Awards & Winners

Dan Winters

Date of Birth 21-October-1962
Place of Birth Ventura County
(United States of America, California, Greater Los Angeles Area)
Nationality United States of America
Profession Photographer
Dan Winters is an American photojournalist, illustrator, filmmaker and writer. He was born in Ventura County, California on October 21, 1962. He first studied photography and the darkroom process starting in 1971 while a member of his local 4-H club. In 1979, while still a high school senior, he began working full time in the motion picture special effects industry in the area of miniature construction and design. He went on to study photography at Moorpark College, in California. After receiving an associates arts degree there, he entered the documentary studies program at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich in Germany, focusing mainly on narrative photojournalism. In 1986, he began his career in photography as a photojournalist in his home town in Ventura County, at the Thousand Oaks News Chronicle. After winning several local awards for his work, he moved to New York City, where magazine assignments came rapidly. In 1991, he moved to Los Angeles and married Kathryn Fouts, who became his photo rep and studio manager. In 1993, his son Dylan was born in Los Angeles. In 2000, while maintaining a home in LA, he moved to Austin, Texas. There he set up a studio outside Austin in a historic building built in 1903, that had originally served as a general store, gas station and post office for nearly 100 years before he arrived.

Awards by Dan Winters

Check all the awards nominated and won by Dan Winters.

2002


World Press Photo Award for Arts and Entertainment
Honored for : 2002 World Press Photo Award for Arts and Entertainment winning photo
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Nominations 2002 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
World Press Photo Award for Arts and Entertainment 2002 World Press Photo Award for Arts and Entertainment winning photo
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