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Award-winning photographer to speak at Media Works!
 If you’ve
ever wondered how those great photographs you see in National
Geographic magazine are shot, you’ve got a chance to get
the answers firsthand from a photographer who’s responsible
for some of them.
Pulitzer Prize winner and National Geographic photographer Jay
Dickman will talk about his career and his works as part of Media
Works!, a month-long event sponsored by the Media Technologies
program at the College.
Dickman won the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for feature photography for
his photo essay “Life and Death in El Salvador.” He
has completed 25 assignments for National Geographic magazine
and has contributed to 5 “Day in the Life” books.
He has also photographed six Super Bowls. His presentation will
be April 26, 7-9 p.m., in the Performing Arts Center.
Media Works! began April 7 with a student media art exhibit that
will be on display until April 21 at the City County Building
in Knoxville. An exhibit showcasing student graphic design work
is on display in the Goins Building Rotunda at the Pellissippi
Campus until April 28.
Local media professionals, as well as the public, are invited
to review a showcase and portfolio display of student graphic
design work April 27, 4-8:30 p.m., in the student lounge in the
Goins Building.
Another Media Works! event is a student short video documentary
festival on April 26, 2:30-6 p.m., and on April 27, noon-6 p.m.,
when there will be continuous screenings of the videos in the
Goins Auditorium.
The Media Technologies degree program offers concentrations in
Communication Graphics Technology, Video Production Technology,
Photography and Web Technology. Future plans for the program include
moving into a new $6.8 million building on the Pellissippi Campus,
which is scheduled to be completed in time for the 2007-08 school
year. The building will also house fine arts classes, exhibit
areas and general classrooms.
This is the first year for Media Works! Organizers say it will
become an annual event.
In the fall of 2006, there will be a student media art exhibit
from September 14-30 at the Emporium on Gay Street in downtown
Knoxville.
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