Carolyn McKenzie Carter | |
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Born | Carolyn McKenzie |
Other names | Mrs. Don Carter Carolyn Carter |
Carolyn McKenzie Carter (1919 - April 21, 2010) was an American photojournalist who worked for the Atlanta Constitution (now The Atlanta Journal-Constitution) from 1940 until the early 1950s.
Carter was born in 1919 [1] and was raised in Moultrie, Georgia. She was a graduate of the Nashville-based Ward-Belmont School. [2] She graduated from the University of Georgia’s Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communications in 1940. [3] Carter met Lieutenant Donnel Earl Carter, cousin of President Jimmy Carter and a journalist for a competing newspaper when her work ended up on the front page of the paper and his was relegated to the end pages. [4] The couple married in 1942. [1]
In 1940, Carter was hired by Ralph McGill to work for the Atlanta Constitution, thereby becoming the first women to serve as a photojournalist at the publication. [2] In the 1940s, she worked for the Gainesville Daily Register and the Alexandria Daily Town Talk newspapers. [5] She would also work at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Sunday magazine where captured photographs of the American South. [6]
When the war concluded, Carter began covering more domestic topics, which included one well-known image of a child showing how an iron lung was used. [7] [1] In 1954 Carter became a commercial photographer for the Coca-Cola Company, [8] traveling overseas to document the organization’s international expansion for its employee magazine, The Refresher. [2] She would work at Coca-Cola for five years. [9] In 1959 she moved to New York and did freelance work for the Georgia Department of Industry, Trade and Travel. [10] [9]
In 2012, her husband Don Carter created the University of Georgia Don E. and Carolyn McKenzie Carter Endowment for Journalism to fund the University’s Chair for Excellence in Journalism [11]
Carter died on April 21, 2010. [2]
In 1959, Carter was designated a master photographer by the Professional Photographers of America. [8] [13] She was the first female named “Man of the Year” from the Industrial Photographers of America. [9] The Carolyn Carter Award was established in 1986 by Georgia's Department of Industry, Trade and Travel. [10] In 2008 she was a member of the inaugural class of Grady Fellows at the University of Georgia. [10] [3] Carter was inducted into the Georgia Women of Achievement Hall of Fame in 2017. [10] [14]
Carolyn McKenzie Carter | |
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Born | Carolyn McKenzie |
Other names | Mrs. Don Carter Carolyn Carter |
Carolyn McKenzie Carter (1919 - April 21, 2010) was an American photojournalist who worked for the Atlanta Constitution (now The Atlanta Journal-Constitution) from 1940 until the early 1950s.
Carter was born in 1919 [1] and was raised in Moultrie, Georgia. She was a graduate of the Nashville-based Ward-Belmont School. [2] She graduated from the University of Georgia’s Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communications in 1940. [3] Carter met Lieutenant Donnel Earl Carter, cousin of President Jimmy Carter and a journalist for a competing newspaper when her work ended up on the front page of the paper and his was relegated to the end pages. [4] The couple married in 1942. [1]
In 1940, Carter was hired by Ralph McGill to work for the Atlanta Constitution, thereby becoming the first women to serve as a photojournalist at the publication. [2] In the 1940s, she worked for the Gainesville Daily Register and the Alexandria Daily Town Talk newspapers. [5] She would also work at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Sunday magazine where captured photographs of the American South. [6]
When the war concluded, Carter began covering more domestic topics, which included one well-known image of a child showing how an iron lung was used. [7] [1] In 1954 Carter became a commercial photographer for the Coca-Cola Company, [8] traveling overseas to document the organization’s international expansion for its employee magazine, The Refresher. [2] She would work at Coca-Cola for five years. [9] In 1959 she moved to New York and did freelance work for the Georgia Department of Industry, Trade and Travel. [10] [9]
In 2012, her husband Don Carter created the University of Georgia Don E. and Carolyn McKenzie Carter Endowment for Journalism to fund the University’s Chair for Excellence in Journalism [11]
Carter died on April 21, 2010. [2]
In 1959, Carter was designated a master photographer by the Professional Photographers of America. [8] [13] She was the first female named “Man of the Year” from the Industrial Photographers of America. [9] The Carolyn Carter Award was established in 1986 by Georgia's Department of Industry, Trade and Travel. [10] In 2008 she was a member of the inaugural class of Grady Fellows at the University of Georgia. [10] [3] Carter was inducted into the Georgia Women of Achievement Hall of Fame in 2017. [10] [14]