Patricia
A.
Beck
Born:
Detroit
,
MI
Parents: George and Eileen Beck
Spouse: NA
Children: NA
Address(es):
Permanent :
Southfield , MI
Contact Information:
Email : [email protected] (work)
Email : [email protected]
Parents: George and Eileen Beck
Spouse: NA
Children: NA
Address(es):
Permanent :
Southfield , MI
Contact Information:
Email : [email protected] (work)
Email : [email protected]
Writings
| Image | Title | Genre | Audience | Publisher | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
Up The Rouge! Paddling Detroit’s Hidden River - Text by Joel Thurtell; photographs by Patricia Beck. |
Non Fiction | Wayne State University Press | 2009 | |
| - My work has also been published in the Detroit Free Press and many of the books they’ve published through the years as well as in newspapers, magazines and books published by those who purchased my photographs from the Detroit Free Press. | Non Fiction |
What is the aim or goal of your writing:
I photograph for many reasons. To create beautiful images, to capture moments in time, to tell stories visually. In many ways I feel like I am a visual historian trying to capture the time I live in both on a personal level and on a more broad societal or worldly level. I enjoy the reporting and story telling as well as the artistic aspects of what I do. I enjoy the wide range of people and situations I experience. I suppose I am successful because of my perseverance. I keep working at it. I try to make better pictures in any situation I photograph and hope that my photographs in some way touch viewers.
May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: Yes
I am currently doing a presentation with Joel Thurtell on our Rouge book.
Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No
Skills:
Author
Illustrator
Education:
| Degree | Institution | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) | University of Oregon | Eugene , OR | 1959 -1962 |
Career:
| Position | Organization | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| - On strike or locked out during a newspaper strike. During strike/lock-out worked on the strike newspaper Detroit Sunday Journal, freelanced, and taught a graduate photojournalism course at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. | Detroit Free Press | Detroit , MI | 1995 -1998 |
| - On leave for 10 months in Paris, France, traveling and studying French. Frequent guest lecturer at Parson’s School of Design, Paris. | Detroit Free Press | Detroit , MI | 1984 -1985 |
| Staff Photographer | Detroit Free Press | Detroit , MI | 1977 |
| Photographer’s assistant and darkroom technician. | DGM Studios | Bloomfield Hills , MI | 1976 -1977 |
| Staff Photographer | Observer & Eccentric Newspapers | Troy , MI | 1975 -1976 |
|
Staff Photographer
- July |
Eccentric Newspapers | Birmingham , MI | 1974 |
Other Comments:
Birth Date - July 18
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