Photojournalist Whitney Curtis awarded First Place in 2014 Domestic News by NPPA
April 2, 2015 | Source: Monroe Gallery of Photography
The National Press Photographers Association's Best Of Photojournalism 2015 awards were announced on Tuesday, March 31.
© Whitney Curtis
Rashaad Davis, 23, backs away slowly as St. Louis County police officers approach him with guns drawn and eventually arrest him on Monday, Aug. 11, 2014, at the corner of Canfield Drive and West Flroissant Avenue in Ferguson, Mo. Members of the community took to the streets to protest the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown by police officer Darren Wilson.
In Domestic News, first place was awarded to Whitney Curtis of The New York Times. Whitney Curtis is now represented by Monroe Gallery of Photography, and several of her momentous images from Ferguson, Missouri will be exhibited during the AIPAD Photography Show April 16 - 19 (Booth #119, Monroe Gallery of Photography). The Gallery will be exhibiting a specially curated collection of Civil Rights photographs from the 1965 Selma march to the present day.
Curtis' photographs will also be featured in the exhibition "Civil Rights from Sema to Ferguson" at Monroe Gallery of Photography July 3 - September 20, 2015.
About Whitney Curtis
Photos that raise awareness, reveal truth, and ask us to pause. Reflect. Photojournalism is how Whitney Curtis tells stories we might have never known otherwise.
As an editorial, corporate, and commercial photographer, Whitney's goal is simple: show respect to the subject-matter by creating intimate, creative images that illustrate the story.
After graduating with a degree in photojournalism from the University of Missouri-Columbia, Whitney worked as a staff photojournalist at The Kansas City Star, northern Utah's Standard-Examiner, and the Daily Herald in suburban Chicago. As an editorial photojournalist, Whitney's work has been honored by The Associated Press, NPPA's Best of Photojournalism, CPoY, and Women in Photojournalism.