Jack Dykinga

Jack Dykinga

Jack Dykinga, 2008
Born (1943-01-02)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


Works

Gallery

References

  1. Elizabeth A. Brennan, Elizabeth C. Clarage, eds. (1999). Who's who of Pulitzer Prize winners. Greenwood Press. ISBN 1573561118. Page 206, #400 at Google Books.
  2. "Feature Photography". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 2013-11-13.
  3. "Jack Dykinga". Current TV (current.com). Archived from the original on November 20, 2010. Retrieved 2011-01-24.
  4. "Jack Dykinga". Tucson Morning Blend. August 18, 2010. Retrieved 2011-01-24.
  5. 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.
  6. http://www.ilcp.com/photographers/jack-dykinga#
  7. 1 2 "Jack Dykinga". National Geographic Photography (photography.nationalgeographic.com). Retrieved 2011-01-24.
  8. "Artists: Jack Dykinga". The G2 Gallery (theg2gallery.com). Retrieved 2011-01-24.
  9. Rappaport, Robert (September 23, 2009). "Jack Dykinga". Video on Demand – Video Shorts. Arizona Public Media (ondemand.azpm.org). Retrieved 2011-01-24.
  10. "Jack Dykinga, Sedona PhotoFest 2010 Master-in-Residence Photographer". Sedonaphotofest.com. Archived from the original on May 29, 2010. Retrieved 2011-01-24.
  11. "Guardian: 40 greatest Nature Photographs". Retrieved 2014-05-09.
  12. "NANPA Awards and Past Winners". Retrieved 2014-05-09.

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