Photojournalist Preston Gannaway presents work, discusses photojournalism Nov. 12
Photojournalist Preston Gannaway will present her work and talk about photojournalism in the 21st Century at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 12 in Room 017 in Katherine Harper Hall at Appalachian State University.
Gannaway is a staff photographer at the Rocky Mountain News in Denver, Colorado, and previously was a photojournalist for the Concord Monitor in New Hampshire. Gannaway’s documentary story on the St. Pierre family, “Remember Me,” was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography in 2008.
Preston Gannaway’s Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography winner in 2008, “Remember Me,” chronicled the life of Carolynne St. Pierre, wife and mother of three, who died from a rare form of liver cancer in 2007. After her diagnosis, St. Pierre wanted to create a record of her life and love for her family.
Gannaway was named The National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) Region 1 (New England) Photographer of the Year in 2005 and was runner-up in 2006 and 2007. Her work has also been honored by NPPA’s “Best of Photojournalism, Pictures of the Year International,” The Society for News Design, Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar and other competitions.
Before working for the Monitor, Gannaway interned at the Santa Fe New Mexican and the Bangor Daily News. A native of North Carolina, she began her career at the Coalfield Progress in rural southwest Virginia after earning her Bachelor of Arts in fine art photography at Virginia Intermont College.
The presentation, sponsored by the Technical Photography program in the Department of Technology, is free and open to the public. For more information about the presentation, contact John Scarlata at (828) 262-6562 or via email at scarlataj@appstate.edu. For more information about the Technical Photography program, visit www.tec.appstate.edu.