Billy Weeks

As an award-winning photojournalist, Billy Weeks has covered assignments that range from the World Series to small villages in Central America. Billy is a lecturer in Communication at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and adjunct instructor in photojournalism at Southern Adventist University. His exhibitions and published work have been seen in the Hunter Museum of Art, Mainx24, The Art of Photography Show in San Diego, CNN, Photo District News, Communication Arts Photo Annual, Black and White Magazine and Atlanta Celebrates Photography. He believes that not only should journalists cover their assignment, but they should also give something back to their profession.

See examples of Billy’s work

Listen to Billy on The StoryConnect Podcast

Awards

• Two time winner, Gordon Parks International Photography award twice (finalist 7 times)
• Published in Time Magazine Top 100 photos of the Year
• Award of excellence for editorial photography in the Communication Arts Photography Annual
• Sports photographs won top honors in Pictures of the Year International

Watch his TEDx talk “Two Views in Documentary Photography.”

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