Dirck Halstead (b. 1936) is a photojournalist, currently the editor and publisher of The Digital Journalist. Sports photojournalists at Indianapolis Photojournalism is a particular form of journalism (i. ...

Halstead started in photojournalism when he was in high school. At the age of 17, he became Life's youngest combat photographer covering the Guatemalan Civil War. After attending Haverford College, he went on to work for UPI for more than 15 years. Life - International Edition - January 19, 1948 Life has been the name of two notable magazines published in the United States. ... // Pre-Columbian Guatemala The Maya civilization thrived throughout much of Guatemala and the surrounding region for close to 2000 years before the Spanish arrived in the early 16th century. ... Haverford College is a private, coeducational liberal arts college located in Haverford, Pennsylvania. ... Front of UPI Headquarters, Washington, D.C. United Press International (UPI) is a global news agency headquartered in the United States filing news in English, Spanish and Arabic. ...

In 1972 he accepted a contract with Time Magazine, and for the next 29 years covered the White House for them. His photographs have appeared on 52 Time covers, more than any other photographer. During this period he also worked on films (among them: Goodfellas, Dune, Conan the Barbarian series, Greystoke the Legend of Tarzan, Cliffhanger) to produce advertising materials for the major studios. He is now a senior fellow in photojournalism at the Center For American History at the University of Texas. He has won the NPPA Picture of the Year award twice, the Robert Capa Gold Medal for his coverage of the fall of Saigon, and two Eisies. In 2002 he received the lifetime achievement award from the White House News Photographers Association, and in 2004 he was honored with the Joseph A. Sprague Award for lifetime achievement and service to photojournalism, considered the highest honor in the industry. (Clockwise from upper left) Time magazine covers from May 7, 1945; July 25, 1969; December 31, 1999; September 14, 2001; and April 21, 2003. ... North façade of the White House, seen from Pennsylvania Avenue. ... The University of Texas at Austin, often called UT or Texas, is the flagship institution of the University of Texas System. ...

His new book is Moments in Time: Photos and Stories from One of America's Top Photojournalists. Photographs and text by Dirck Halstead. Pub. Date: December 28, 2006 Harry N. Abrams, New York, 2006. 352 pp., 250 full-color and 50 b&w illustrations, 7½x9½".

[Publisher's Description] "Dirck Halstead is one of America's preeminent photojournalists, whose iconic images have graced more covers of Time magazine than any other photographer's. From the battlefields of Vietnam to the halls of the White House to film sets around the world, Halstead's sense of timing and eye for the revealing shot was unerring throughout his 50-year career. Among the more than 300 photographs in this collection are many that are instantly recognizable, such as Bill Clinton embracing Monica Lewinsky, or Nixon saluting with his famous V-for-victory sign. Others have become more resonant with the passage of time. Throughout, Halstead provides fast-paced, lively, and engaging accounts of his experiences in the field.

 A one-of-a-kind autobiography in words and pictures, Moments in Time is a half-century of history seen through one photographer's lens."