Grossfeld, Stan 1951–

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Grossfeld, Stan 1951–

PERSONAL: Born December 20, 1951, in Bronx, NY. Education: Rochester Institute of Technology, B.S., 1973; Boston University, M.J., 1980.

ADDRESSES: Office—Boston Globe, 135 Morrissey Blvd., Boston, MA 02107.

CAREER: Newark Star-Ledger, Newark, NJ, staff photographer, 1973–75; Boston Globe, Boston, MA, staff photographer, 1975–82, chief photographer, 1983–85, director of photography, 1985–86, associate editor, 1986–.

AWARDS, HONORS: Named New England photographer of the year, Boston Press Photographers Association, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1985; Pulitzer Prize for news photography, 1984, for photographs of the people of Lebanon, and feature photography, 1985, for photographs of famine in Ethiopia and illegal aliens at the U.S.-Mexico border; Overseas Press Club of America, award for best photographic reporting from abroad, 1984, Humanitarian Award, 1985; Canon Photo Essayist Award, University of Missouri—Columbia, 1985; Gold Medal for photography, Society of Newspaper Designers, 1985; World Hunger Media Award, 1986; Lowell Thomas Award, best travel book, 1988, for The Whisper of Stars: A Siberian Journey; Nieman fellow, Harvard University, 1991–92.

WRITINGS:

Nantucket: The Other Season, Globe Pequot Press (Chester, CT), 1982.

(Editor) The Eyes of the Globe: Twenty-five Years of Photography from the Boston Globe, Globe Pequot Press (Chester, CT), 1985.

(Photographer) Wil Haygood, Two on the River, Atlantic Monthly Press (Boston, MA), 1986.

(And photographer) The Whisper of Stars: A Siberian Journey, foreword by Tom Brokaw, Globe Pequot Press (Chester, CT), 1988.

(And photographer) Lost Futures: Our Forgotten Children, foreword by Muhammad Ali, Aperture (New York, NY), 1997.

(Photographer) Dan Shaughnessy, Fenway: A Biography in Words and Pictures, Houghton Mifflin (Boston, MA), 1999.

(Photographer) Dan Shaughnessy, Spring Training: Baseball's Early Season, Houghton Mifflin (Boston, MA), 2003.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

Booklist, June 1, 1997, review of Lost Futures: Our Forgotten Children, p. 1627; February 15, 2003, GraceAnne A. DeCandido, review of Spring Training: Baseball's Early Season, pp. 1031-1032.

Kirkus Reviews, April 1, 1997, review of Lost Futures, p. 543.

Library Journal, June 1, 1997, Kate Kelly, review of Lost Futures, p. 122.

Life, June, 1997, Allison Adato, review of Lost Futures, p. 96.

New York Times Book Review, July 11, 1999, Charles McGrath, review of Fenway: A Biography in Words and Pictures, p. 23.

Publishers Weekly, March 31, 1997, review of Lost Futures, p. 57.

Reference and Research Book News, August, 1997, review of Lost Futures, p. 177.

Washington Post Book World, May 18, 1997, review of Lost Futures, p. 13.

Wilson Library Bulletin, February, 1986.