DONALD T. ULTANG
PHOTOGRAPHER

Exhibited as part of "The Exact Instant," an Edward Steichen exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art, New York City, the best 300 photographs of the first 100 years of MOMA, and subsequently in Germany, 1949 Frequently published in Life Magazine in the 1940's and 1950's and also in Collier's, Ladies Home Companion, Pagaent, Time, American Magazine, and Fortune Received Detroit Times Annual Feature Award, 1949 Received University of Missouri National Photography Great Pictures Award, 1951 and 1954 Cowinner of Pulitzer Prize for Photojournalism, photographs which exposed a racial attack on a football field, 1952 Layout in U. S. Camera Annual in which he was listed among the 10 current leading camera artists (with Ansel Adams listed as number 1), 1954 Portfolio in Photography Annual, 1954 Instructor in Photojournalism, Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, 1981-1985 Retrospective exhibit of 70 photographs, Grand View College, Des Moines, IA, 1988 Published "Holding the Moment: Mid-America at Mid-Century," a compilation of 200 photographs with a narrative of his career and artistic philosophy, 1991 Exhibit tour of various Iowa cities, 1991 & 1992 Exhibit at the Iowa State Historical Society Building, Des Moines, Iowa, 1993 Exhibit at the Branigan Center, Las Cruces, NM, included New Mexico landscapes and bird photographs, 1993 Article and layout in New Mexico Magazine, March 1993 Participant in a promotional tour of Iowa as an extension of the Library of Congress' "Center for the Book" Program, fall 1993 Inducted into the Iowa Aviation Hall of Fame, 1994 Article, "Cherishing the Moment," and layout in Gateway Magazine, July-August 1997 One of the subjects of a documentary about 6 Pulitzer Prize-winning photographers produced by Business of Entertainment, Inc., New York City, and aired on TNT in July 1999 http://alt.tnt.tv/specials/moi/photo_bright.html Included in a sports documentary, "Rites of Autumn," aired on ESPN Exhibit, "Cherishing the Moment," presented by Caroline Ull, commemorating 50th anniversary of the Pulitzer Prize event with retrospective of career, at the Public Library, Leonia, NJ, October 2001, Palisades Park Public Library, Palisades Park, NJ, November 2001, and Fort Lee Public Library, Fort Lee, NJ, March 2002 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Don Ultang lives in Des Moines, Iowa * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * This exhibit is presented with the cooperation and assistance of the following: Don Ultang, for large photos, magazine articles, "Capture the Moment" Newseum flier, and for verifying and clarifying facts; Bill Camal, Cultural Programmer of the Ft. Lee Free Public Library for his help in exhibit set-up and also for arranging the Channel 10 interview; Terrie Ashley, Director, and Stephen Cavallo, Children's Librarian, of the Palisades Park, NJ, Library, both for their help with exhibit set-up; Deborah Bigelow, Director of the Leonia, NJ, Library, and Teresa Wyman, Reference Librarian, both for their help with Internet research, and Deborah Bigelow, for search of microfiche NY Times Archives for 11/28/51 article and 12/16/83 obituary;  Dave Jamieson, Director of Communications and Marketing for the Edmonton Eskimo Football Club, for statistics and information on Johnny Bright's Canadian Football Career;   David Butwin, for his general interest and for 1934 background letter from his father; Brian Elder, for the lead on the Jack Trice background information, and Tanya Zanish-Belcher, Assistant Professor and Head of the Special Collections Department at Iowa State University, for further background information on Jack Trice;      Nick Barter, for suggestions in the writing of the Bright film proposal and for his eagle eye in ferreting out information from the "Moment of Impact" video;    Ryan Ocello, for his assistance in gaining access to the Fairleigh Dickenson University archival (and badly deteriorated) copy of the 11/5/51 Life Magazine article; Esther Trice, President of the Huntington County [Pennsylvania] NAACP Chapter, for her interest and support, and that of her membership;   and Jillian Raimondo of the Department of Human Services, and Joe Kollar, Rob Mathewson, Bunny Giordano, and Jan and Jeff Kurz, for their steadfast support and encouragement. Thanks also are due to David Abramson for the loan of his copy of "Holding the Moment," and to Cyma Rubin, Director/Producer of "The Moment of Impact" video, for giving me my own copy to view, and in so doing, demonstrating to me even more vividly and dramatically the truth about certain facts of the  "Johnny Bright"  story with which I had grown up in word and still photos, which demonstration helped to inspire me in the writing of the film proposal.

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