In his own words: I have been a photojournalist for over 33 years, beginning my career at the Topeka Capital-Journal. For 30 years I was a staff photographer and special projects photographer for the Des Moines Register. I recently left the newspaper business to freelance.
While at the Register I won two Pulitzer Prizes, the first in 1987 for Feature Photography for a photo essay on Iowa’s Farm Crisis. The work was done with the help of a Nikon/NPPA sabbatical. I shared in another Pulitzer in 1991 for Community Service for a story about a rape victim. Seven of my photographs were included in the entry.
Other accolades while at the Register include two stints as judge for Pictures of the Year, White House News Photographers contest judge, three times Region 5 Photographer of the Year, and numerous other local, regional and national awards.
I have worked on several book projects, including Baseball in America, A Day in the Life of Ireland, 24 Hours in Cyberspace, The Power to Heal, One Digital Day, America 24/7 and America at Home. I am currently publishing multi-media projects for Drake University and other local clients in the Des Moines area. I am also working on a sports book about the Drake Relays to coincide with that event’s 100 year anniversary.
I live in Pleasant Hill, Iowa, a suburb of Des Moines with my wife Julie and three cats. I have 3 children, and 3 grandchildren who all live nearby. It looks like 3 is a lucky number for me right now.
4.21.10, 8:45 pm
Seriously Dave, is that a picture of you? Not as I pictured you at all? Especially the beard! Amazing how we have changed over the years!! My hair is greyer than yours. My wifes name is Kathy. We have been together for 25 years. We have 4 cats, like us they are getting older.