Renée C. Byer
Renée C. Byer (born in 1958 in Yonkers, New York) is the senior photojournalist at The Sacramento Bee, where she has worked since 2003.
Byer is a documentary photojournalist. She won a Pulitzer Prize in 2007 for her "A Mother's Journey" feature photo.[1] "A Mother's Journey" was a series of photos, over the course of a year, about a boy at the age of 11 years who was battling neuroblastoma, a type of cancer.
Byer was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2013, "For her heartwarming photographs of a grandfather raising three grandchildren after the violent death of his daughter and the loss of his wife to cancer."[2]
Byer is married to Paul Kitagaki, Jr., the senior photographer at The Sacramento Bee.
Awards
- 2015 Best of Photojournalism, Nature and Environmental Picture Story, National Press Photographers Association, First Place[1]
- 2015 World Understanding Award, Pictures of the Year International, Finalist[2]
- 2015 Scripps Howard Photojournalism Award, Finalist[3]
- 2015 LensCulture Earth Awards, Documentary Series on electronic waste, Second Place[4]
- 2013 Pulitzer Prize, Feature Photography, The Sacramento Bee, Finalist[5]
- 2013 Casey Medal for Meritorious Journalism, Finalist
- 2007 Pulitzer Prize, Feature Photography, “A Mother’s Journey,” The Sacramento Bee, Winner[6]
- 2007 World Understanding Award, Pictures of the Year International, Winner[7]
- 2007 Multimedia Feature Picture Story, Pictures of the Year International
- 2007 Days Japan International Photojournalism Award, Second Place[8]
- 2007 Casey Medal for Meritorious Journalism, Winner[9]
- 2007 Photo of the Year Award, The United Nations Children Emergency Fund, Honorable Mention[10]
- 2007 Award of Excellence, Feature Photography, Pictures of the Year International[11]
- 2007 Feature Photo Story, American Society of Newspaper Editors, Finalist
- 2007 Newspaper Series, Pictures of the Year international, Third Place
- 2007 Award of Excellence, Photography, Multiple Photos, Society of News Design
- 2005 Harry Chapin Media Award for World Hunger in Photojournalism
- 2005 Best of Photojournalism, Nature and Environmental Picture Story, National Press Photographers Association, First Place
- 2005 McClatchy President’s Award
- 2004 Mark Twain Award for Excellence in News Photography, Associated Press
- 2004 Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma, Finalist
Book Awards
- 2014 IPA Documentary Book Award, Living on a Dollar a Day: The Lives and Faces of the World’s Poor, First Place
- 2014 Moscow International Foto Awards, Documentary Book, Living on a Dollar a Day: The Lives and Faces of the World’s Poor, Honorable Mention
Solo Exhibitions and Presentations
- 2016 Global Women Leaders’ Forum: Inspiring the Next Generation of Leaders, Sofia, Bulgaria
- 2016 Month of Photography Los Angeles, California; official exhibition
- 2015 Viewpoint Photographic Art Center, Sacramento, California
- 2014 Visa Pour L’Image Festival of the Photograph, Perpignan, France; video presentation
- 2014 Hartmann Center Art Gallery, Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois
- 2010 Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, State University of New York, New Paltz
- 2007 Sage Moon Gallery, LOOK3 Festival of the Photograph, Charlottesville, Virginia
- 2007 Hartmann Center Art Gallery, Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois
- 2007 Muroff-Kotler Visual Arts Gallery, State University of New York, Stone Ridge, New York
- 2007 Palm Beach Photographic Centre, Palm Beach, Florida
- 2007 Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, California
Selected Group Exhibitions
- Present- 2007 Permanent, The Pulitzer Photographs Gallery, Newseum, Washington, D.C.
- 2014 International Photography Awards Winners for Best of Show; Splashlight Studios, New York City; Espace Beaurepaire Gallery, Paris, France; Beijing Academy of Art, Beijing, China; Chiang Mai Festival of Photography, Rooftop Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand
- 2014 Tech Awards Gala, San Jose, California; video presentation
- 2010 Pictures of the Year International 2009, The Annenberg Space for Photography, Los Angeles, California
- 2008 Photokina, Cologne, Germany
- 2007 Days Japan International photojournalism exhibit, Yokohama, Japan
- 2007 FotoWeek, Washington, D.C.
- 2007 Angkor Wat photography festival, Siem Reap, Cambodia
- 2007 International Children’s Cancer Day, Madrid, Spain
Publications by Byer
- 2014 Living on a Dollar a Day: The Lives and Faces of the World’s Poor, The Quantuck Press, Thomas Nazario
- 2010 A Mother’s Journey and Selected Photographs, Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, SUNY, New Paltz
Contributor to Publications
- 2015 We the Children, Edition Lammerhuber, collaboration with The United Nations Children Emergency Fund, Germany and GEO Magazine
- 2015 Moments: The Pulitzer Prize Winning Photographs, collaboration with Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, Inc.
- 2015 21st Century Reading Student Book 1: Creative Reading and Thinking with TED Talks, Cengage, collaboration with TED and National Geographic Learning; 15th Edition
- 2014 The Pulitzer Prize Photographs: Capture the Moment, Newseum; 2010 and 2014 editions
- 2010 The Mercy Project, Mado-sha Publishing Co.
- 2008 The American Soldier from the Civil War to the War in Iraq: A Photographic Tribute, Business of Entertainment Inc.
- 2008 America at Home, Running Press
- 2008 Photojournalism: The Professionals’ Approach, Focal Press; 6th edition multiple
- 1990 Book of Days, Dorsoduro Press
- 1987 Best of Photojournalism 11, National Press Photographers Association
- 1983 Best of Photojournalism 8, National Press Photographers Association
TV, Film, and Radio
- 2014 NBC's Depth of Field with Ann Curry, “Living on a Dollar a Day: Reality of Extreme Poverty Revealed,” interview
- 2014 ABC's Real Biz with Bob Woodruff and Rebecca Jarvis, “'Living on a Dollar a Day' - Shocking Photos from Around the World,” interview
- 2014 NBC's Depth of Field with Ann Curry, “Love and Loss - A Family's Struggle with Childhood Cancer,” interview
- 2014 The Photography Channel, “Renée C. Byer - A Mother's Journey,” interview
References
- ↑ "National Press Photographers Association". nppa.org. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
- ↑ "Pictures of the Year International Winners List". poyi.org. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
- ↑ "Scripps Howard Awards honor nation's best 2014 journalism | The E.W. Scripps Company". www.scripps.com. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
- ↑ LensCulture, Renée C Byer |. "Renée C Byer | LensCulture". LensCulture. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
- ↑ "Pulitzer Prize Winners 2013". www.pulitzer.org. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
- ↑ "Pulitzer Prize Winners 2007". www.pulitzer.org. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
- ↑ "Winners List | Sixty-Fourth Pictures of the Year International Competition". www.poyi.org. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
- ↑ "Days Japan International Photojournalism Awards". www.daysjapan.net. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
- ↑ "Meritorious Journalism Casey Medal Winner". www.journalismcenter.org. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
- ↑ author, page. "The United Nations Children Emergency Fund, Photo of the Year". www.unicef.org. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
- ↑ "Pictures of the Year International Winners List". www.poyi.org. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
External links
- http://www.poyi.org/64/wua/first_01.php
- http://www.pulitzer.org/works/2007-Feature-Photography
- http://www.pulitzer.org/2013_feature_photography_finalist_2
- "SUNY Ulster - Renée Byer." SUNY Ulster, 2007, 02 Nov. 2011.
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