Ken Geiger is a Senior Editor at National Geographic and the former
director of photography for The Dallas Morning News. Ken started his
career in 1980 at the Austin American Statesman fresh out of Rochester
Institute of Technology. Ken’s 22 years of experience working in Dallas helped guide the coverage of the Iraq war, which earned the
2004 Pulitzer Prize for two DMN staff photographers. As a staff
photographer he covered a wide rage of stories from war in Burma and
Bosnia to the Olympics, from Barcelona to Sydney. He is the recipient
of numerous awards including The National Headliners, SND and the 1993
Pulitzer Prize for news photography.
Ken Lambert, 43, grew up in Washington DC. After graduating Syracuse University he embarked on a 17-year journalism career in his hometown. He was chief photographer for the Montgomery Journal in Maryland; shot and edited at the Washington Times, where he won six WHNPA First Place awards from 1993-2000; and covered the White House for the Associated Press. Lambert was recruited for the Seattle Times in 2002. Since then, he has covered a variety of stories in the Pacific Northwest, including recent volcanic activity at Mount Saint Helens, Washinton’s botched gubernatorial election and the Roosevelt Elk herd on the Olympic Peninsula.
Lynn Johnson is known for her intense, sensitive work. Dividing her time between assignments for National Geographic and Sports Illustrated, where she is a Staff Photographer, Johnson has traveled from Siberia to Zambia and photographed celebrities including Tiger Woods, Mikhail Barishnikov, Mister Rogers, and the entire Supreme Court. In her physically demanding shooting style, Johnson uses the technical skills acquired during a decade as an EMT in hazardous rescue work. With her Leicas, she has climbed the radio antenna atop Chicago's Hancock Tower and dangled from helicopters in Antarctica. Yet her favorite assignments have been emotionally demanding stories about ordinary people; a family struggling with AIDS (Life), the death of an African-American coach in Amish country (Sports Illustrated), native Hawaiians who protect traditional ways (NG), the impact of avian flu unleashed on Asia (NG). Her vision is subtle. She invites the viewer to find the meaning in the frame. Her shooting style is equally low key. At 5'1" she has the ability to become virtually invisible, allowing her subjects to reveal themselves to the camera. The photographs she strives for are compassionate. After 30 years of practicing photography, she sees her personal work moving from that of an observer to advocate. As a Knight Fellow in the School of Visual Communications at Ohio University, Johnson recently completed a rigorous year-long program that included her masters thesis, a forthcoming book about the impact of hate crimes on American society, Hate Kills. "I hope this book will promote dialogue and help to change our national attitude from intolerance to understanding," she says. Perhaps the most rewarding aspect of her fellowship, was the teaching component that allowed her to share her passion and commitment with other students in the Visual Studies Program, helping to develop the talents and ethics of a new generation of photographers.
Lynn Johnson earned a B.A. in Photographic Illustration/ Photojournalism from the Rochester Institute of Technology in 1975 and an M.A./Knight Fellow from the School of Visual Communications at Ohio University in 2004. She was a Staff Photographer at The Pittsburgh Press for seven years before beginning her freelance career as a contract photographer for Black Star. She is currently a member of Aurora Picture Agency.
Guest judges for the 2006 Still Contest:
Guest judges this year include Leah Bendavid-val, Bill Luster and Frank Van
Riper.
2006 STILL CONTEST RESULTS will be posted as information is available.
