Allan Detrich is an American

photographer A photographer (the Greek language, Greek φῶς (''phos''), meaning "light", and γραφή (''graphê''), meaning "drawing, writing", together meaning "drawing with light") is a person who makes photographs. Duties and types of photographe ...

. He was born in

Attica, Ohio Attica is a village in Seneca County, Ohio, United States. The population was 899 at the 2010 census. Attica was designated a Tree City USA by the National Arbor Day Foundation. History Attica was named after Attica, New York, the hometown of ...

, and attended the Ohio Institute of Photography in

Dayton, Ohio Dayton () is the sixth-largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Montgomery County. A small part of the city extends into Greene County. The 2020 U.S. census estimate put the city population at 137,644, while Greater Day ...

. In 1998 his photo-essay "Children of the Underground" made it to the finals of the

Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography The Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography is one of the American Pulitzer Prizes annually awarded for journalism. It recognizes a distinguished example of feature photography in black and white or color, which may consist of a photograph or phot ...

. In 2002, his photograph of a

tornado A tornado is a violently rotating column of air that is in contact with both the surface of the Earth and a cumulonimbus cloud or, in rare cases, the base of a cumulus cloud. It is often referred to as a twister, whirlwind or cyclone, altho ...

Tiffin, Ohio Tiffin is a city in and the county seat of Seneca County, Ohio, United States. Developed along the Sandusky River, which flows to Lake Erie, Tiffin is about 55 miles southeast of Toledo. The population was 17,963 at the 2010 census.Time Time is the continued sequence of existence and events that occurs in an apparently irreversible succession from the past, through the present, into the future. It is a component quantity of various measurements used to sequence events, to ...

'' magazine as one of its "Best Photos of the Year". Detrich worked at the ''

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'' from 1989-2007. He left the ''Blade'' in April 2007 when it was discovered that he had digitally altered a photo that was published on the front page of the March 31, 2007 edition. A subsequent investigation revealed that he had digitally altered and submitted 79 photos during the first 14 weeks of 2007, 58 of which ran either in the ''Blade'' or on its website. The

National Press Photographers Association The National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) is an American professional association made up of still photographers, television videographers, editors, and students in the journalism field. Founded in 1946, the organization is based in at ...

(NPPA) referred to Detrich as a "serial digital manipulator of news photographs". Since leaving the ''Blade'' he has been working as a

freelance photographer A photographer (the Greek φῶς (''phos''), meaning "light", and γραφή (''graphê''), meaning "drawing, writing", together meaning "drawing with light") is a person who makes photographs. Duties and types of photographers As in other ...

and in the

motion picture industry The film industry or motion picture industry comprises the technological and commercial institutions of filmmaking, i.e., film production companies, film studios, cinematography, animation, film production, screenwriting, pre-production, post pr ...

. Since 1998 Detrich has been active as a " storm chaser". He spends several weeks each summer studying and photographing tornadoes in the American

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with other enthusiasts. He is also known as a collector of and an expert on the

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References

External links

allandetrich.com
Detrich's homepage.
Moving Pictures: a Blog about Life and Weather
Detrich's blog. {{DEFAULTSORT:Detrich, Allan Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Photographers from Ohio Storm chasers People from Seneca County, Ohio