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As Deanne Fitzmaurice describes it, a photojournalist's job is part sociology and part archeology, but most important, it's being on the cutting edge of what's happening, telling stories about people. It's this combination of varied disciplines, connecting with subjects, and learning something new every day that has held her fascination from her very beginnings at the San Francisco Chronicle through to the rich tapestry she's woven as a visual storyteller today. We recently sat down with Fitzmaurice to gain insights into the many facets of her career as part of our coverage of B&H's 50th Anniversary Bild Expo 2023. During our chat, Fitzmaurice regales us with details from some of her most impactful projects, including the challenging mix of sensitivity and perseverance needed to tell the story of Saleh, a seriously injured Iraqi boy. After explaining how this assignment morphed from a one-day news story into a Pulitzer-prize-winning long-term project, we take a deep dive into how image selection and sequencing were key to this award-winning series. Never one to shy away from a challenge, Fitzmaurice also describes confronting baseball great Barry Bonds about his problem with photographers, which shattered his impenetrable armor and resulted in her gaining exclusive access to photograph him both on and off the field. When discussing essential rules of journalistic ethics and credibility in documenting an unfolding scene, Fitzmaurice points to the category of portraiture as a rare opportunity to shift out of fly on the wall mode to direct the subject and build rapport. We conclude our chat with insights about the role luck has played in her career, and how she puts herself in a position for synchronicity to unfold. Above photograph © Deanne Fitzmaurice Guest: Deanne Fitzmaurice For more information on our guest and the gear she uses, see: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/podcasts/photography/taking-chances-on-stories-to-tell-photojournalist-deanne-fitzmaurice-at-bild Stay Connected: Deanne Fitzmaurice Website: https://www.deannefitzmaurice.com/ Deanne Fitzmaurice Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/deannefitzmaurice/ Deanne Fitzmaurice X: https://twitter.com/deanne_fitz Deanne Fitzmaurice Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DeanneFitzmauricePhotography Think-tank: https://www.thinktankphoto.com/
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Deanne Fitzmaurice, Pulitzer Prize-winning Documentary Photographer, and Jamie Smith, Co-founder & Executive Director of the Social Fabric Collective, speaking about "Compassionate Visual Storytelling" in connection with the 2019 Spring Photography Workshop for high school students and the Annual Exhibition of their work. There will be an opening receptiong May 21 at 6:00 p.m. at T.W. Shoemaker Art, 312 Wyoming Avenue in Wyoming, PA. Admission is free. www.socialfabriccollective.org www.deannefitzmaurice.com
Deanne Fitzmaurice is a Pulitzer Prize winning photojournalist, a Nikon Ambassador, represented by National Geographic Creative, a teacher and the co-founder of Think Tank Photo. In this episode we talk about the power of visual storytelling to affect change, what she’s learned about her own process through teaching photography to writers, and how photojournalism can be your passport to the world. Deanne shares how she builds trust with her subjects and how she protects herself mentally when photographing challenging situations in order to humanize stories for the rest of us. This is We Are Photographers with Deanne Fitzmaurice and this is her story.
Episode 240 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. Download MP3 - Subscribe via iTunes, Google Play, email or RSS! Featured: Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist, Nikon Ambassador and Think Tank Photo co-founder, Deanne Fitzmaurice In This Episode If you subscribe to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast in iTunes, please take a moment to rate and review us and help us move up in the rankings so others interested in photography may find us. Show Opener: Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist, Nikon Ambassador and Think Tank Photo co-founder, Deanne Fitzmaurice opens the show. Thanks Deanne! Sponsors: - Get 20% off at BenroUSA.com with offer code: PetaPixel2o - Get 20% off at ElinchromUS.com with offer code: PetaPixel2o - More at LensShark.com/deals. Stories: Apple admits to slowing older iPhones down. Is this causing you to miss the shot? (#) Yongnuo's 14mm f/2.8 is coming soon for Canon EF and Nikon F mounts. (#) Homeland Security has a well-paying position for a qualified photographer. (#) A portion of Idaho has the darkest skies says the IDA. (#) A photographer wins a sizable suit over an error. (#) The 3 year anniversary of this podcast and its milestones. Outtakes My other podcast with Brian Matiash, the No Name Photo Show. Connect With Us Thank you for listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast! Connect with me, Sharky James on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook (all @LensShark) as we build this community. We’d love to answer your question on the show. Leave us an audio question through our voicemail widget, comment below or via social media. But audio questions are awesome! You can also cut a show opener for us to play on the show! As an example: “Hi, this is Matt Smith with Double Heart Photography in Chicago, Illinois, and you’re listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast with Sharky James!”
Live from the Summit California Sports Workshop, we speak with Pulitzer Prize winner Deanne Fitzmaurice about judging the College Photographer of the Year Award and ensuing controversy about the winner's portfolio, ethics in photojournalism, the freelance life, sexual harassment in the industry, and much more.
Here’s episode 74 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. You can also download the MP3 directly and subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Leave a comment in this post, or use our voicemail widget for feedback/questions for the show. In This Episode If you subscribe to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast in iTunes, please take a moment to rate and review us and help us move up in the rankings so others interested in photography may find us. Sponsor: FreshBooks. Get your FREE 30 day trial at FreshBooks.com/PetaPixel and enter PetaPixel in the “How Did You Hear About Us?” section. Pulitzer Prize winning photojournalist, Nikon Ambassador and Think Tank Photo co-founder Deanne Fitzmaurice opens the show. Thanks Deanne! Nikon announces a handful of camera bodies it will now repair through authorized repair facilities despite being grey market. (#) Canon patents a superzoom lens sure to drop jaws if it actually materializes. (#) Luminous Landscape founder Michael Reichmann, dead at age 71. (#) Fujifilm announces a 2x teleconverter for its X Mount system. (#) Broncolor announces two new monolights with interchangeable Lithium Ion batteries. (#) Instagram confirms it's working on new features which photographers will be able to make great use of. (#) A model in Taiwan suffers an asthma attack during an underwater shoot. (#) Connect With Us Thank you for listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast! Connect with me, Sharky James on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook (all @LensShark) as we build this community. We’d love to answer your question on the show. Leave us an audio question through our voicemail widget, comment below or via social media. But audio questions are awesome! You can also cut a show opener for us to play on the show! As an example: “Hi, this is Matt Smith with Double Heart Photography in Chicago, Illinois, and you’re listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast with Sharky James!”
Deanne Fitzmaurice captured the emotional and physical journey of a severely injured Iraqi boy who was nearly killed by an explosion, but who was eventually saved by American doctors after traveling to California. Her photos earned her the Pulitzer Prize in 2005.
Pulitzer Prize winning documentary photographer and multimedia storyteller Deanne Fitzmaurice joins us for an in-depth look at her methods, her experience, and how she approaches her subjects. She's also joined by Dan Holmes to discuss their recent work for the upcoming documentary "Shifting Ground", a story of the slums of Africa. Deanne is a regular contributor to Sports Illustrated, ESPN Magazine, TIME, Newsweek, and The Economist as well as numerous other publications.
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p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px 'Lucida Grande'} Deanne Fitzmaurice is a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist who is one of those photographers who is helping to redefine storytelling in the digital age. A former staffer for the San Francisco Chronicle she has created award winning stories with still images, but she is also on the forefront of using multimedia as an important photojournalistic tool. Her stories of a young Iraqi boy recovering from horrific wounds to the life of a young mother in a carnival, demonstrate both her keen sense of story and her sensitivity of the humanity of her subjects. www.thecandidframe.com, thecandidframe@gmail.com