William DeKay

William DeKay is a freelance Canadian photojournalist.[1]

Early life and education

DeKay was born in London, Ontario. He studied at Ryerson Polytechnical Institute in Toronto and interned at the National Geographic Society in Washington, D.C.

Career

DeKay began his photojournalist career in 1980. He traveled throughout Canada photographing rural settings and people.[2] He worked for the London Free Press and was a staff photographer for the Detroit Free Press,[3][4] where he was the recipient of a number of state and national photojournalism awards.

In 1997, DeKay published the book Down Home: a journey into rural Canada, a collection of colour photographs depicting the lives of Canadians living in the country[5] DeKay has twice contributed to the Canadian Geographic magazine on the articles "Double Take" in 1998[6] and "Woodland Crossroads" in 2001.[7]

In 2010 DeKay was named "Photographer of the Year" by Agri Marketing magazine.[8]

Between 2010 and 2015 DeKay contributed many photographs to the Western Producer newspaper, and was presented with two Canadian Farm Writers' Federation awards.[9][10][11]

References

  1. ↑ Photographer's Market. Writer's Digest Books. 1992. p. 467. ISBN 978-0-89879-476-2.
  2. ↑ "Gathering ideas on William DeKay's photography". Saskatoon StarPhoenix, November 23, 2015
  3. ↑ Day Life America. 1986. p. 263.
  4. ↑ "White Boy Rick to be resentenced; prosecutor appeals – Detroit Free Press", All Breaking News, September 5, 2015
  5. ↑ Quill & Quire. Canadian Magazine Publishers Association. 1996. p. 24.
  6. ↑ "National Magazine Awards/Prix du magazine canadien". Literary Awards in Canada.
  7. ↑ http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/magazine/back_issues/contributor.asp?contrib=William_DeKay&id=1180
  8. ↑ "AG EDITORS ANNOUNCE WRITING, PHOTOGRAPHY AND DESIGN AWARD HONOREES". Agri Marketing magazine, Aug. 2, 2010
  9. ↑ "Canadian farm writer awards released". J-Source, Mary Baxter on September 25, 2012
  10. ↑ "Province reporter picks up top farm-writing prize". J-Source. By Mary Baxter
  11. ↑ "Riley takes third in photo competition". Island Farmer, October 14, 2015, by Andy Walker, via peicanada.com
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