Bio
| Deanne Fitzmaurice Bio |
| Deanne Fitzmaurice is a Pulitzer Prize winning freelance photographer based in San Francisco. Her work has been published in Time, Newsweek, U.S. News & World Report, the NY Times Magazine, Sports Illustrated and ESPN Magazine. While a staff photographer at the San Francisco Chronicle, she won the Pulitzer Prize, the Casey Medal, the Associated Press’s Mark Twain Award, in addition to awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, Pictures of the Year International, National Press Photographers Association, Best of Photojournalism, California Press Photographers Association, Atlanta Photojournalism Competition. Deanne was a finalist in 2005 for UNICEF’s “Photo of the Year” award. Her work has been shown at Visa pour L’Image in Perpignan, France, the largest international photojournalism festival. She also has been a contract photographer for the best-selling Day in the Life books. Deanne won the Pulitzer Prize in 2005 for a photo essay about a 9-year-old Iraqi boy, who was nearly killed by an explosion, and his courageous battle as doctors in California tried to mend his wounds as he adapted to life in America. The work was described as “a sensitive photo essay” by the Pulitzer judges. Deanne is married to photographer Kurt Rogers and lives in Northern California. In 2005, she and Kurt co-founded the camera bag company, Think Tank Photo. In 2007, Deanne was named one of Microsoft's prestigious Icons of Imaging. In 2006, she was selected to serve as a committee member for the NPPA Best of Photojournalism international contest. She is a frequent lecturer on photojournalism and multimedia, speaking at PhotoPlus in NY 2009; Imaging USA in Tampa, Florida, 2008; PhotoPlus in NY 2007; 2005 NPPA Women in Photojournalism conference in Phoenix, AZ, the 2005 NPPA Flying Short Course in Boston, MA, Austin, TX and Eugene, OR. Deanne earned a BFA in Photography at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, where she was honored as a Distinguished Alumni. RECENT AWARDS 2009 Best of Photojournalism, 1st place Multimedia 2009 APA-NY, Juror's Selection 2008 Pictures of the Year International, News 2008 Time Magazine, Pictures That Mattered in 2008 2006 Best of Photojournalism 3rd place Picture Story 2005 Pulitzer Prize, Feature Photography 2005 UNICEF Photo of Year HM 2004 Casey Medal For Meritorious Journalism 2004 Mark Twain Award, Associated Press 2005 NPPA Best of Photojournalism 3rd place Picture Story 2004 NPPA Best of Photojournalism 1st place Picture Story 2004 Pictures of the Year International 2nd place Pictorial 2004 California Press Photographers 1st place Portrait |
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