1971Mary DiBiase Blaich 1974Patt Blue 1974Carrie Boretz 1975Sisse Brimberg 1976Robin BucksonMary Butkus 1979 • Kathleen Cabble 1979Chris Cannella 1976 • Judith Calson 1975Linda Cataffo 1976Rina Castelnuovo 1978Jodi Cobb 1972 • Marlene Caras Corman 1975 • Cary Beth Cryor 1970 Lenore Davis 1979 • Suzannem DeChillo 1975Marie-Laure de Decker 1971Françoise Demulder 1975Anne Cusack Derk 1973Joyce Dopkeen 1973Madeline Drexler 1978Deirdre Drohan 1975Lyntha Scott Eiler 1970Isabel Ellsen 1978Karen Elshout 1974Melissa Farlow 1974Sharon Farmer 1974 Donna Ferrato 1975Jane Fincher 1975 Natalie Fobes 1978Gail Folda 1977Mimi Fuller Foster 1978Mary Lou Foy 1971Mary Anne Fackelman 1977Susan (Ehmer) Gilbert Jenny Goodall 1977Arlene Gottfried 1978Stormi Greener 1975Annie Griffiths 1978Judy Griesedieck 1978Graciela Iturbide 1970Penni Gladstone 1978Randy Goodman 1979Loie Grossmann 1979Louise Gubb • Mary Gordon Duvendack Hagler 1974Lana Harris 1972Susan Harris 1977Leilani HuKaren Huntt 1976Nour HyzanLynn Johnson 1975 • Marlene Karas 1975 • Sonia Katchian 1972 • Sharon Gekoski - Kimmel 1976Lori King 1979Sue Klemens early 70sJanet Knott • Linda Kopczyk 1974Sara Krulwich 1973Ljalja Kuznetsova 1978 • Joan Liftin 1975Pauline Lubens 1979Wendy Maeda 1974Cheryl Magazine 1974 • Nancy Skellie Mangiafico 1976Joyce Marshall 1976Stephanie Maze • Barbara McClellan 1977Susan Tinsley Mcelhinney 1974Susan Meiselas 1974 • Joyce Mendelsohn 1976Barbara Montgomery 1978 • Mary Jo Moss 1978 • Tish Murtha • Mary Alice Murphy 1976 • Rebecca Naden 1978 Marilyn Nance 1975Marcy Nighswander 1973Lona O’Connor 1974Sue Ogrocki 1976Katy Raddatz 1975Pam Smith O’Hara 1973Darlene (Pfister) Prois 1971Sarah Putnam 1978Robin Rayne 1975Trish Robb 1977Cristina Garcia Rodero 1973Iris Schneider 1973Mary Schroeder 1979Minla Linn-Shields 1975Jean Shifrin 1979Lynne Sladky 1978Dayna Smith 1979Pam SpauldingChristine Spengler 1970Maggie Steber 1973Lanna Swindler 1973Beverly Taylor 1973Audrey Tiernan 1979Susan Tusa 1979Betty Udesen 1977Vicki Valerio 1976Nuri Vallbona 1979Dixie D. Vereen 1975Susan Vlamis 1973Diana Walker 1975Ruby Washington mid 1970s • Wendy Watriss 1970Kathy Willens 1972 Marilynn K. Yee 1973Teresa Zabala 1974Charlyn Zlotnik 1977

You will give up a lot in your personal life to pursue other peoples’ lives and stories. Remember your stories are about them, but do not lose yourself in the process. Trust your own instincts. Decisions that come from your gut often are the best ones whether navigating a conflict situation or shooting a portrait. Find and follow subjects that you are passionate about and trust that will take you to exactly where you are meant to be. You will find your unique visual voice that sets you apart from everyone else once you stop trying to be everyone else.

Ruth Fremson, One Piece Of Advice.

1980s

Michelle Agins 1983Elise Amendola 1983Nancy Andrews 1986Juana AriasLacy Atkins 1984Alexandra Avakian 1984Monica Almeida 1984, Michelle Andonian 1984Donna BagbyCandace Barbot 1985Rebecca Barger 1984 • Dianne Laakso Barrett 1987 • Robyn Beck 1986Jerilee Bennett 1980 • Erica Berger 1980Nina Berman 1987Lois Bernstein 1985Pam Berry 1989Molly Bingham 1985 Eileen Blass 1983Karen Borchers 1981Kathy Borchers 1982Alexandra Boulat 1989Robin Bowman 1984Heidi Bradner 1987Paula Bronstein 1984Constance Brown 1980Renee C. Byer 1980 • Mary F. Calvert 1989Annie Card 1984Tami Chappell 1983Debbie Egan Chin 1986Anna Clopet 1983Carolyn Cole 1986Rebecca Cook 1985Colleen Combes 1986Deborah Copaken 1988 •  Christine Cotter • Linda Creighton 1982Cathaleen Curtiss 1981 •  Marie Dorigny 1989 Amy Davis 1980Stephanie Klein-Davis 1985Claudia Daut • Donna De Cesare 1981Renée DeKona 1980Zoraida Diaz 1987 •  Corinne Dufka 1987Jacqueline Duvoisin 1981Susan Farley 1985Najlah Feanny 1987Gina Ferazzi 1985 • Laura Fitzler 1982Gail Fisher 1983Deanne Fitzmaurice 1989 • Michelle Frankfurter 1984 Karen Pulfer Focht 1984Candace Freeland 1983Ruth Anna Fremson 1989Susan Gilbert 1986Anat Givon 1983Susan Goldman 1981 • Marsha Traeger-GormanAngela Gottschalk 1986 • Pat Greenhouse • Lori Grinker 1981Adriana Groisman 1985 • Carol Guzy 1980Kim Hairston 1988Carol Halebian • Kari Rene Hall 1980 • Marsha Halper 1983 • Renee Hannans 1987 • Kyndell Harkness 1989 Lana Harris 1984Cheryl Hatch 1988Nanine Hartzenbusch 1982Adrienne Helitzer 1981Vanessa Hillian • Lynn Ischay 1980Victoria Ivleva 1982Silvia Izquierdo  Kristan Jacobson 1998 • Ellen Jaskol 1983Phyllis Graber Jensen 1984 • Betty Jenewin 1986Cynthia Johnson 1980Kelly Hahn Johnson 1987Kelly Ruthe Johnson 1987 • Nikki Kahn 1989 • Cindy Karp 1981 • Karen Kasmauski 1980Rosemary Kaul • Yunghi Kim 1984Barbara Kinney 1982Kathy Kmonicek 1982 • Annalisa Kraft 1983Suzanne Kreiter 1984Wendy Lamm 1988Nancy Lane 1984Jacqueline Larma 1988Erica Lansner 1987 • Marta Lavandier 1988Mara Lavitt 1981 Tammy Ljungblad 1989 • Tammy Lechner 1981 Mary Lee 1987Sarah Leen 1980Paula Lerner 1985Heidi Levine 1983TL Litt • Rose Cundari Lincoln 1987Charlotte Massey 1985Linda McConnell 1981Michelle McDonald 1983 Nancy McGirr 1985Tara McParland • Leah Melnick 1988 • Sandra Milburn 1989 • Andrea Mohín 1982 • Carol Morton • Laura Mueller 1989Beth B. Nakamura 1986Paula Nelson 1983Enny Nuraheni 1988Cheryl Nuss 1982Jayne Kaimin-Oncea 1980Nancy Palmieri 1987Angela Pancrazio 1981Peggy Peattie 1983Mary Annette Pember • Ilene Perlman 1988Algerina Perna 1988 • Susan Pfannmuller 1980 • Keri Pickett 1983Joanna B Pinneo 1981 • Donna E. Natale Planas 1985 • Cloe Poisson 1980Susan Tripp Pollard 1981 • Carol Powers, Greta Pratt 1984Betty Press 1987Lois Raimondo 1989 • Susan Ragan 1981Akili Ramsess 1986Laura Rauch 1988  Anne Raup 1989 • Rita Reed 1985 •  Mona Reeder 1989Janet Reeves 1982Deb Reingold 1982Lara Jo Regan 1984 • Beth Reynolds 1989 • Martha Rial 1982Barbara Ries 1982Liliana Nieto del Rio • Rachel Ritchie • Frances Roberts 1987Stacy Walsh Rosenstock 1987Ricki Rosen 1980Marissa Roth 1982Debra L. Rothenberg 1984 •  Pam Royal 1986Susie Post-Rust 1987 •  Anne Ryan 1985 Eileen Ryan 1983Robin Tinay Sallie • Amy Sancetta 1981Lise Sarfati 1986April Saul 1980 Iris Schneider 1980Jana Schneider 1989Mary Schulte 1984 • Wendy Schwegmann 1982Nadia Borowski Scott 1988Paula Alyse Scully 1989Helayne Seidman 1983Cheryl Senter 1981 Olga Shalygin 1984Callie Shell 1983Jennifer Flowers Shephard 1989Lori Shepler 1989Victoria Sheridan 1989Jean-Marie Simon 1982Meri Simon 1981 • Catherine Smith 1986kimberly Smith 1984 • Gaby Sommer 1980Jan Sonnenmair 1981Frieda Squires 1981Karen Stallwood 1986Maria Stenzel • Susan Sterner 1989 • Susan Gardner Stocker 1986 • Joanne Rathe Strohmeyer 1980Eriko Sugita 1989Shana Sureck 1987 • Karen Tapia 1982Barbara Haddock Taylor 1984 • Charlotte B. Teagle 1988 • Susan May Tell 1982Donna Terek 1986Beatriz Terrazas 1987Ana Gonzales-vigil 1985Judy Walgren 1987Karen Warren 1987 • Susan Walsh 1987Diane Weiss 1985Annie Wells 1981Candace West 1988Luci S. Williams 1980Robyn Wishna 1983 •  Rhona Wise 1987Jennifer Law Young 1987

1980s

Michelle Agins 1983Elise Amendola 1983Nancy Andrews 1986Juana AriasLacy Atkins 1984Alexandra Avakian 1984Monica Almeida 1984, Michelle Andonian 1984Donna BagbyCandace Barbot 1985Rebecca Barger 1984 • Robyn Beck 1986Erica Berger 1980Nina Berman 1987Lois Bernstein 1985Pam Berry 1989Molly Bingham 1985 Eileen Blass 1983Karen Borchers 1981Kathy Borchers 1982Alexandra Boulat 1989Robin Bowman 1984Heidi Bradner 1987Paula Bronstein 1984Constance Brown 1980Renee C. Byer 1980 • Mary F. Calvert 1989Annie Card 1984Tami Chappell 1983Debbie Egan Chin 1986Anna Clopet 1983Carolyn Cole 1986Rebecca Cook 1985Colleen Combes 1986Deborah Copaken 1988 •  Christine Cotter • Linda Creighton 1982Cathaleen Curtiss 1981 •  Marie Dorigny 1989 Amy Davis 1980Stephanie Klein-Davis 1985Claudia Daut • Donna De Cesare 1981Renée DeKona 1980Zoraida Diaz 1987 •  Corinne Dufka 1987Jacqueline Duvoisin 1981Susan Farley 1985Najlah Feanny 1987Gina Ferazzi 1985 • Laura Fitzler 1982Gail Fisher 1983Deanne Fitzmaurice 1989 • Susan Pfannmuller 1980Michelle Frankfurter 1984 Karen Pulfer Focht 1984Candace Freeland 1983Ruth Anna Fremson 1989Susan Gilbert 1986Anat Givon 1983Susan Goldman 1981 • Marsha Traeger-GormanAngela Gottschalk 1986 • Pat Greenhouse • Lori Grinker 1981Adriana Groisman 1985 • Carol Guzy 1980Kim Hairston 1988Carol Halebian • Kari Rene Hall 1980 • Marsha Halper 1983Kyndell Harkness 1989 Lana Harris 1984Cheryl Hatch 1988Nanine Hartzenbusch 1982Adrienne Helitzer 1981Vanessa Hillian • Lynn Ischay 1980Victoria Ivleva 1982Silvia Izquierdo • Ellen Jaskol 1983Phyllis Graber Jensen 1984 • Betty Jenewin 1986Cynthia Johnson 1980Kelly Hahn Johnson 1987Kelly Ruthe Johnson 1987 • Nikki Kahn 1989 • Cindy Karp 1981 • Karen Kasmauski 1980Rosemary Kaul • Yunghi Kim 1984Barbara Kinney 1982Kathy Kmonicek 1982 • Annalisa Kraft 1983Suzanne Kreiter 1984Wendy Lamm 1988Nancy Lane 1984Jacqueline Larma 1988Marta Lavandier 1988Mara Lavitt 1981Tammy Lechner 1981 Mary Lee 1987Sarah Leen 1980Paula Lerner 1985Heidi Levine 1983TL Litt • Rose Cundari Lincoln 1987Charlotte Massey 1985Linda McConnell 1981Michelle McDonald 1983 Nancy McGirr 1985Tara McParland • Leah Melnick 1988Andrea Mohín 1982 • Carol Morton • Laura Mueller 1989Beth B. Nakamura 1986Paula Nelson 1983Enny Nuraheni 1988Cheryl Nuss 1982Jayne Kaimin-Oncea 1980Nancy Palmieri 1987Angela Pancrazio 1981Peggy Peattie 1983Mary Annette Pember • Ilene Perlman 1988Algerina Perna 1988 • Keri Pickett 1983Joanna B Pinneo 1981 • Donna E. Natale Planas 1985 • Cloe Poisson 1980Carol Powers, Greta Pratt 1984Betty Press 1987Lois Raimondo 1989 • Susan Ragan 1981Akili Ramsess 1986Laura Rauch 1988  Rita Reed 1985 •  Mona Reeder 1989Janet Reeves 1982Deb Reingold 1982Lara Jo Regan 1984 • Beth Reynolds 1989 • Martha Rial 1982Barbara Ries 1982Liliana Nieto del Rio • Rachel Ritchie • Frances Roberts 1987Stacy Walsh Rosenstock 1987Ricki Rosen 1980Marissa Roth 1982Debra L. Rothenberg 1984 •  Pam Royal 1986Susie Post-Rust 1987 •  Anne Ryan 1985 Eileen Ryan 1983Robin Tinay Sallie • Amy Sancetta 1981Lise Sarfati 1986April Saul 1980 Iris Schneider 1980Jana Schneider 1989Wendy Schwegmann 1982Nadia Borowski Scott 1988Paula Alyse Scully 1989Helayne Seidman 1983Cheryl Senter 1981 Olga Shalygin 1984Callie Shell 1983Jennifer Flowers Shephard 1989Lori Shepler 1989Victoria Sheridan 1989Jean-Marie Simon 1982Meri Simon, Catherine Smith 1986Gaby Sommer 1980Jan Sonnenmair 1981Frieda Squires 1981Karen Stallwood 1986Maria Stenzel • Susan Sterner 1989 • Susan Gardner Stocker 1986 • Joanne Rathe Strohmeyer 1980Eriko Sugita 1989Shana Sureck 1987 • Karen Tapia 1982Barbara Haddock Taylor 1984 • Susan May Tell 1982Donna Terek 1986Beatriz Terrazas 1987Ana Gonzales-vigil 1985Judy Walgren 1987Susan Walsh 1987Diane Weiss 1985Annie Wells 1981Candace West 1988Luci S. Williams 1980Robyn Wishna 1983 •  Rhona Wise 1987Jennifer Law Young 1987

At my first Olympics in 2004, Amy Sancetta from the Associated Press went out of her way to introduce herself to me and welcome me. Her friendliness and warmth went a long way toward making me feel less alone. Similarly, at the 2008 and 2010 Olympics, Jessica Rinaldi from Reuters and Eileen Blass from USA Today newspaper were generous, funny, and a pleasure to work with. They gave me a sense that I belonged and that I hadn’t made a mistake in my choice of career.

Lucy Nicholson, Senior Photographer Reuters (excerpt from testimonial)

1990s

Lynsey Addario 1998Mary Altaffer 1997Kael Alford 1997Jennifer S. Altman 1996 • Suzi Altman 1992 • Eliana Aponte 1993Karen Ballard 1994Juliana Beasley 1991Natalie Behring 1996Nadia Benchallal 1992Zohra Bensemra 1992  • Adek Berry 1998Jodi Bieber 1990 • Ellen Binder 1993Kate Brooks 1994Andrea Bruce 1996Melanie Burford 1992Amy Smotherman Burgess 1999Alicia Wagner Calzada 1995Lara Cerri 1991Radhika Chalasani 1990, Mary Chind 1990Robin Christman 1994 Rachel Cobb 1992Gigi Cohen 1994Elizabeth Conley 1995Jill Connelly 1994 • Elizabeth Dalziel 1994Amy Deputy 1991Meredith Davenport 1999 Barbara Davidson 1993Lisa Dejong 1994Cherie DiezGinny Dixon 1990 • Jennifer Domenick 1996Lily Echeverria 1995Deirdre Eitel 1996 • Cynthia Elbaum 1993Anne Farrar 1993Elizabeth Flores 1998 • Giorgia Fiorio 1990 •  Kim Johnson Flodin 1990 • Mariella Furrer 1994Mary C Gardella 1991Elsa Garrison 1996 • Gina Gayle 1999 • Liz Gilbert 1992Maya Goded 1991Louisa Gouliamaki 1995Connie Grosch 1995Lauren Greenfield 1992Stephanie Heimann 1993Teresa Hernández 1991Evelyn Hockstein 1998 • Leah Hogsten 1998 • Kate Holt 1998 • Bita Honarvar 1993 • Janet Jarman 1991 Chiaki Kawajiri 1995France Keyser 1997Brenda Kenneally 1996 Kathy Kieliszewski 1995 • Christina Koci 1994Jessica Kourkounis 1998 Lisa Krantz 1998 Robin Layton 1991Joanne H Lee 1995Lissette Lemus 1999Jessica Lifland 1995 • Debra Gertler Lindsey • Firdia Lisnawati 1998Allison Long 1997 • Corey Lowenstein 1996Evy Mages 1993Leonie Marinovich 1999Michelle McLoughlin 1994MaryBeth Meehan 1993Cheryl Diaz Meyer 1994Kendra Stanley Mills 1999 Vivian Moos 1991Jennifer Morse 1997Yola Monakhov 1998Marguerite Nicosia 1993Anja Niedringhaus 1990Annie O’Neill 1993Lucy Nicholson 1998Francine Orr 1994Cara Owsley 1991 Darcy Padilla 1991 •   Deb Pastner 1993Stacy Pearsall 1998Hilda Perez 1994 • Suzanne Plunkett 1992Carrie Pratt 1999Cecilia Prestamo 1990Susana Raab 1996Anne Rearick 1992 • Heather L Rohan 1997, Linda Rosier 1990Suzanne Carr Rossi 1990 • Sally Ryan 1999 Monique Schoenfeld Sady 1999Lizzie Sadin 1992Toni Sandys 1990Meryle Schenker 1996Laura Seitz 1990 • Becky Shink 1999Robin Shotola 1996Nancy Siesel 1990 • Brandi Stafford Simons 1993 • Stephanie Sinclair 1997Allison V. Smith 1993Monique Stauder 1993 Susan Stava 1990Cindy Schultz 1996 • Elaine M. Thompson 1990Leisa Thompson 1997Amy Toensing 1994Jane Tyska 1990 • Aurelia Ventura 1990Ami Vitale 1993Sarah Voisin 1996Ting-Li Wang 1998Katie Warnke 1996Lori Waselchuk 1990Susan Watts 1992Stephanie Welsh 1994Vanessa Winship 1995Leslie White 1990Maya Vidon-White 1991Mandi Wright 1997Cindy Yamanaka • Wendy Yang 1996.      

1990s

Lynsey Addario 1998Mary Altaffer 1997Kael Alford 1997 • Suzi Altman 1992 • Eliana Aponte 1993Karen Ballard 1994Juliana Beasley 1991Natalie Behring 1996Nadia Benchallal 1992Zohra Bensemra 1992  • Adek Berry 1998Jodi Bieber 1990 • Ellen Binder 1993Kate Brooks 1994Andrea Bruce 1996Melanie Burford 1992Amy Smotherman Burgess 1999Alicia Wagner Calzada 1995Lara Cerri 1991Radhika Chalasani 1990, Mary Chind 1990Robin Christman 1994 Rachel Cobb 1992Gigi Cohen 1994Elizabeth Conley 1995Jill Connelly 1994 • Elizabeth Dalziel 1994Amy Deputy 1991Meredith Davenport 1999 Barbara Davidson 1993Lisa Dejong 1994Cherie DiezGinny Dixon 1990 • Jennifer Domenick 1996Lily Echeverria 1995Cynthia Elbaum 1993Anne Farrar 1993 • Giorgia Fiorio 1990 •  Kim Johnson Flodin 1990 • Mariella Furrer 1994Mary C Gardella 1991Elsa Garrison 1996 • Gina Gayle 1999 • Liz Gilbert 1992Maya Goded 1991Louisa Gouliamaki 1995Connie Grosch 1995Lauren Greenfield 1992Stephanie Heimann 1993Teresa Hernández 1991Evelyn Hockstein 1998 • Leah Hogsten 1994 • Kate Holt 1998 • Bita Honarvar 1993 • Janet Jarman 1991 Chiaki Kawajiri 1995France Keyser 1997Brenda Kenneally 1996 Kathy Kieliszewski 1995 • Christina Koci 1994Jessica Kourkounis 1998 Lisa Krantz 1998 Robin Layton 1991Joanne H Lee 1995Lissette Lemus 1999Jessica Lifland 1995 • Debra Gertler Lindsey • Firdia Lisnawati 1998Corey Lowenstein 1996Evy Mages 1993Leonie Marinovich 1999Michelle McLoughlin 1994MaryBeth Meehan 1993Cheryl Diaz Meyer 1994Kendra Stanley Mills 1999 Vivian Moos 1991Jennifer Morse 1997Yola Monakhov 1998Marguerite Nicosia 1993Anja Niedringhaus 1990Annie O’Neill 1993Lucy Nicholson 1998Francine Orr 1994Darcy Padilla 1991Deb Pastner 1993Stacy Pearsall 1998Hilda Perez 1994 • Suzanne Plunkett 1992Carrie Pratt 1999Cecilia Prestamo 1990Susana Raab 1996Anne Rearick 1992 • Heather L Rohan 1997, Linda Rosier 1990Suzanne Carr Rossi 1990 • Sally Ryan 1999 Monique Schoenfeld Sady 1999Lizzie Sadin 1992Toni Sandys 1990Meryle Schenker 1996Laura Seitz 1990 • Becky Shink 1999Robin Shotola 1996Nancy Siesel 1990 • Brandi Stafford Simons 1993 • Stephanie Sinclair 1997Allison V. Smith 1993Monique Stauder 1993 Susan Stava 1990Elaine M. Thompson 1990Leisa Thompson 1997Amy Toensing 1994 • Jane Tyska 1990 • Aurelia Ventura 1990Ami Vitale 1993Sarah Voisin 1996Ting-Li Wang 1998Katie Warnke 1996Lori Waselchuk 1990Susan Watts 1992Stephanie Welsh 1994Vanessa Winship 1995Leslie White 1990Maya Vidon-White 1991Mandi Wright 1997Cindy Yamanaka • Wendy Yang 1996.      

When I graduated from college I was given sage advice, and I turned down an internship at National Geographic magazine to take a full-time job at The Courier Journal and The Louisville Times newspapers. It would be almost twenty years before I was ready for the challenge of Geographic after working with insightful newspaper editors and photographers.

Melissa Farlow (excerpt from her testimonial)

FOOTNOTES

*Photojournalists are sourced as best as we could to when they started professionally in photojournalism after college and after internships. This is not a definitive list. Few may have started as editors first. Information gathered are from photographers bios, Linkedin profiles, past published interviews or directly from photographers. Many started as photographer then went on to being great picture editors, teachers and directors of photography. 

*This list is largely and intentionally American photojournalists or those who worked for American publications, photo agencies, news wires, and international photojournalists. Included are some iconic names outside of US. Some would be considered documentary photographers but their work does lean more towards photojournalism.