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His work appeared in publications around the world including [[Time (magazine)|Time]], [[Newsweek]], [[Paris Match]], [[Stern (magazine)|Stern]], [[Sports Illustrated]], [[Life (magazine)|Life]], [[People (magazine)|People]]. |
His work appeared in publications around the world including [[Time (magazine)|Time]], [[Newsweek]], [[Paris Match]], [[Stern (magazine)|Stern]], [[Sports Illustrated]], [[Life (magazine)|Life]], [[People (magazine)|People]]. |
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Began his first staff photographer job at the [[Honolulu Star-Bulletin]], in [[Honolulu, Hawaii]] in 1972. After five years he was promoted to Chief Photographer and traveled |
Began his first staff photographer job at the [[Honolulu Star-Bulletin]], in [[Honolulu, Hawaii]] in 1972. After five years he was promoted to Chief Photographer and traveled throughout the [[Pacific]] including [[American Samoa]], [[Hawaiian Islands]], [[Midway Island]], [[Wake Island]] covering assignments which included [[Emperor Hirohito]]'s visit, [[Elvis Presley]]'s world wide televised concert, and the return of POW's from [[Vietnam]] through Wake Island. |
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Edmonds joined [[United Press International]] in 1978 as Newspicture Bureau Manager for United Press International in [[Sacramento, California]]. He covered a wide range of assignments for UPI including the Winter Olympics, [[NBA]] playoffs, [[NCAA]] basketball finals, Presidential campaigns including [[Ronald Reagan]]'s presidential campaign and inauguration in 1980. |
Edmonds joined [[United Press International]] in 1978 as Newspicture Bureau Manager for United Press International in [[Sacramento, California]]. He covered a wide range of assignments for UPI including the Winter Olympics, [[NBA]] playoffs, [[NCAA]] basketball finals, Presidential campaigns including [[Ronald Reagan]]'s presidential campaign and inauguration in 1980. |
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Ronald A. Edmonds, Pulitzer Prize, Photography
Ronald A. Edmonds is a photojournalist. As a photojournalist he photographed every United States President from Richard Nixon through President Barack Obama. His assignments included covering summits of world leaders, Presidential inaugurations, shuttle launches, Super Bowls, Summer & Winter Olympics, political races, and most of the Republican and Democratic National Conventions since 1980.
His work appeared in publications around the world including Time, Newsweek, Paris Match, Stern, Sports Illustrated, Life, People.
Began his first staff photographer job at the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1972. After five years he was promoted to Chief Photographer and traveled throughout the Pacific including American Samoa, Hawaiian Islands, Midway Island, Wake Island covering assignments which included Emperor Hirohito's visit, Elvis Presley's world wide televised concert, and the return of POW's from Vietnam through Wake Island.
Edmonds joined United Press International in 1978 as Newspicture Bureau Manager for United Press International in Sacramento, California. He covered a wide range of assignments for UPI including the Winter Olympics, NBA playoffs, NCAA basketball finals, Presidential campaigns including Ronald Reagan's presidential campaign and inauguration in 1980.
Edmonds joined the Associated Press in Washington in 1981 working there until 2009, when he retired as the AP's Senior White House Photographer. Edmonds was one of the early pioneers involved in the early use of digital cameras, including using an experimental electronic camera to transmit to newspapers around the world the first photos of President George H.W. Bush's inauguration, forty seconds after he put his hand down after being sworn in.
In 1981 Edmonds was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in spot news photography for his coverage of the assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan's life March 30, 1981.
Awards: Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography , ASSOCIATED PRESS MANAGING EDITORS AWARD, GRAND DIPLOMA FROM THE WORLD PRESS AWARDS, GOLDEN EYE AWARD, THE WORLD PRESS ASSOCIATION, DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD, SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL JOURNALIST, NATIONAL HEADLINERS AWARD FOR SPOT NEWS PHOTOGRAPHY, VARIOUS AWARDS FROM WHITE HOUSE NEWS PHOTOGRAPHERS, ASSOCIATION AND THE NATIONAL PRESS PHOTOGRAPHERS ASSOCIATION.