The autobiography is ultimately not of great importance to most readers. After his brief intro, we start at his early days and progress through his life as a photographer.ĭykinga’s summary of 7+ decades of life, like anyone’s presented in a relatively thin text, is choppy and often feels unfocused. Jack Dykinga’s autobiography, A Photographer’s Life- A Journey from Pulitzer Prize-Winning Photojournalist to Celebrated Nature Photographer, is a good read with moments of brilliance and insight for photographers interspersed with an autobiographical narrative.ĭykinga opens the book in the hospital with respiratory failure, discussing the importance of self-examination and writing that he chooses now to celebrate those people who made a difference to him as a person and photographer. They are touchstones in a life of photography. From huddled figures in mental institutions to sweeping landscapes, his images span an enormous emotional range from disturbing to celebratory to sublime. His amassed images form a body of work that is diverse and profound. With an intense sense of gratitude, he explains the forces that caused his focus to evolve, and he describes the often-subtle changes that define his work.Ī virtual “who’s who” of editors, writers, and photographers have influenced Jack’s photographic journey, which has spanned 50 years.
As the images displayed in this book progress through the distinct periods in Jack’s life, he describes the influences and events that shaped his changing style and his design sense. Today, Jack’s work as a landscape photographer is world-renowned.Īfter a near-death experience, Jack formed a new perspective that provided a framework for self examination and a deeper look into why images resonate with a photographer’s feelings. He then worked as a photo editor and later became a wilderness guide.
Early in Jack’s career as a photojournalist he won the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography. It’s not often that a career in photography makes as many twists and turns as it has for Jack Dykinga.
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