Steve Starr
Steve Starr is a Pulitzer Prize winning American photographer.[1] He has since retired from photography, and since 2014, has served as a Third Order Franciscan Brother at Grace and St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Colorado Springs.[2]
Life[]
Starr attended San José State University, for a BA in Journalism, graduating in 1967.
He worked for the Associated Press in four bureaus, Los Angeles, New York City, Albany, NY, and Miami, FL.
"Campus Guns," his photograph of armed African American protesters leaving Willard Straight Hall at Cornell University, won the Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography in 1970.[1][3][4]
He married Marilynne Starr, who he met at San José State University. He lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He has been writing a autobiography since 2020 about his experiences as a photojournalist and as a Franciscan Brother.[2]
Awards[]
- May 4, 1970 - Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography[1]
Works[]
- Guns on Campus, 1969
- Mourners at the Columbine Memorial, 1999
References[]
- ^ a b c "Spot News Photography". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 2013-10-26.
- ^ a b "Steve Starr | LinkedIn". LinkedIn. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Lucy Li (April 15, 2009). "Snapshot in History: Remembering the Exit in Photos". The Cornell Daily Sun.
- ^ George Lowery (April 16, 2009). "A campus takeover that symbolized an era of change". Cornell Chronicle.
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