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Preston Gannaway

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Gannaway earned Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography in 2008 for her project "Remember Me." The citation called it an "intimate chronicle of a family coping with a parent's terminal illness." Gannaway and reporter Chelsea Conaboy spent two years with the family of Carolynne and Rich St. Pierre as
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Carolynne fought against cancer and ultimately died. The two journalists continued the story after her death to show St. Pierre's family struggle to deal with her loss. Rich St. Pierre referred to Gannaway and Conaboy as "gentle observers of our most private moments." Gannaway told
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Gannaway, a native of North Carolina, grew up in an artistic family. Both her mother and her great-grandmother were artists. Halfway through college she decided she wanted to make the leap from drawing and painting to photography. In 2000, Gannaway graduated from
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fund. Gannaway’s work has also been honored in Pictures of the Year International, NPPA’s Best of Photojournalism, The Society for News Design, Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar and other competitions.
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In 2013 Gannaway self-published, "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea," a visual essay documenting the working-class seaside community of Ocean View, Virginia.
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She lives in the San Francisco Bay area with her partner Nicole Frugé. Since 2013 Gannaway has worked as an independent photographer.
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with a bachelor's degree in fine art photography. Her first job after college was at the 8,000 circulation
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Gannaway's work was included in the 2015 Annual Juried Members Exhibition at San Francisco's Cameraworks.
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in New Hampshire. In 2008 she joined the staff of the
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Index

Pulitzer Prize
Virginia Intermont College
Coalfield Progress
Concord Monitor
Rocky Mountain News
The Virginian-Pilot
Popular Photography
Getty Images
Chris Hondros
ISBN
978-0-9911098-0-7


"The Pulitzer Prizes | Citation"
"The Post Wins 6 Pulitzer Prizes"
ISSN
0190-8286


"The Pulitzer Prizes | Biography"


"Photo Journal: Preston Gannaway -- Leap of Faith / NPPA"


"Two of a kind, Photographer Couples: Nicole Fruge and Preston Gannaway | The Visual Student"


"Winning With Compassion and Respect"

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