Dallas Kinney (born 1937 in Buckeye,
Hardin County, Iowa), is a
photojournalist who won the 1970
Pulitzer Prize in photography for his photographs of Florida migrant workers for The ''
Palm Beach Post
''The Palm Beach Post'' is an American daily newspaper serving Palm Beach County in South Florida, and parts of the Treasure Coast. On March 18, 2018, in a deal worth US$42.35 million, ''The Palm Beach Post'' and ''The Palm Beach Daily News'' wer ...
''.
As a newspaper journalist, Dallas has also worked for the ''
Washington Evening Journal'' in Washington, Iowa, The ''
Dubuque Telegraph Herald'', in Dubuque, Iowa, ''
The Miami Herald
The ''Miami Herald'' is an American daily newspaper owned by the McClatchy Company and headquartered in Doral, Florida, a city in western Miami-Dade County and the Miami metropolitan area, several miles west of Downtown Miami.[The Philadelphia Inquirer
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'' in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Kinney was a student of photographer
Ansel Adams
Ansel Easton Adams (February 20, 1902 – April 22, 1984) was an American landscape photographer and environmentalist known for his Monochrome photography, black-and-white images of the American West. He helped found Group f/64, an association ...
in Carmel, California. Kinney has a passion for and continuing desire to create "Ansel Adams-like" photographs as they exist in current times.
In addition to the Pulitzer, Kinney has received the following awards:
Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award
The Robert F. Kennedy Awards for Excellence in Journalism is a journalism award named after Robert F. Kennedy and awarded by the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights. The annual awards are issued in several categories and were esta ...
, World Press Association/Photojournalism,
National Press Photographers Association
The National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) is an American professional association made up of still photographers, television videographers, editors, and students in the journalism field. Founded in 1946, the organization is based in at ...
Regional, Iowa News Photographer of the Year, Florida News Photographer of the Year.
Kinney resides with his wife Martha near the North Georgia mountain town of
Dahlonega.
References
External links
Robert F. Kennedy AwardDallas Kinney Website
Living people
1937 births
Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography winners
American photojournalists
People from Lumpkin County, Georgia
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