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Deanne Fitzmaurice (born July 6, 1957), an independent photographer, won the Pulitzer Prize in 2005 for Feature Photography while working for the San Francisco Chronicle.[1]

Biography[edit]

Fitzmaurice was born in Melrose, Massachusetts, Fitzmaurice and her husband Kurt Rogers co-founded the camera bag company, Think Tank Photo, in 2005.[2]

Education[edit]

Fitzmaurice graduated in photography at the Academy of Art College in San Francisco, California earning a B.F.A. in photography.[3]

Career[edit]

Fitzmaurice worked at the San Francisco Chronicle for 16 years.[4] Before joining the San Francisco Chronicle, she had contributed to a number of journals including Time, Newsweek, U.S. News & World Report, Sports Illustrated, ESPN the Magazine and People.[5] Fitzmaurice has been a contact photographer for the best-selling Day in the Life books.[6]

Awards and Exhibitions[edit]

In 2005, Fitzmaurice received the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography for “her sensitive photo essay on an Oakland hospital's effort to mend an Iraqi boy nearly killed by an explosion.”[7] Fitzmaurice followed the progress of Saleh Khalaf over 13 months in an Oakland hospital beginning in November 2003.[8]

Fitzmaurice’s same work, “Operation Lion Heart,” also received the Casey Medal for Meritorious Journalism in 2005.[9] In addition to that, Fitzmaurice received the Mark Twain Award. The celebrities she photographed included Barack Obama, Steven Spielberg and Jerry Seinfeld.[10] She worked for the Chronicle until 2008. Fitzmaurice was named on of Microsoft’s Icons of Imaging in 2007.[11]

Published works[edit]

  • Fitzmaurice, Deanne; Ryan, Joan (2010). Freak Season. K & D Photography, Incorporated. ISBN 978-0-615-42839-0.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "The 2005 Pulitzer Prize Winner". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  2. ^ "Deanne Fitzmaurice". MediaStorm. MediaStorm. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  3. ^ "Deanne Fitzmaurice". Academy of Art University. Academy of Art University. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  4. ^ "The 2005 Pulitzer Prize Winner". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  5. ^ "The 2005 Pulitzer Prize Winner". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  6. ^ "Deanne Fitzmaurice". MediaStorm. MediaStorm. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  7. ^ "The 2005 Pulitzer Prize Winner". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  8. ^ Fischer, Heinz Dietrich (2011). Picture Coverage of the World: Pulitzer Prize Winning Photos. LIT Verlag Münster. pp. 212–. ISBN 978-3-643-10844-9. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
  9. ^ "2005 Press Release". Journalism Center on Children & Families. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  10. ^ "Pulitzer Prize–Winning Photography Grad Shares Her Experience & Insight", Academy of Art University. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
  11. ^ "Microsoft Launches Icons of Imaging Program at First Microsoft Pro Photo Summit, Recognizing Present and Future Leaders in Photography and Digital Imaging". Microsoft. Microsoft. Retrieved 12 November 2015.

External links[edit]


Category:American photographers Category:American photojournalists Category:American women photographers Category:Artists from San Francisco Category:People from Melrose, Massachusetts Category:Academy of Art University alumni Category:Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography winners Category:Living people Category:American women journalists

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