Dirck Halstead
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Dirck Halstead, is a photojournalist, and editor and publisher of The Digital Journalist
http://digitaljournalist.org/ an online photojournalism magazine.
Halstead started in photojournalism while in high school. At age 17, he became Life magazine's
youngest combat photographer covering the Guatemalan Civil War. After attending Haverford College
, he went on to work for UPI for more than 15 years. During the Vietnam War
he was UPI's picture bureau chief in Saigon.
In 1972 he accepted a contract with Time
covering the White House
for the next 29 years. Halstead was one of six photographers who accompanied Richard Nixon
to China in 1972. His photographs have appeared on 47 Time covers, more than any other photographer. During this period he also worked as a "Special Photographer" on films to produce photography used in advertising materials for the major studios. The films he worked on included, Goodfellas
, Memphis Belle
, Shaft
, Black Rain, Dragon
, Dune
, Conan the Barbarian
series, Greystoke
, and Cliffhanger
.
Halstead is now a senior fellow in photojournalism at the Center For American History at the University of Texas at Austin.
He has won the NPPA
Picture of the Year award twice, the Robert Capa Gold Medal
for his coverage of the fall of Saigon, and two Eisies (http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A05EFDA153BF93BA35751C0A96F958260). In 2002 he received the lifetime achievement award from the White House News Photographers Association (http://www.whnpa.org/), and in 2004 he won the Joseph A. Sprague Award (http://www.nppa.org/about_us/honors_and_recognitions/sprague/) for lifetime achievement and service to photojournalism. The Missouri Honor Medal (http://journalism.missouri.edu/honor-medal/) from the University of Missouri School of Journalism was given to Halstead in 2007 for superior achievement in journalism.
He sits on the Air Force One Museum board of directors.
His book is Moments in Time: Photos and Stories from One of America's Top Photojournalists New York: Harry N. Abrams, December 2006).
The photographic material covers Halstead's work from the 1950s through 2001 and includes subject matter such as world events, topical news stories, famous personalities, and the United States presidencies from Kennedy to Clinton. The personal papers include presidential trip itineraries, magazines (and magazine covers), and assignment materials related to his work with United Press International (UPI) and Time Magazine. The artifacts include press passes and awards.
The Briscoe Center provides researchers with unparalleled resources on of the history of photojournalism. This actively growing component includes the archives of Dirck Halstead, Eddie Adams (photographer)
, Flip Schulke, David Hume Kennerly
, Diana Walker, Shel Hershorn, Wally McNamee, Bruce Roberts, Dick Swanson, P. F. Bentley, Darryl Heikes, Dennis Brack, Lucian Perkins, and Margaret Sandahl Thomas. The collections include unpublished as well as published images. In addition to photographic holdings (such as slides, negatives, prints, and tear sheets), the photojournalism collections also include such archival materials as personal papers, correspondence, diaries, news stories, and other archival materials.
The Digital Journalist
The Digital Journalist is a monthly online magazine about photojournalism which was launched in 1997 by Dirck Halstead, its editor and publisher. The site provides an online venue for visual storytellers covering a wide range of topics and showcases the work, in photography, videos, and words, of...
http://digitaljournalist.org/ an online photojournalism magazine.
Halstead started in photojournalism while in high school. At age 17, he became Life magazine's
Life (magazine)
Life generally refers to three American magazines:*A humor and general interest magazine published from 1883 to 1936. Time founder Henry Luce bought the magazine in 1936 solely so that he could acquire the rights to its name....
youngest combat photographer covering the Guatemalan Civil War. After attending Haverford College
Haverford College
Haverford College is a private, coeducational liberal arts college located in Haverford, Pennsylvania, United States, a suburb of Philadelphia...
, he went on to work for UPI for more than 15 years. During the Vietnam War
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a Cold War-era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. This war followed the First Indochina War and was fought between North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of...
he was UPI's picture bureau chief in Saigon.
In 1972 he accepted a contract with Time
Time (magazine)
Time is an American news magazine. A European edition is published from London. Time Europe covers the Middle East, Africa and, since 2003, Latin America. An Asian edition is based in Hong Kong...
covering the White House
White House
The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the president of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., the house was designed by Irish-born James Hoban, and built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted Aquia sandstone in the Neoclassical...
for the next 29 years. Halstead was one of six photographers who accompanied Richard Nixon
Richard Nixon
Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. The only president to resign the office, Nixon had previously served as a US representative and senator from California and as the 36th Vice President of the United States from 1953 to 1961 under...
to China in 1972. His photographs have appeared on 47 Time covers, more than any other photographer. During this period he also worked as a "Special Photographer" on films to produce photography used in advertising materials for the major studios. The films he worked on included, Goodfellas
Goodfellas
Goodfellas is a 1990 American crime film directed by Martin Scorsese. It is a film adaptation of the 1986 non-fiction book Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi, who co-wrote the screenplay with Scorsese...
, Memphis Belle
Memphis Belle (film)
Memphis Belle is a 1990 film directed by Michael Caton-Jones and written by Monte Merrick, starring Matthew Modine and Eric Stoltz and introducing Harry Connick Jr. in his screen debut...
, Shaft
Shaft (1971 film)
Shaft is a 1971 American blaxploitation film directed by Gordon Parks, released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. An action film with elements of film noir, Shaft tells the story of a black private detective, John Shaft, who travels through Harlem and to the Italian mob neighborhoods in order to find the...
, Black Rain, Dragon
Dragon
A dragon is a legendary creature, typically with serpentine or reptilian traits, that feature in the myths of many cultures. There are two distinct cultural traditions of dragons: the European dragon, derived from European folk traditions and ultimately related to Greek and Middle Eastern...
, Dune
Dune (film)
Dune is a 1984 science fiction film written and directed by David Lynch, based on the 1965 Frank Herbert novel of the same name. The film stars Kyle MacLachlan as Paul Atreides, and includes an ensemble of well-known American and European actors in supporting roles. It was filmed at the Churubusco...
, Conan the Barbarian
Conan the Barbarian
Conan the Barbarian is a fictional sword and sorcery hero that originated in pulp fiction magazines and has since been adapted to books, comics, several films , television programs, video games, roleplaying games and other media...
series, Greystoke
Greystoke - The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes is a 1984 British film directed by Hugh Hudson and based on Edgar Rice Burroughs' novel Tarzan of the Apes...
, and Cliffhanger
Cliffhanger
A cliffhanger or cliffhanger ending is a plot device in fiction which features a main character in a precarious or difficult dilemma, or confronted with a shocking revelation at the end of an episode of serialized fiction...
.
Halstead is now a senior fellow in photojournalism at the Center For American History at the University of Texas at Austin.
He has won the NPPA
NPPA
NPPA may refer to:* National Pest Plant Accord in New Zealand* National Press Photographers Association* National Professional Practice Assessment...
Picture of the Year award twice, the Robert Capa Gold Medal
Robert Capa Gold Medal
The Robert Capa Gold Medal is an award for "best published photographic reporting from abroad requiring exceptional courage and enterprise". It is awarded annually by the Overseas Press Club of America . It was created in honor of the war photographer Robert Capa...
for his coverage of the fall of Saigon, and two Eisies (http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A05EFDA153BF93BA35751C0A96F958260). In 2002 he received the lifetime achievement award from the White House News Photographers Association (http://www.whnpa.org/), and in 2004 he won the Joseph A. Sprague Award (http://www.nppa.org/about_us/honors_and_recognitions/sprague/) for lifetime achievement and service to photojournalism. The Missouri Honor Medal (http://journalism.missouri.edu/honor-medal/) from the University of Missouri School of Journalism was given to Halstead in 2007 for superior achievement in journalism.
He sits on the Air Force One Museum board of directors.
His book is Moments in Time: Photos and Stories from One of America's Top Photojournalists New York: Harry N. Abrams, December 2006).
Dirck Halstead Photographic Archive
The photographic archive of Dirck Halstead resides at the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History at The University of Texas at Austin.The Dirck Halstead Photographic Archive consists of over 500,000 photographic images in various formats, including prints (color and black & white), mounted prints (color and black & white), laminated prints, contact sheets (color and black & white), transparencies (including 35mm slides), internegatives (4"x5" and 8"x10"), 35mm negatives, 120mm negatives, correspondence, printed materials, creative works, business records, and artifacts. These images are largely in transparent format and are available for research by appointment only.The photographic material covers Halstead's work from the 1950s through 2001 and includes subject matter such as world events, topical news stories, famous personalities, and the United States presidencies from Kennedy to Clinton. The personal papers include presidential trip itineraries, magazines (and magazine covers), and assignment materials related to his work with United Press International (UPI) and Time Magazine. The artifacts include press passes and awards.
The Briscoe Center provides researchers with unparalleled resources on of the history of photojournalism. This actively growing component includes the archives of Dirck Halstead, Eddie Adams (photographer)
Eddie Adams (photographer)
Eddie Adams was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American photographer and photojournalist noted for portraits of celebrities and politicians and his coverage of 13 wars.-Combat photographer:...
, Flip Schulke, David Hume Kennerly
David Hume Kennerly
David Hume Kennerly in Roseburg, Oregon, won the 1972 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography for his portfolio of photographs taken of the Vietnam War, Cambodia, East Pakistani refugees near Calcutta, and the Ali-Frazier fight in Madison Square Garden, March 8, 1971...
, Diana Walker, Shel Hershorn, Wally McNamee, Bruce Roberts, Dick Swanson, P. F. Bentley, Darryl Heikes, Dennis Brack, Lucian Perkins, and Margaret Sandahl Thomas. The collections include unpublished as well as published images. In addition to photographic holdings (such as slides, negatives, prints, and tear sheets), the photojournalism collections also include such archival materials as personal papers, correspondence, diaries, news stories, and other archival materials.