Jack William Dykinga (born January 2, 1943) is an American photographer.[ Page 206, #400 at Google Books.] For 1970 work with the Chicago Sun-Times he won the annual Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography citing "dramatic and sensitive photographs at the Lincoln and Dixon State Schools for the Retarded in Illinois."[* "Feature Photography". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved November 13, 2013.
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Career
Born in Chicago, Dykinga began his career at the
Chicago Tribune, and the
Chicago Sun-Times before moving to Arizona, where he joined the
Arizona Daily Star and taught at the University of Arizona and Pima Community College.
Dykinga left the Arizona Daily Star and photojournalism in 1985. Thanks to the support and inspiration of a friend, he started to work on a book about the Sonoran Desert.[Jack Dykinga (2017), A photographer's Life, Rocky Nook, p 46] The publication of The Sonoran Desert launched his new career as a nature and conservation photographer.
Dykinga is a founding Fellow of the International League of Conservation Photographers.
In 2010, Dykinga was photographer in residence at Sedona Photofest.
Personal
Dykinga lives in Tucson, Arizona, with his wife Margaret Malley; they married in 1965.
He attended Riverside Brookfield High School.
Awards and honors
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2010: "Stone Canyon" was selected as one of "40 Best Nature Photographs of all time" by the International League of Conservation Photographers
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2011: Outstanding Nature Photographer of the Year Award from the North American Nature Photography Association.
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2017: Lifetime Achievement Award from the North American Nature Photography Association.
Works
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Frog Mountain Blues, University of Arizona Press, 1987,
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The Sonoran Desert H.N. Abrams, 1992,
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The Secret Forest, University of New Mexico Press, 1993,
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Stone Canyons of the Colorado Plateau Abrams, 1996,
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The Sierra Pinacate University of Arizona Press, 1998,
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Desert: The Mojave and Death Valley, Harry N. Abrams, 1999,
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Large format nature photography, Amphoto Books, 2001,
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Jack Dykinga's Arizona, Westcliffe Publishers, 2004,
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Images: Jack Dykinga's Grand Canyon, Arizona Highways, 2008,
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Capture the Magic: Train Your Eye, Improve Your Photographic Composition, Rocky Nook Publishers, 2013,
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A Photographer's Life, Rocky Nook Publishers, 2017,
Gallery
File:Tecolote Camp Pinacate Cholla.jpg|Teddy-bear Cholla at Tecolote Camp, El Pinacate y Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere Reserve
File:American bison k5680-1.jpg|American bison
File:Female Mexican fruit fly.jpg|Female Mexican fruit fly
File:Erosion.jpg|Severe soil erosion in a wheat field near Washington State University
File:Hereford twins.jpg|Hereford cattle twins produced at the ARS Range and Livestock Research Unit at Miles City, Montana
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