2nd speaker announced for the NPAC 2013 conference.

[Ben Nelms]

I am very pleased to announce our second speaker at this years NPAC conference in Calgary on April 26-27.



                                             
Preston Gannaway
Photojournalist

               

  Preston Gannaway (b. 1977) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist. For more than 12 years, she has focused on intimate stories about American families and subcultures. She most recently worked for The Virginian-Pilot newspaper in Norfolk, Va. Prior to that, she spent a year on staff at the Rocky Mountain News before its closure and worked for the Concord Monitor in New Hampshire (2003-2008). Gannaway's documentary story on the St. Pierre family, Remember Me, was awarded the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for feature photography.

 In 2011, Gannaway was named runner-up Photojournalist of the Year (Large Markets) by the National Press Photographer's Association. Her work has been honored in numerous other national and international competitions including Pictures of the Year International's One Week's Work and an award of excellence in Best Multimedia Project. A native of North Carolina, she began her career at the Coalfield Progress in rural southwest Virginia after earning a Bachelor of Arts in fine art photography at Virginia Intermont College. She is currently based in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Check out Preston's work here:   http://www.prestongannaway.com/

Including her Pulitzer Prize winning photo story 'Remember Me' here - http://www.prestongannaway.com/#/stories-essays/remember-me/_1c_ej_reading_NJA

Along with the other presenters, Preston will be on hand to review portfolios.

More to come!

Ben