Rowan University, N.J. - Pulitzer Prize winner, Deanne Fitzmaurice visited Rowan University to speak about her career as a photojournalist.
Deanne has won numerous awards for her photos. She goes around the world to capture pictures. She covers many different walks of life from circus folk to political figures, a brothel in the middle of nowhere to people you see in your neighborhood.
She showed three videos featuring photos and interviews of some people she has photographed. One video featured Cristie Kocktail, a circus clown, mom and orphan. She showed Krissy’s life as a mother, wife and circus clown. She told a story through photos, Krissy’s story.
Deanne told her audience “It’s important to take pictures with heart, mind, and soul. When dealing with people, speak from your heart and be honest.”
Her Pulitzer Prize winning photos were of Saleh, a 9 year old Iraqi boy who was injured when he mistook a grenade for a ball. She went to Iraq to get photos and tell his story to the world. His father agreed, after he saw Deanne knew his son’s doctor. She followed him through his treatment all the way to the present day. Saleh is now a teenager.
She gave students advice on how to interview people including the technical aspects such as microphones, video and audio. Deanne says she really believes multimedia will be a great part of the future of photojournalism.
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