French
DeutschCarolyn Van Houten
Carolyn Van Houten is an American photojournalist who works for The Washington Post. She has won Newspaper Photographer of the Year, Pictures of the Year International (2016); Excellence in Photojournalism award from NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ Journalists (2017), Robert Capa Gold Medal (2018), and Photography - International category, Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award (2019).
Life and work
[edit]Van Houten grew up on a farm in rural North Carolina. She studied journalism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.[1]
She has worked as a photo intern at National Geographic, and a staff photojournalist at the San Antonio Express-News covering south and west Texas. As of 2023[update] she is a staff photojournalist at The Washington Post, based in Washington, DC.[1]
Awards
[edit]- 2016: Winner, Newspaper Photographer of the Year, Pictures of the Year International[2]
- 2017: Excellence in Photojournalism award from NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ Journalists[3]
- 2018: Robert Capa Gold Medal, from the Overseas Press Club of America[4]
- 2019: Winner, Photography - International category, Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award from the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "About". Carolyn Van Houten. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
- ^ Estrin, James (2016-03-01). "Winners of Pictures of the Year International". The New York Times. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
- ^ Fuentes, Diana R. (2018-07-04). "Van Houten wins for 'Life in Transition'". San Antonio Express-News. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
- ^ "The Robert Capa Gold Medal Award 2018". OPC. 2019-04-18. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
- ^ "Winners of 2019 RFK Book and Journalism Awards | RFK Human Rights". Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
External links
[edit]
  | This article about an American photographer is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |