Tag: John H. White

  • America in the 1970s: Chicago’s African-American Community

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    America in the 1970s: Chicago’s African-American Community via The Atlantic: http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2013/07/america-in-the-1970s-chicagos-african-american-community/100559/ Chicago’s African-American community, primarily the South Side, documented by photographer John H. White, who went on to win the Pulitzer Prize for Photojournalism in 1982

  • In Flight, John White Shares His Light

    In Flight, John White Shares His Light

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    In Flight, John White Shares His Light John White was a mentor and inspiration to many, including the New York Times staff photographer Michelle Agins. She visited him not long after he and the rest of the Chicago Sun-Times photo staff were laid off. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/27/in-flight-john-white-shares-his-light/ While everybody else was stunned and upset…

  • Photo Staff Firings Won’t Shake Pulitzer Winner’s Focus

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    Photo Staff Firings Won’t Shake Pulitzer Winner’s Focus The Chicago Sun-Times made a surprise announcement last week: It fired its entire photography staff. Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist John H. White spent decades working there. He shares what this news means for him personally and for the future of via NPR.org: http://www.npr.org/blogs/pictureshow/2013/06/07/189533880/photo-staff-firings-wont-shake-pulitzer-winners-focus?ft=1&f=97635953 Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist John H.…

  • John White on Sun-Times layoffs: ‘It was as if they pushed a button and deleted a whole culture’

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    Link: John White on Sun-Times layoffs: ‘It was as if they pushed a button and deleted a whole culture’ | Poynter. “Humanity is being robbed,” he said, “by people with money on their minds.”

  • Are you just the photographer?

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    Link: Are you just the photographer? – Shooting from the Hip I am not naïve. This is not new in the newspaper industry. However, what was shocking was the wiping out of an entire staff in one fell swoop. Doubly shocking was that one of those fired was John H. White, perhaps, the greatest newspaper…

  • The Great John H. White

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    Link: Shooting from the Hip My first thought was, “I hope he means John H. White.” Several weeks later, he confirmed, that indeed, he was looking for me to hang out with John a bit for a cover story honoring John on the 30th anniversary of his Pulitzer Prize.

  • Keep in Flight Lifetime Achievement Award Presentation

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    Link: Illinois Press Photographers Association On Saturday, April 14, 2012 the Illinois Press Photographers Association presented John H. White with the first Keep in Flight Lifetime Achievement Award. Former Columbia College student, friend and John’s co-worker at the Sun-Times, Pablo Martinez Monsivais, flew in from Washington D.C. to present John with the special award.

  • Iris PhotoCollective: John H. White

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    John H. White PJ Love Celebration from Jon Sall on Vimeo. Iris PhotoCollective: John H. White: I’ve been so fortunate to have had incredible teachers in my life. These teachers, from kindergarden (Ms. Lyons), and all the way up to college, have all pushed me to do better. One of these teachers has and still…