Brian Lanker

{{short description|American photographer}} thumb|"Moment of Life", cited as the exemplary photo in the sequence for which Lanker received the Pulitzer Prize '''Brian Lanker''' (August 31, 1947 – March 13, 2011) was an American photographer. Brian Lanker’s early roots in newspaper photojournalism began at the Topeka Capital-Journal. He won the 1973 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography for a black-and-white photo essay on childbirth for ''The Topeka Capital-Journal'', including the photograph "Moment of Life".<ref name=Awards>{{cite web |url= http://www.pulitzer.org/awards/1973 |title= The Pulitzer Prizes - 1973 Winners |publisher= The Pulitzer Prizes |accessdate= 2011-03-19}}</ref> Lanker died at his home in Eugene, Oregon on March 13, 2011, after a brief bout of pancreatic cancer. He was 63.<ref name="RG">{{cite news |url = http://projects.registerguard.com/rg/news/26005487-57/lanker-guard-register-brian-newspaper.html.csp|title = Acclaimed photojournalist dies at 63|work = The Register-Guard|last = Baker|first = Mark|date = March 18, 2011|accessdate = 2016-01-23}}</ref><ref name=NYT>{{cite news |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/19/arts/design/brian-lanker-pulitzer-winning-photojournalist-dies-at-63.html |title= Brian Lanker, Pulitzer-Winning Photojournalist, Dies at 63 |last= Dunlap |first= David W. |date= March 18, 2011 |work= The New York Times |accessdate= 2011-03-19}}</ref>

His work appeared in ''Life'' and ''Sports Illustrated'', as well as book projects, including ''I Dream a World: Portraits of Black Women Who Changed America'' , ''Shall we dance'', ''They Drew Fire'', and ''Track Town, USA''.

The debut exhibition for ''I Dream A World: Portraits of Black Women Who Changed America'' at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. set attendance records for the 111 year old museum.

Personally, for Lanker, his greatest honor was being selected and featured, along with W. Eugene Smith, Henri Cartier-Bresson and Eliot Porter, in ''Images of Man'', an audio visual educational program.

He directed his first documentary film, ''They Drew Fire: Combat Artists of WWII'', a highly acclaimed PBS prime time program in 1998. His book ''Shall we dance'' was published in 2008. <ref name=SJ>{{cite news |title= Pulitzer-winning photographer dies |work= Statesman Journal |date= March 15, 2011}}</ref> He was the graphics director for ''The Register-Guard'' newspaper in Eugene from 1974 to 1982.<ref name=SJ/> He received a Candace Award from the National Coalition of 100 Black Women in 1991.<ref name="nyt91">{{cite news |newspaper=The New York Times |title=CHRONICLE |date=June 26, 1991 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/06/26/style/chronicle-949991.html}}</ref>

Lanker is the father of musician Dustin Lanker.<ref name=Oregonian>{{cite news |url= http://www.oregonlive.com/art/index.ssf/2011/03/eugenes_brian_lanker_leaves_be.html |title= Eugene's Brian Lanker leaves behind a legacy as a pioneering photojournalist |last= Turnquist |first= Kristi |work= The Oregonian |date= March 19, 2011 |accessdate= 2011-03-19}}</ref>

==Works== *{{cite book |last=Lanker |first=Brian |title= I Dream a World: Portraits of Black Women Who Changed America |publisher= Stewart, Tabori and Chang |year= 1999 |location= New York |isbn= 1-55670-923-4}} *{{cite book |last=Lanker |first=Brian |title= They Drew Fire: Combat Artists of WWII |publisher= TV Books LLC |year= 2000 |location= New York |isbn= 1-57500-085-7}} *{{cite book |last=Lanker |first=Brian |title= Shall we dance |publisher= Chronicle Books LLC |year= 2008 |location= San Francisco |isbn= 978-0-8118-6231-8}} *{{cite book |last=Lanker |first=Brian |title= From The Heart: The Photographs of Brian Lanker |publisher= Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, University of Oregon |year= 2015 |location= Eugene |isbn= 978-0-9903533-4-8}}

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==External links== {{Commons category-inline}} *{{Official website|http://www.brianlanker.com }} * [https://scua.uoregon.edu/repositories/2/resources/9578 Brian Lanker Collection] at University of Oregon Special Collections and University Archives{{authority control}}

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