William Frakes is an American visual storyteller and educator based in Florida.
10 Facts About Bill Frakes
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Bill Frakes started his photography career at the Miami Herald where he worked from 1979 to 1992, covering a wide range of subjects from local stories to politics in Cuba.
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Bill Frakes has worked for a wide variety of editorial and advertising clients.
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Bill Frakes has taught at the University of Miami, the University of Florida, the University of Kansas, and the University of Nebraska.
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Bill Frakes was found to have made unwanted comments about women students' bodies and clothing according to a document obtained by The Omaha World-Herald.
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Bill Frakes' work has been included in online photojournalism journal Burn Magazine, the British Journal of Photography, and Photo District News.
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Bill Frakes won the Newspaper Photographer of the Year award from in the Pictures of the Year International competition.
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Bill Frakes was a member of the Miami Herald staff that won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for their coverage of Hurricane Andrew.
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Bill Frakes has been honored by the Robert F Kennedy Journalism Awards for reporting on the disadvantaged and by the Overseas Press Club for distinguished foreign reporting.
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Bill Frakes was awarded the Gold Medal by World Press Photo.