Howard Chapnick
Howard Chapnick (eng. Howard Chapnick, 1922–1996) was an American editor, photo editor and a longterm leader of Black Star picture agency.
Biography
Howard Chapnick was born in 1922 on Manhattan, New York. He graduated from New York University.
In 1940 Chapnick joined a recently founded photo agency Black Star. During the World War II he served in the Air Force. In 1946 he returned to his duties at Black Star. He formed a new department responsible for photo essays and books. He also worked to make and maintain a network of photographers all over the globe. In 1964 Chapnick bought out the founders' shares and had been a president of the agency for 25 years.
He taught annual workshops at the University of Missouri School of Journalism. In 1994 he published a book called Truth Needs No Ally: Inside Photojournalism, summarising his many years of experience in the field of dealing with photojournalists and sharing it with those who wants to be one.
Howard Chapnick was a principal founder of the W. Eugene Smith competition and Memorial Fund, which awards grants for projects in humanistic photography. After his death in 1996 this Fund established in his memory a grant to encourage and support leadership in fields ancillary to photojournalism.
Bibliography
- Chapnick H. (1994). Truth Needs No Ally. Columbia: University of Missourie. p. 384.