Background
Baughman, J. Ross was born on May 7, 1953 in Dearborn, Michigan, United States. Son of Charles T. and Patricia Jane (Hill) Baughman.
(A survey of documentary images from Ohio, Michigan, Washi...)
A survey of documentary images from Ohio, Michigan, Washington, D.C., NYC, and Brazil made by J. Ross Baughman in the mid-1970s, all tied together as a contemplation of stereotypes and self-identification. Baughman was the youngest photojournalist to win the Pulitzer Prize for photography--in 1978, at the age of 23. This is his first book, self-published. Photographs and text by Baughman. 64 pages; 41 b&w plates; 8.5 x 9.75 inches.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0006CVB2S/?tag=2022091-20
(A series of photo essays depicting people on the fringes ...)
A series of photo essays depicting people on the fringes of society: Ku Klux Klan members, transvestites, carnival sideshow workers, and the institutionalized mentally ill. J. Ross Baughman was the youngest photojournalist to win the Pulitzer Prize for photography--in 1978, at the age of 23. This is his second book, self-published, and was meant to be a "visual reply to his first book, a study in conformity and stereotypes." Photographs and text by Baughman. 64 pages; 47 b&w plates; 8.5 x 9.75 inches.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0006CP7FA/?tag=2022091-20
Baughman, J. Ross was born on May 7, 1953 in Dearborn, Michigan, United States. Son of Charles T. and Patricia Jane (Hill) Baughman.
Bachelor of Arts cum laude Bachelor of Arts (J. Winton Lemen Photojournalism scholar), Kent State University, 1975.
Staff photographer, writer Lorain (Ohio) Journal, 1975-1977. Contract photographer, writer Associated Press in, Africa & Middle East, 1977-1978. Co-founder Indiana Visions International, Inc., 1978.
President Visions Photo Group, New York City, 1978-1997. Director photography The Day Publication Company, New London, Connecticut, 1997-1998. Deputy director photography The Washington Times, 1999—2003, director photography, since 2003.
Member faculty New School for Social Research, New York City, 1979-1997, New York University, 1980-1982. Co-founder, program director Focus Photography Symposiums, New York City, 1981-1988. Adjunct professor University Missouri Graduate Program in Journalism, New York City, 1984-1986.
(A series of photo essays depicting people on the fringes ...)
(A survey of documentary images from Ohio, Michigan, Washi...)
Member National Press Photographers Association, Photographers Gallery, American Society Magazine Photographers (sustaining since 1984), White House News Photographers' Association (education chair), Sigma Delta Chi.
Married Jonalyn Sue Schuon, May 9, 1987 (divorced 1995). 1 child, Henry Marshall.