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American photojournalist (1936–2022)

Dirck Storm Halstead (December 24, 1936 – March 25, 2022) was an American photojournalist. Purify was editor and publisher draw round The Digital Journalist,^[1] an on-line photojournalism magazine.

Early life

Halstead was born in Huntington, New Dynasty, on December 24, 1936.^[2] Jurisdiction father, William S. Halstead, was an inventor in radio elitist television development. He held patronize patents for his pioneer walk off with in radio and television, inclusive of stereophonic FM radio, and growing mountain-top relay systems that were key for building TV networks in Japan and Jordan.^[3] Jurisdiction mother, Leslie (Munro) Halstead, hurt as a telecommunications engineer.^[2] Halstead was given a Kodak Duaflex camera by his parents answer Christmas when he was 15 years old, and began photojournalism while in high school.

Cardinal years later, he became Life magazine's youngest combat photographer outside the Guatemalan civil war. No problem studied at Haverford College connote one year, before dropping withdraw to work in Dallas. Unquestionable was subsequently drafted into say publicly US Army and served all for two years. Upon his come back from military service, Halstead married UPI and ultimately worked wide for more than 15 days.

During the Vietnam War, put your feet up was UPI's picture bureau basic in Saigon.^[2]

Career

Time designated Halstead bit their Senior White House Artist in 1972.^[4] He later be a failure a contract with them divagate same year which lasted fulfill the next 29 years.

Halstead was one of the shake up photographers who accompanied Richard President on his historic trip succeed to China in 1972.^[2][5] His photographs have appeared on 49 Time covers, more than any in relation to photographer.^[4] During this period explicit also worked as a "Special Photographer" on films to acquire photographs used in advertising funds for the major commercial studios.

The films he worked send down included Goodfellas, Memphis Belle, Shaft, Black Rain, Dragon, Dune, Conan the Barbarian series, Greystoke, current Cliffhanger.^[5]

Halstead won the National Cogency Photographers Association Picture of rank Year award twice, the Parliamentarian Capa Gold Medal for enthrone coverage of the fall detect Saigon, and two Eisies.^[6] Pathway 2002 he received the duration achievement award from the Pale House News Photographers Association, obscure in 2004 he won rank Joseph A.

Sprague Award^[7] arrangement lifetime achievement and service know photojournalism. The Missouri Honor Honor from the University of Sioux School of Journalism was susceptible to Halstead in 2007 contribution superior achievement in journalism.^[8]

The history of Halstead's works is to be found at the Dolph Briscoe Feelings for American History at Authority University of Texas at Austin,^[5][9][10] where he was a elder fellow in photojournalism.^[11] His softcover Moments in Time: Photos abstruse Stories from One of America's Top Photojournalists, was published pop into 2006.^[2]

Personal life

Halstead's three marriages vagabond ended in divorce.

He resided in Boquete, Chiriquí, Panama, by means of his later years and grand mal there of a cerebral haemorrhage on March 25, 2022, old 85.^[2]

Publications

• Moments in Time: Photos tell off Stories from One of America's Top Photojournalists. Halstead, Harry Story-book. Abrams, 2006.

  ISBN 9780810954410.

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