In Memoriam

Alan Hagman was deputy director of photography for the Los Angeles Times. He was an Emmy Award-winning multimedia producer whose work has also been recognized by Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, Pictures of the Year International, National Press Photographer’s Assn., the Society for News Design and the Webby Awards. Hagman...

Bill Luster is a well-known American photojournalist. He worked for many years at The Courier-Journal in Louisville, Kentucky, where his storytelling photographs became widely recognized.

Bob Baxter was director of photography for the Suburban Publishing Co. in Union, NJ. He was a U.S. Navy veteran who served during World War II. In 1971, a swimming accident left Baxter a paraplegic. He spent the last eleven years of his life in East Orange Veterans Hospital where he...

Friends, family and colleagues gathered last night to say goodbye to veter­an Miami Herald photographer Bob East, 64, who died Wednesday, four days after he was injected with a toxic substance mistaken for spinal fluid during cancer surgery at Jackson Memorial Hospital.

A giant in Racine photojournalism died Friday morning. Charles S. “Chuck” Vallone, 93, worked at The Journal Times from 1954–2005 as a staff photographer and Assistant Photo Editor. He was the consummate perfectionist as a photojournalist on assignment and in the darkroom. Paul W. Roberts, a fellow Journal Times staff...

G Gordon Yoder joined the NPPA in 1946, when it was first established. He went on to win their Photographer of the Year and in 1994 the Sprague Award. In 2000 he and his wife, Irene established the G Gordon Yoder TV NewsVideo Workshop Scholarship with a large donation to the National Press...

Photojournalist Jimi Lott was known for his care for the less fortunate and for his visual sense of humor. He died in 2005 at age 52. His death was ruled a suicide.

Mark Edelson, nine-time recipient of the prestigious Newspaper Picture Editor of the Year award, passed away on April 23, 2015. In lieu of flowers, Mark’s family has asked donations be made to the newly established Mark J. Edelson Picture Editing Scholarship administered through the National Press Photographers Foundation. Recipients of...

Photojournalist Michel du Cille drew praise from colleagues around the globe for his deep moral compass and sense of social justice. His three Pulitzer Prizes are a fitting tribute to the stunning quality of his work.

Paul Lester, Ph.D. Photograph by James W. Brown Dr. Paul Martin Lester died November 12, 2023 after a long illness. He was a Professor of Instruction at the School of Arts, Technology, and Emerging Communication at UT Dallas and a Professor Emeritus at California State University, Fullerton. After an undergraduate...

Randy Cox, a talented picture editor, photographer, designer and visuals educator known as much for his passion for photojournalism as his generous spirit, died Monday, Jan. 2, 2017, in Portland, Ore. In lieu of flowers, we honored Randy by establishing the Randy Cox Memorial Fund for the continued success and operation of The...

“Photography is a small voice, at best, but sometimes – just sometimes – one photograph or a group of them can lure our senses in awareness.” Photographer W. Eugene Smith These words, written on a small scrap of paper, hung in the darkroom of Reid Turner Blackburn, a photographer for...

About the Honoree Xan found his passion in photography, the language he used to tell his stories. His main focus was sports photography, especially basketball, but he also explored the worlds of street photography and social justice. Xan didn’t just take great photos of the action. What separated him from...