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photojournalist

Eric Lars Bakke, American photojournalist. Recipient Best Feature Picture award The Sporting News, St. Louis, 1985, First Place Feature award, Suburban Newspapers of America, 1977. Chairman professional photography division Colorado State Board Occupational and Vocational Education; Member National Press Photographers Association (assistant director, 1980), American Society Magazine Photographers.

Background

Bakke, Eric Lars was born on February 7, 1951 in Denver, Colorado, United States. Son of Seymour Doss and Beverly Ann Bakke.

Education

BJ, University Northern Colorado, 1973.

Career

Reporter, photographer Granby (Colorado) Sky Hi News, 1973. Photographer Winter Park Ski Resort, Hideaway Park, Colorado, 1973-1974. Reporter, photographer Golden (Colorado) Daily Transcript, 1974-1976.

Photographer Boise (Idaho) Statesman, 1976-1977, Sentinel Newspapers, Denver, 1977-1978, Denver Post, 1978-1981, chief photographer, 1984. Chief Topeka Capital-Journal, 1981. Co-owner Photostaff, Inc., Denver, 1985-1987.

Private practice, since 1987.

Achievements

  • Eric Lars Bakke has been listed as a noteworthy photojournalist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Chairman professional photography division Colorado State Board Occupational and Vocational Education. Member National Press Photographers Association (assistant director, 1980), American Society Magazine Photographers.

Interests

  • Running, fly fishing, bicycling, skiing.

Connections

Married Karen Fitzgerald, July 14, 1979.

Father:
Seymour Doss Bakke

Mother:
Beverly Ann Bakke

Spouse:
Karen Fitzgerald