Dirck Storm Halstead was an American photojournalist.
13 Facts About Dirck Halstead
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Dirck Halstead was editor and publisher of The Digital Journalist, an online photojournalism magazine.
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Dirck Halstead's father, William S Halstead, was an inventor in radio and television development.
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Dirck Halstead held many patents for his pioneer work in radio and television, including stereophonic FM radio, and developing mountain-top relay systems that were key for building TV networks in Japan and Jordan.
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Dirck Halstead was given a Kodak Duaflex camera by his parents for Christmas when he was 15 years old, and began photojournalism while in high school.
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Dirck Halstead studied at Haverford College for one year, before dropping out to work in Dallas.
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Dirck Halstead was drafted into the US Army and served for two years.
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Dirck Halstead later accepted a contract with them that same year which lasted for the next 29 years.
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Dirck Halstead was one of the six photographers who accompanied Richard Nixon on his historic trip to China in 1972.
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Dirck Halstead's photographs have appeared on 49 Time covers, more than any other photographer.
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Dirck Halstead won the National Press Photographers Association Picture of the Year award twice, the Robert Capa Gold Medal for his coverage of the fall of Saigon, and two Eisies.
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The archive of Dirck Halstead's works is located at the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History at The University of Texas at Austin, where he was a senior fellow in photojournalism.
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Dirck Halstead resided in Boquete, Chiriqui, Panama, during his later years and died there of a cerebral hemorrhage on March 25,2022, aged 85.