PhotoNight, Tuesday, Sept. 25

Time Magazine photojournalist to speak,
present work for PhotoNight at school

Award-winning Time Magazine photographer Steve Liss will speak Tuesday, Sept. 25, at the UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media as part of the ongoing “PhotoNight” presentation series. The free, public lecture begins at 7:30 p.m. in Carroll Hall room 111.

Since 1976, 43 of Liss’ photographs have appeared on the cover of Time. He has won several awards from the National Press Photographer’s Association, Pictures of the Year and the World Press. He began his career at age 17 for his hometown weekly newspaper, The Quincy (Mass.) Sun.

Liss won the 2006 Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award for covering issues affecting the disadvantaged. In 2004, he was awarded the Soros Justice Media Fellowship for his book “No Place for Children: Voices from Juvenile Detention.” In 2005, he received an Alicia Patterson Fellowship to continue his documentation of poverty in America.

Liss teaches photojournalism in the graduate school at the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.

PhotoNight is an opportunity for students and professionals to share work and learn from each other. PhotoNights are held around the world to nurture active journalism communities dedicated to the continuous enrichment of the field.

Visit carolinaphotojournalism.org for more information.