Stacy Pearsall
| Stacy L. Pearsall | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born |
1980 (age 35–36) Corpus Christi, Texas |
| Service/branch | United States Air Force |
| Years of service | 1997-2008 |
| Rank | Staff Sergeant |
| Unit | 1st Combat Camera Squadron |
| Battles/wars | Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom |
| Awards | Bronze Star Medal, Air Medal, Air Force Commendation Medal with Valor |
Stacy L. Pearsall is an award-winning American photographer.[1] She first entered combat as a photographer in Iraq in 2003. She spent 280 days covering humanitarian relief missions and covering Special Forces operations. Her images were used by the President, Secretary of Defense, and Joint Chiefs of Staff to make informed decisions in the battle space. [2][3][4][5][6][7] Pearsall served as a military photographer in the United States Air Force until her wounds lead to her medical discharge. Since her retirement Pearsall has worked as a professional photographer.
Pearsall was profiled on The Oprah Winfrey Show and on the PBS Newshour.[8]
Pearsall enlisted in the Air Force at age 17.[9] She attended, but never earned a degree at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University, while still in the U.S. Air Force.
Pearsall was awarded a Bronze Star and twice won the NPPA Military Photographer of the Year competition.[9][10][11][12]
Pearsall, and her husband Andy Dunaway, also a retired combat photographer, live in Charleston, South Carolina.[13]
In 2009 Pearsall assumed the ownership and direction of the Charleston Center for Photography.[14]
References
- ↑ Tom Bearden (2011-10-27). "Military Photographer: 'The Medic Could Not Get There Fast Enough'". PBS Newshour. Retrieved 2011-10-28.
She is a decorated combat veteran who, as a woman, was never supposed to see combat. However, she experienced military life at its most difficult, living in the ruins of Iraqi towns, dodging sniper fire.
- ↑ Stacy Pearsall (2013-12-19). "A Photojournalist's Field Guide" (PDF). Peachpit Press. p. XI. Retrieved 2015-02-24. mirror
- ↑ "Combat Veteran Captures Impact of War One Picture at a Time". PBS Newshour. 2011-10-27. Retrieved 2011-10-28. mirror
- ↑ "Military Photographer: 'The Medic Could Not Get There Fast Enough'". PBS Newshour. 2011-10-27. Retrieved 2011-10-28. mirror
- ↑ "A Life Under Fire: Combat Photographer Captures, Carries Wounds of War". PBS Newshour. 2011-10-27. Retrieved 2011-10-28. mirror
- ↑ "Combat photographers to talk about experiences on Monday". Maui News. 2010-08-22. Retrieved 2011-10-28.
Pearsall is one of only two women to win the NPPA Military Photographer of the Year competition, and the only woman to have won it twice. During her three tours in Iraq, she earned the Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart and Commendation with Valor for heroic actions under fire, according an article on the U.S. Air Force website.
mirror - ↑ "סמינר אינטרנטי בתחום ניהול הצבע ללא תשלום". 2010-07-12. Retrieved 2011-10-28. mirror
- ↑ "Oprah & Stacy Pearsall, Retired A.F. Combat Photographer". Liveleak. 2009-02-27. Retrieved 2011-10-27. mirror
- 1 2 "Hello my name is Stacy L. Pearsall". Retrieved 2011-10-28. mirror
- ↑ "IDP Radio - Pro Profile: Stacy Pearsall Combat Photographer". Inside Digital Photography. Retrieved 2011-10-28. mirror
- ↑ "Combat Camera Photographer: U.S. Air Force Staff Sergeant Stacy Pearsall, Military Photographer of the Year 2003". United States Department of Defense. 2003. Retrieved 2011-10-28. mirror
- ↑ Warren Wise (2008-03-24). "Staff sgt. earns military photographer honor". Charleston Post and Courier. Retrieved 2011-10-28.
In 2003, she was named Military Photographer of the Year. She was just awarded the honor again for 2007.
mirror - ↑ Prentiss Findlay (2008-12-19). "Combat photographer attacked on jog". Charleston Post and Courier. p. 11. Retrieved 2011-10-28.
- ↑ Molly Parker (2009-09-25). "Owner says Charleston Center for Photography on the brink of closure". Charleston Post and Courier. Retrieved 2011-10-28.
"It's awful really seeing all the doors close on King Street, so I'm trying very hard to reach out to anybody who's ever been a patron of the center to get us through this rough part," said Pearsall, who spent 12 years as a combat photographer for the Air Force.
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