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Brian Plonka was named the world's best photojournalist, the highest honor from the University of Missouri School of Journalism and Pictures of the Year, the largest and longest running photojournalism contest in the world with the top prize and being named the 59th POYi / International Newspaper Photographer of the Year.
Plonka has won over 700 individual awards and 11 Photographer of the Year titles.Brian Plonka, at 15 years-old, starting his photojournalism career in Pennsylvania at his hometown newspaper the New Castle News. He was 1 of 100 young photojournalistsm culled by Pulitzer-Prize winner Eddie Adams from thousands globally to attend the first Barnstorm Workshop. His assignment was West Point Military Academy and that work landed him an internship at the Associated Press in New York, New York.Plonka has won over 700 individual awards and 11 Photographer of the Year titles. In 1990's he was recruited by Copley Chicago Newspapers as lead photographer for the entire suburban daily chain providing solo coverage of the Chicago Bulls entiren regular nd 3 post seasons and championships. Resposibilities also included all special sections and self generated documentaries such as "Generations Under the Influence" that was dedicated to his alcolic father. It was during that time he started working from a personal perspective. In the late 1990's he was recruited by The Spokesman-Review where his personal perspactive approach was granted artistic freedom and his style matured. During his first year on the staff he produced photography for a year long series "The Spirit of the West" that won several Gold Medals from the Society of News Design that lauded his innovative and unique style. The following year Plonka produced "The 10 Commandments" and "Living and Dying in Libby." After leaving the newspaper platform he focused on the needs of local and national non-profit agencies documenting their stories that have raised over 100,000k in credited donations. He has been a director of photography for many local credit union campaigns that garnished many Addy Advertising awards. He was cinematographer and director of photography for the ITVS and PBS funded documentary "The Blackfeet Flood" that aired internationally on the PBS World Channel and Independent Lens. Plonka's one-minute satarycal films in the fiction world have been screened worldwide at more than 20 film festivals. Plonka devotes over 12 hours a day practicing his craft.
Published The Best of Photojournalism #23 1997 page 99 / The Best of Photojournalism #22 1996 pages 73, ,174, 182, 252, 253 / The Best of Photojournalism #18 1992 pages 51-56 / The Best of Photojournalism #25 2000 pages 16,92-93,100 / The Best of Photojournalism #19 1993 pages 137-140,148 / The Best of Photojournalism #17 1991 page 200 / The Best of Photojournalism #24 1999 pages 43,45,96-97,104-105,156-159 / The Best of Newspaper Design Volume 24, Rockport Publishers, page 32 / The Best of Newspaper Design Volume 24, Rockport Publishers, page 32 /The Best of Newspaper Design Volume 24, Rockport Publishers, page 32 / The Best of Newspaper Design Volume 24, Rockport Publishers, page 32 / Liposky, Dr. Richard. “Surgury in the Jungles of Honduras”. It’s not what I know. it’s how I learned It. Second Edition 2021: pages 160-163 / Kobre’, Kenneth. “Covering the Issues”. Photojournalism The Proffessionals Approach, Sixth Edition 2008: pages 172, 208-211, 229-233, 244, 261 / Kaplan, John. “Photojournalism Interview with Brian Plonka International Photographer of the Year”. Photo Portfolio Success, First Edition 2003: pages 90-93 / Kjellstrand, Torsten. “Brian and Kathy Plonka: Achieving Balance” News Photographer Magazine, Volume 58 No. 5 2003: pages 26-33 / Beem, Edgar. “Photojournalists take on the subject of Faith”. Photo District News, Volume XXV, Issue 9 2005: pages 30-32 / Walker, David. “Newsprint: Plonka’s Cinematic take on a Plague”. Photo District News, Volume XXII, Issue 5 2002: pages 166-175 / Northwestern University, New York Magazine, page 86 / Le Figaro Magazine, Issues 1319-1322, page 19 / Britannica Book of the Year, 1996, page 496 / The Advocate, Issues 930-941, page 27 / Vollstadt, Elizabeth Weiss, Teen Eating Disorders, page 112 / Medical and Health Annual, page 315 / Moley, Raymond, Newsweek, Volume 146, page 11 / Wegner, Daniel M., Psychology Third Canadian Edition, page 541 / Richeal, Kip, Pittsburgh Pirates: Still Walking Tall, pages 23, 35, 112 / Woods, Keith, Best Newspaper Writing, pages 397-398 / New Scientist, Volume 190, Issue 2545, page 17 / Kaleidoscope sky, New York : Abrams, cover / Fearless Editing, Dale, Carolyn, Pearson Education, Inc., page 87 / Remembering 9/11, Life Magazine, Time-Life, page 43 Lectures and Teaching NPPA Flying Short Course, Cleveland, Dallas, Denver, San Jose / Lecture, University of Ohio / Lecture, University of Illinois / Lecture, Eddie Adams Workshop 10th Year / Lecture, Western Kentucky University / Lecture, Nation Geographic Magazine / Lecture, Northern Shortcourse Conference / Lecture, Southern Shortcourse Conference / Lecture, Atlanta Photojournalism Conference / Lecture, White House News Photography Conference / Lecture, Ohio Newsphotographers Conference / Lecture, Michagan News Photography Conference / Lecture, University of Missouri School of JournalismResidencies 2002 Western Kentucky University , School of Media & Communication, Bowling Green, Kentucky2003 Western Kentucky University , School of Media & Communication, Bowling Green, KentuckySolo Exhibition Missoula Art Museum MAM, Libby - A Photographic Essay by Brian Plonka Date 26 Apr 2004 - 24 Jun 2004
Brian Plonka
WHITE LIGHTNING
- 2025
- Dimensions: 45" x 24"
- Fine Art Category: photography
- Medium: Pigment print
- Origin: USA
- Price: $2,000.00 USD
