TrailerBlazers of Light: Photojournalists

Early 1900s to 1950s

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

Early 1900s to 1950s

Berenice Abbott 1926 • Marjorie Dean Andruk 1943 • Eve Arnold 1946 • Jessie Tarbox Beals 1902 • Lucie Becker 1950s. Theresa Bonney 1924 • Jane Brown 1949 • Marion Carpenter 1940s • Carolyn McKenzie Carter 1940s • Dickey Chapelle 1942 • Virginia DeCarvalho 1943 • Mary Frampton 1953 • Martine Franck 1963 • Toni Frissell 1931 • Irena Giedraitiene 1955 • Ruth Gruber 1935 • Marie Hansen 1942 • Martha Holmes 1944 • Dorothy Hosmer 1938 • Doris Jacoby 1953 • Frances Benjamin Johnston 1864 • Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy 1951 • Marian Klein Koehler 1956 • Dorothea Lange 1929 • Lisa Larsen 1948 • Mary Morris Lawrence 1936 • Adelaide Leavy 1941 • Nina Leen 1945 • Ella Maillart 1930 • Louise Ozelle Martin 1946 • Hansel Mieth 1930 • Lee Miller 1939 • Edna Murray 1940s • Janine Niepce 1946 • Maxine Reams 1943 • Tsuneko Sasamoto 1940 • Marilyn Silverstone 1959 • Doreen Spooner 1949 • Marilyn Stafford 1948 • Lisl Steiner 1953 • Evelyn Straus 1940 • Gerda Taro 1936 • Rita Vandivert 1938 • Homai Vyarawalla 1930s • Dorothy Lee Walch, Lee Rosenthal 1944 • Eudora Welty 1930s • Edna Weston 1945 • Margaret Bourke-White 1929 • Marion Post Wolcott 1936 • Ida 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 1962 • Martha Cooper 1968 • Doris Derby 1963 • Olivia Fall Edwards 1969 • Jill Freedman 1964 • Abigail Heyman 1967 • Jill Krementz 1961 • Naomi Lasdon 1968 • Catherine Leroy 1966 • Mary Ellen Mark 1965 • Hilaria McCarthy 1968 • Marilyn Newton 1963 • Maya Okushko • Sylvia Plachy 1965 • Ursula Seemann 1969 • Sahm Doherty-Sefton 1969 • Sally Soames 1963 • Elizabeth Sunflower 1975 • Margaret Thomas 1966 • Maria Varela 1963 • Michelle Vignes 1966 • Ulrike Welsch 1966 • Linda Wheeler 1960s

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

1970s

Lyn Alweis 1977 • Jane Evelyn Atwood 1976 • Elizabeth (Bagby) Sunflower 1975 • Kathleen Ballard • Marice Cohn Band 1979 • Martine Barrat 1979 • Letizia Battaglia 1971 • Patricia Beck 1975 • Susan Biddle 1971 • Nicole Bengiveno • Joan E. Biren 1971 • Mary DiBiase Blaich 1974 • Patt Blue 1974 • Carrie Boretz 1975 • Sisse Brimberg 1976 • Robin Buckson • Mary Butkus 1979 • Kathleen Cabble 1979 • Chris Cannella 1976 • Judith Calson 1975 • Linda Cataffo 1976 • Rina Castelnuovo 1978 • Jodi Cobb 1972 • Marlene Caras Corman 1975 • Cary Beth Cryor 1970 • Lenore Davis 1979 • Suzannem DeChillo 1975 • Marie-Laure de Decker 1971 • Françoise Demulder 1975 • Anne Cusack Derk 1973 • Joyce Dopkeen 1973 • Madeline Drexler 1978 • Deirdre Drohan 1975 • Lyntha Scott Eiler 1970 • Isabel Ellsen 1978 • Karen Elshout 1974 • Melissa Farlow 1974 • Sharon Farmer 1974 • Donna Ferrato 1975 • Jane Fincher 1975 • Natalie Fobes 1978 • Gail Folda 1977 • Mimi Fuller Foster 1978 • Mary Lou Foy 1971 • Mary Anne Fackelman 1977 • Susan (Ehmer) Gilbert • Jenny Goodall 1977 • Arlene Gottfried 1978 • Stormi Greener 1975 • Annie Griffiths 1978 • Judy Griesedieck 1978 • Graciela Iturbide 1970 • Penni Gladstone 1978 • Randy Goodman 1979 • Loie Grossmann 1979 • Louise Gubb • Mary Gordon Duvendack Hagler 1974 • Lana Harris 1972 • Susan Harris 1977 • Leilani Hu • Karen Huntt 1976 • Nour Hyzan • Lynn Johnson 1975 • Marlene Karas 1975 • Sonia Katchian 1972 • Sharon Gekoski - Kimmel 1976 • Lori King 1979 • Sue Klemens early 70s • Janet Knott • Linda Kopczyk 1974 • Sara Krulwich 1973 • Ljalja Kuznetsova 1978 • Joan Liftin 1975 • Pauline Lubens 1979 • Wendy Maeda 1974 • Cheryl Magazine 1974 • Nancy Skellie Mangiafico 1976 • Joyce Marshall 1976 • Stephanie Maze • Barbara McClellan 1977 • Susan Tinsley Mcelhinney 1974 • Susan Meiselas 1974 • Joyce Mendelsohn 1976 • Barbara Montgomery 1978 • Mary Jo Moss 1978 • Tish Murtha • Mary Alice Murphy 1976 • Rebecca Naden 1978 • Marilyn Nance 1975 • Marcy Nighswander 1973 • Lona O’Connor 1974 • Sue Ogrocki 1976 • Katy Raddatz 1975 • Pam Smith O’Hara 1973 • Darlene (Pfister) Prois 1971 • Sarah Putnam 1978 • Robin Rayne 1975 • Trish Robb 1977 • Cristina Garcia Rodero 1973 • Iris Schneider 1973 • Mary Schroeder 1979 • Minla Linn-Shields 1975 • Jean Shifrin 1979 • Lynne Sladky 1978 • Dayna Smith 1979 • Pam Spaulding • Christine Spengler 1970 • Maggie Steber 1973 • Lanna Swindler 1973 • Beverly Taylor 1973 • Audrey Tiernan 1979 • Susan Tusa 1979 • Betty Udesen 1977 • Vicki Valerio 1976 • Nuri Vallbona 1979 • Dixie D. Vereen 1975 • Susan Vlamis 1973 • Diana Walker 1975 • Ruby Washington mid 1970s • Wendy Watriss 1970 • Kathy Willens 1972 • Marilynn K. Yee 1973 • Teresa Zabala 1974 • Charlyn 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 1983 • Elise Amendola 1983 • Nancy Andrews 1986 • Juana Arias • Lacy Atkins 1984 • Alexandra Avakian 1984 • Monica Almeida 1984, Michelle Andonian 1984 • Donna Bagby • Candace Barbot 1985 • Rebecca Barger 1984 • Dianne Laakso Barrett 1987 • Robyn Beck 1986 • Jerilee Bennett 1980 • Erica Berger 1980 • Nina Berman 1987 • Lois Bernstein 1985 • Pam Berry 1989 • Molly Bingham 1985 • Eileen Blass 1983 • Karen Borchers 1981 • Kathy Borchers 1982 • Alexandra Boulat 1989 • Robin Bowman 1984 • Heidi Bradner 1987 • Paula Bronstein 1984 • Constance Brown 1980 • Renee C. Byer 1980 • Mary F. Calvert 1989 • Annie Card 1984 • Tami Chappell 1983 • Debbie Egan Chin 1986 • Anna Clopet 1983 • Carolyn Cole 1986 • Rebecca Cook 1985 • Colleen Combes 1986 • Deborah Copaken 1988 • Christine Cotter • Linda Creighton 1982 • Cathaleen Curtiss 1981 • Marie Dorigny 1989 • Amy Davis 1980 • Stephanie Klein-Davis 1985 • Claudia Daut • Donna De Cesare 1981 • Renée DeKona 1980 • Zoraida Diaz 1987 • Corinne Dufka 1987 • Jacqueline Duvoisin 1981 • Susan Farley 1985 • Najlah Feanny 1987 • Gina Ferazzi 1985 • Laura Fitzler 1982 • Gail Fisher 1983 • Deanne Fitzmaurice 1989 • Michelle Frankfurter 1984 • Karen Pulfer Focht 1984 • Candace Freeland 1983 • Ruth Anna Fremson 1989 • Susan Gilbert 1986 • Anat Givon 1983 • Susan Goldman 1981 • Marsha Traeger-Gorman • Angela Gottschalk 1986 • Pat Greenhouse • Lori Grinker 1981 • Adriana Groisman 1985 • Carol Guzy 1980 • Kim Hairston 1988 • Carol Halebian • Kari Rene Hall 1980 • Marsha Halper 1983 • Renee Hannans 1987 • Kyndell Harkness 1989 • Lana Harris 1984 • Cheryl Hatch 1988 • Nanine Hartzenbusch 1982 • Adrienne Helitzer 1981 • Vanessa Hillian • Lynn Ischay 1980 • Victoria Ivleva 1982 • Silvia Izquierdo • Kristan Jacobson 1998 • Ellen Jaskol 1983 • Phyllis Graber Jensen 1984 • Betty Jenewin 1986 • Cynthia Johnson 1980 • Kelly Hahn Johnson 1987 • Kelly Ruthe Johnson 1987 • Nikki Kahn 1989 • Cindy Karp 1981 • Karen Kasmauski 1980 • Rosemary Kaul • Yunghi Kim 1984 • Barbara Kinney 1982 • Kathy Kmonicek 1982 • Annalisa Kraft 1983 • Suzanne Kreiter 1984 • Wendy Lamm 1988 • Nancy Lane 1984 • Jacqueline Larma 1988 • Erica Lansner 1987 • Marta Lavandier 1988 • Mara Lavitt 1981 Tammy Ljungblad 1989 • Tammy Lechner 1981 • Mary Lee 1987 • Sarah Leen 1980 • Paula Lerner 1985 • Heidi Levine 1983 • TL Litt • Rose Cundari Lincoln 1987 • Charlotte Massey 1985 • Linda McConnell 1981 • Michelle McDonald 1983 • Nancy McGirr 1985 • Tara McParland • Leah Melnick 1988 • Sandra Milburn 1989 • Andrea Mohín 1982 • Carol Morton • Laura Mueller 1989 • Beth B. Nakamura 1986 • Paula Nelson 1983 • Enny Nuraheni 1988 • Cheryl Nuss 1982 • Jayne Kaimin-Oncea 1980 • Nancy Palmieri 1987 • Angela Pancrazio 1981 • Peggy Peattie 1983 • Mary Annette Pember • Ilene Perlman 1988 • Algerina Perna 1988 • Susan Pfannmuller 1980 • Keri Pickett 1983 • Joanna B Pinneo 1981 • Donna E. Natale Planas 1985 • Cloe Poisson 1980 • Susan Tripp Pollard 1981 • Carol Powers, Greta Pratt 1984 • Betty Press 1987 • Lois Raimondo 1989 • Susan Ragan 1981 • Akili Ramsess 1986 • Laura Rauch 1988 • Anne Raup 1989 • Rita Reed 1985 • Mona Reeder 1989 • Janet Reeves 1982 • Deb Reingold 1982 • Lara Jo Regan 1984 • Beth Reynolds 1989 • Martha Rial 1982 • Barbara Ries 1982 • Liliana Nieto del Rio • Rachel Ritchie • Frances Roberts 1987 • Stacy Walsh Rosenstock 1987 • Ricki Rosen 1980 • Marissa Roth 1982 • Debra L. Rothenberg 1984 • Pam Royal 1986 • Susie Post-Rust 1987 • Anne Ryan 1985 • Eileen Ryan 1983 • Robin Tinay Sallie • Amy Sancetta 1981 • Lise Sarfati 1986 • April Saul 1980 • Iris Schneider 1980 • Jana Schneider 1989 • Mary Schulte 1984 • Wendy Schwegmann 1982 • Nadia Borowski Scott 1988 • Paula Alyse Scully 1989 • Helayne Seidman 1983 • Cheryl Senter 1981 • Olga Shalygin 1984 • Callie Shell 1983 • Jennifer Flowers Shephard 1989 • Lori Shepler 1989 • Victoria Sheridan 1989 • Jean-Marie Simon 1982 • Meri Simon 1981 • Catherine Smith 1986 • kimberly Smith 1984 • Gaby Sommer 1980 • Jan Sonnenmair 1981 • Frieda Squires 1981 • Karen Stallwood 1986 • Maria Stenzel • Susan Sterner 1989 • Susan Gardner Stocker 1986 • Joanne Rathe Strohmeyer 1980 • Eriko Sugita 1989 • Shana Sureck 1987 • Karen Tapia 1982 • Barbara Haddock Taylor 1984 • Charlotte B. Teagle 1988 • Susan May Tell 1982 • Donna Terek 1986 • Beatriz Terrazas 1987 • Ana Gonzales-vigil 1985 • Judy Walgren 1987 • Karen Warren 1987 • Susan Walsh 1987 • Diane Weiss 1985 • Annie Wells 1981 • Candace West 1988 • Luci S. Williams 1980 • Robyn Wishna 1983 • Rhona Wise 1987 • Jennifer Law Young 1987

1980s

Michelle Agins 1983 • Elise Amendola 1983 • Nancy Andrews 1986 • Juana Arias • Lacy Atkins 1984 • Alexandra Avakian 1984 • Monica Almeida 1984, Michelle Andonian 1984 • Donna Bagby • Candace Barbot 1985 • Rebecca Barger 1984 • Robyn Beck 1986 • Erica Berger 1980 • Nina Berman 1987 • Lois Bernstein 1985 • Pam Berry 1989 • Molly Bingham 1985 • Eileen Blass 1983 • Karen Borchers 1981 • Kathy Borchers 1982 • Alexandra Boulat 1989 • Robin Bowman 1984 • Heidi Bradner 1987 • Paula Bronstein 1984 • Constance Brown 1980 • Renee C. Byer 1980 • Mary F. Calvert 1989 • Annie Card 1984 • Tami Chappell 1983 • Debbie Egan Chin 1986 • Anna Clopet 1983 • Carolyn Cole 1986 • Rebecca Cook 1985 • Colleen Combes 1986 • Deborah Copaken 1988 • Christine Cotter • Linda Creighton 1982 • Cathaleen Curtiss 1981 • Marie Dorigny 1989 • Amy Davis 1980 • Stephanie Klein-Davis 1985 • Claudia Daut • Donna De Cesare 1981 • Renée DeKona 1980 • Zoraida Diaz 1987 • Corinne Dufka 1987 • Jacqueline Duvoisin 1981 • Susan Farley 1985 • Najlah Feanny 1987 • Gina Ferazzi 1985 • Laura Fitzler 1982 • Gail Fisher 1983 • Deanne Fitzmaurice 1989 • Susan Pfannmuller 1980 • Michelle Frankfurter 1984 • Karen Pulfer Focht 1984 • Candace Freeland 1983 • Ruth Anna Fremson 1989 • Susan Gilbert 1986 • Anat Givon 1983 • Susan Goldman 1981 • Marsha Traeger-Gorman • Angela Gottschalk 1986 • Pat Greenhouse • Lori Grinker 1981 • Adriana Groisman 1985 • Carol Guzy 1980 • Kim Hairston 1988 • Carol Halebian • Kari Rene Hall 1980 • Marsha Halper 1983 • Kyndell Harkness 1989 • Lana Harris 1984 • Cheryl Hatch 1988 • Nanine Hartzenbusch 1982 • Adrienne Helitzer 1981 • Vanessa Hillian • Lynn Ischay 1980 • Victoria Ivleva 1982 • Silvia Izquierdo • Ellen Jaskol 1983 • Phyllis Graber Jensen 1984 • Betty Jenewin 1986 • Cynthia Johnson 1980 • Kelly Hahn Johnson 1987 • Kelly Ruthe Johnson 1987 • Nikki Kahn 1989 • Cindy Karp 1981 • Karen Kasmauski 1980 • Rosemary Kaul • Yunghi Kim 1984 • Barbara Kinney 1982 • Kathy Kmonicek 1982 • Annalisa Kraft 1983 • Suzanne Kreiter 1984 • Wendy Lamm 1988 • Nancy Lane 1984 • Jacqueline Larma 1988 • Marta Lavandier 1988 • Mara Lavitt 1981 • Tammy Lechner 1981 • Mary Lee 1987 • Sarah Leen 1980 • Paula Lerner 1985 • Heidi Levine 1983 • TL Litt • Rose Cundari Lincoln 1987 • Charlotte Massey 1985 • Linda McConnell 1981 • Michelle McDonald 1983 • Nancy McGirr 1985 • Tara McParland • Leah Melnick 1988 • Andrea Mohín 1982 • Carol Morton • Laura Mueller 1989 • Beth B. Nakamura 1986 • Paula Nelson 1983 • Enny Nuraheni 1988 • Cheryl Nuss 1982 • Jayne Kaimin-Oncea 1980 • Nancy Palmieri 1987 • Angela Pancrazio 1981 • Peggy Peattie 1983 • Mary Annette Pember • Ilene Perlman 1988 • Algerina Perna 1988 • Keri Pickett 1983 • Joanna B Pinneo 1981 • Donna E. Natale Planas 1985 • Cloe Poisson 1980 • Carol Powers, Greta Pratt 1984 • Betty Press 1987 • Lois Raimondo 1989 • Susan Ragan 1981 • Akili Ramsess 1986 • Laura Rauch 1988 • Rita Reed 1985 • Mona Reeder 1989 • Janet Reeves 1982 • Deb Reingold 1982 • Lara Jo Regan 1984 • Beth Reynolds 1989 • Martha Rial 1982 • Barbara Ries 1982 • Liliana Nieto del Rio • Rachel Ritchie • Frances Roberts 1987 • Stacy Walsh Rosenstock 1987 • Ricki Rosen 1980 • Marissa Roth 1982 • Debra L. Rothenberg 1984 • Pam Royal 1986 • Susie Post-Rust 1987 • Anne Ryan 1985 • Eileen Ryan 1983 • Robin Tinay Sallie • Amy Sancetta 1981 • Lise Sarfati 1986 • April Saul 1980 • Iris Schneider 1980 • Jana Schneider 1989 • Wendy Schwegmann 1982 • Nadia Borowski Scott 1988 • Paula Alyse Scully 1989 • Helayne Seidman 1983 • Cheryl Senter 1981 • Olga Shalygin 1984 • Callie Shell 1983 • Jennifer Flowers Shephard 1989 • Lori Shepler 1989 • Victoria Sheridan 1989 • Jean-Marie Simon 1982 • Meri Simon, Catherine Smith 1986 • Gaby Sommer 1980 • Jan Sonnenmair 1981 • Frieda Squires 1981 • Karen Stallwood 1986 • Maria Stenzel • Susan Sterner 1989 • Susan Gardner Stocker 1986 • Joanne Rathe Strohmeyer 1980 • Eriko Sugita 1989 • Shana Sureck 1987 • Karen Tapia 1982 • Barbara Haddock Taylor 1984 • Susan May Tell 1982 • Donna Terek 1986 • Beatriz Terrazas 1987 • Ana Gonzales-vigil 1985 • Judy Walgren 1987 • Susan Walsh 1987 • Diane Weiss 1985 • Annie Wells 1981 • Candace West 1988 • Luci S. Williams 1980 • Robyn Wishna 1983 • Rhona Wise 1987 • Jennifer 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 1998 • Mary Altaffer 1997 • Kael Alford 1997 • Jennifer S. Altman 1996 • Suzi Altman 1992 • Eliana Aponte 1993 • Karen Ballard 1994 • Juliana Beasley 1991 • Natalie Behring 1996 • Nadia Benchallal 1992 • Zohra Bensemra 1992 • Adek Berry 1998 • Jodi Bieber 1990 • Ellen Binder 1993 • Kate Brooks 1994 • Andrea Bruce 1996 • Melanie Burford 1992 • Amy Smotherman Burgess 1999 • Alicia Wagner Calzada 1995 • Lara Cerri 1991 • Radhika Chalasani 1990, Mary Chind 1990 • Robin Christman 1994 • Rachel Cobb 1992 • Gigi Cohen 1994 • Elizabeth Conley 1995 • Jill Connelly 1994 • Elizabeth Dalziel 1994 • Amy Deputy 1991 • Meredith Davenport 1999 • Barbara Davidson 1993 • Lisa Dejong 1994 • Cherie Diez • Ginny Dixon 1990 • Jennifer Domenick 1996 • Lily Echeverria 1995 • Deirdre Eitel 1996 • Cynthia Elbaum 1993 • Anne Farrar 1993 • Elizabeth Flores 1998 • Giorgia Fiorio 1990 • Kim Johnson Flodin 1990 • Mariella Furrer 1994 • Mary C Gardella 1991 • Elsa Garrison 1996 • Gina Gayle 1999 • Liz Gilbert 1992 • Maya Goded 1991 • Louisa Gouliamaki 1995 • Connie Grosch 1995 • Lauren Greenfield 1992 • Stephanie Heimann 1993 • Teresa Hernández 1991 • Evelyn Hockstein 1998 • Leah Hogsten 1998 • Kate Holt 1998 • Bita Honarvar 1993 • Janet Jarman 1991 • Chiaki Kawajiri 1995 • France Keyser 1997 • Brenda Kenneally 1996 • Kathy Kieliszewski 1995 • Christina Koci 1994 • Jessica Kourkounis 1998 • Lisa Krantz 1998 • Robin Layton 1991 • Joanne H Lee 1995 • Lissette Lemus 1999 • Jessica Lifland 1995 • Debra Gertler Lindsey • Firdia Lisnawati 1998 • Allison Long 1997 • Corey Lowenstein 1996 • Evy Mages 1993 • Leonie Marinovich 1999 • Michelle McLoughlin 1994 • MaryBeth Meehan 1993 • Cheryl Diaz Meyer 1994 • Kendra Stanley Mills 1999 • Vivian Moos 1991 • Jennifer Morse 1997 • Yola Monakhov 1998 • Marguerite Nicosia 1993 • Anja Niedringhaus 1990 • Annie O’Neill 1993 • Lucy Nicholson 1998 • Francine Orr 1994 • Cara Owsley 1991 • Darcy Padilla 1991 • Deb Pastner 1993 • Stacy Pearsall 1998 • Hilda Perez 1994 • Suzanne Plunkett 1992 • Carrie Pratt 1999 • Cecilia Prestamo 1990 • Susana Raab 1996 • Anne Rearick 1992 • Heather L Rohan 1997, Linda Rosier 1990 • Suzanne Carr Rossi 1990 • Sally Ryan 1999 • Monique Schoenfeld Sady 1999 • Lizzie Sadin 1992 • Toni Sandys 1990 • Meryle Schenker 1996 • Laura Seitz 1990 • Becky Shink 1999 • Robin Shotola 1996 • Nancy Siesel 1990 • Brandi Stafford Simons 1993 • Stephanie Sinclair 1997 • Allison V. Smith 1993 • Monique Stauder 1993 • Susan Stava 1990 • Cindy Schultz 1996 • Elaine M. Thompson 1990 • Leisa Thompson 1997 • Amy Toensing 1994 • Jane Tyska 1990 • Aurelia Ventura 1990 • Ami Vitale 1993 • Sarah Voisin 1996 • Ting-Li Wang 1998 • Katie Warnke 1996 • Lori Waselchuk 1990 • Susan Watts 1992 • Stephanie Welsh 1994 • Vanessa Winship 1995 • Leslie White 1990 • Maya Vidon-White 1991 • Mandi Wright 1997 • Cindy Yamanaka • Wendy Yang 1996.

1990s

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

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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.

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