Halstead, Dirck, 1936-....

Dirck Halstead (b. 1936) is the Editor and Publisher of The Digital Journalist, the monthly online magazine for photojournalism. He is also a freelance magazine and advertising photographer and documentary videomaker, based in Austin, Texas. Dirck is the Director of the Platypus Workshops which has trained more than 250 photojournalists in the language of television news in order become more competitive in today's rich multimedia environment. Starting his career as a photographer with United Press International, he has worked in Dallas, Philadelphia, New York, Washington, and became UPI's first photo bureau chief in Saigon covering the Vietnam War in 1965. Returning to the United States in 1966, he was appointed as UPI's first roving staff photographer, and covered stories on a world-wide basis, culminating with being selected as one of six US photographers to be allowed to accompany President Nixon on his historic trip to China in 1972. In 1975, he won the Robert Capa Gold Medal awarded by the Overseas Press Club for his coverage of the fall of Saigon. Other major awards include eight time winner of the White House News Photographers Association contest, NPPA pictures of the year first place in documentary and the Front Page Award of the American Newspaper Guild.

From the description of Halstead, Dirck, 1936- (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10612093

Dirck Halstead, award-winning photojournalist, freelance photographer, digital journalism pioneer and university instructor, had his first story published in Life magazine at only 17 years of age. Halstead's coverage of the Guatemalan revolution of 1954 marked the beginning of a career that would find him covering major world events throughout the late twentieth century, including the fall of Saigon towards the end of U. S. involvement in the Vietnam War, President Richard Nixon's trip to China, and the assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan.

In 1976, the Overseas Press Club awarded him the Robert Capa Gold Medal for his coverage of the Vietnam War, and in 2003, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the White House News Photographers Association. Halstead worked for Time Magazine from 1972-2001. He served as TIME's Senior White House Photographer and shot 54 of their covers between 1972 and 2001, distinguishing himself as the photographer with the most Time covers to his name.

From the description of Halstead, Dirck, photographic archive, 1955-2001. (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 434476837