Carolyn McKenzie Carter
Carolyn McKenzie Carter | |
|---|---|
| Born | Carolyn McKenzie 1919 |
| Died | April 21, 2010 (aged 90–91) |
| Other names | Mrs. Don Carter Carolyn Carter |
| Education | University of Georgia |
| Occupation | Photojournalist |
| Spouse | Donnel Earl Carter (m. 1942) |
Carolyn McKenzie Carter (1919 – April 21, 2010) was an American photojournalist who worked for the Atlanta Constitution (now The Atlanta Journal-Constitution) from 1940 until the early 1950s.
Early life
Carter was born in 1919[1] and was raised in Moultrie, Georgia. She was a graduate of the Nashville-based Ward-Belmont School.[2] She graduated from the University of Georgia's Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communications in 1940.[3]
Carter met Lieutenant Donnel Earl Carter, cousin of President Jimmy Carter and a journalist for a competing newspaper, when her work ended up on the front page of the paper and his was relegated to the end pages.[4] The couple married in 1942.[1]
Career
In 1940, Carter was hired by Ralph McGill to work for the Atlanta Constitution, thereby becoming the first women to serve as a photojournalist at the publication.[2] In the 1940s, she worked for the Gainesville Daily Register and the Alexandria Daily Town Talk newspapers.[5] She would also work at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Sunday magazine where captured photographs of the American South.[6]
When the war concluded, Carter began covering more domestic topics, which included one well-known image of a child showing how an iron lung was used.[7][1] In 1954, Carter became a commercial photographer for the Coca-Cola Company,[8] traveling overseas to document the organization's international expansion for its employee magazine, The Refresher.[2] She worked at Coca-Cola for five years.[9] In 1959, she moved to New York and did freelance work for the Georgia Department of Industry, Trade and Travel.[10][9]
In 2012, her husband Don Carter created the University of Georgia Don E. and Carolyn McKenzie Carter Endowment for Journalism to fund the University’s Chair for Excellence in Journalism [11]
Carter died on April 21, 2010.[2]
Selected publications
- Carter, Carolyn McKenzie (1943). "War Wives in Journalism". Matrix. 29 (6). Women in Communications: 7–.
- Carter, Carolyn (July 8, 1945). "Dangling on a rope under Georgia". The Atlanta Journal. pp. , . Retrieved May 8, 2024.
- Talmadge, Betty; Carter, Carolyn; Robitscher, Jean (November 15, 1977). How to Cook a Pig & Other Back-to-the-Farm Recipes: An Autobiographical Cookbook.[12]
Awards and honors
In 1959, Carter was designated a master photographer by the Professional Photographers of America.[8][13] She was the first female named “Man of the Year” from the Industrial Photographers of America.[9]
The Carolyn Carter Award was established in 1986 by Georgia's Department of Industry, Trade and Travel.[10] In 2008, she was a member of the inaugural class of Grady Fellows at the University of Georgia.[10][3]
Carter was inducted into the Georgia Women of Achievement Hall of Fame in 2017.[10][14]
References
- 1 2 3 "Women in Photojournalism – A Race Against Time". Georgia State University Library. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
- 1 2 3 4 Zainaldin, Jamil (March 6, 2017). "Photographer Carolyn McKenzie Carter had her finger on the pulse of a changing Georgia". SaportaReport. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
- 1 2 Tagami, Ty. "Trailblazing female photographer dies". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. ISSN 1539-7459. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
- ↑ Badertscher, Nancy (March 25, 2017). "Newspaper lover found love at paper". The Atlanta Constitution. pp. B5. Retrieved May 8, 2024.
- ↑ "They Used To Whistle". The Atlanta Journal. May 13, 1945. p. 62. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
- ↑ Sibley, Celestine (October 26, 1951). "Traveling with a camera". The Atlanta Constitution. Vol. 84, no. 112. Internet Archive.
- ↑ "Child in an iron lung, Grady Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia, circa 1940s". digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu. Retrieved May 8, 2024.
- 1 2 "Carolyn Carter Gets Highest Award". The Atlanta Journal. July 29, 1959. p. 54. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
- 1 2 3 "Mrs. Carter to be cited 'photographer of the year'". The Macon News. January 21, 1962. p. 20. Retrieved May 8, 2024.
- 1 2 3 4 "Former Moultrian honored for photography". Moultrie Observer. March 2, 2017. Archived from the original on April 19, 2017. Retrieved April 9, 2017.
- ↑ McGinty, Johnathan (November 19, 2012). "Grady College establishes Carter Chair in Journalism". UGA Today. Retrieved May 7, 2024.
- ↑ Reviews of cookbook
- Herren, Edna (November 6, 1977). "Back To Farm Recipes". The Atlanta Constitution. p. 70. Retrieved May 8, 2024.
- Thwaite, Jean (December 16, 1977). "Georgia Cookbooks Capture Local Flavor". The Atlanta Constitution. p. 50. Retrieved May 8, 2024.
- ↑ "Carolyn Carter Awarded Degree By Professional Photographers". The Atlanta Constitution. July 30, 1959. p. 30. Retrieved May 8, 2024.
- ↑ "Carolyn Carter | Georgia Women of Achievement". georgiawomen. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
External links
- Carolyn Carter photograph collection at the University of Georgia
- Dogwood Trees 1960 photo taken by Carolyn Carter and held at the Atlanta History Center