Larry Nighswander is a freelance photographer, picture editor and designer. Prior to his freelance career Nighswander was a college photography professor. He was also Assistant Director of the picture editing department at National Geographic Magazine. Besides picture editing over 25 published stories he served as part of a three person supervisory team managing the 22 member picture editing staff.
Stories he has edited include:
Prior to joining the National Geographic Society in April of 1988 he was an Assistant Managing Editor at The Cincinnati Post. Nighswander was selected as Scripps Howard's designer of the year two years in a row. In 1993 he was awarded the magazine picture editor of the year award in the University of Missouri/National Press Photographers Association's Pictures of the Year competition. Prior to working at The Cincinnati Post, Nighswander was Picture Editor of The Columbus Dispatch, Director of Photography at The Washington Times and The Cleveland Press. He has had pictures published in over 50 publications including Life, Sports Illustrated, Time, People, Business Week and National Geographic.
Nighswander has been a speaker at numerous national and international professional seminars including The Society for News Design, The American Press Institute and The Poynter Institute. He is active in regional, national and international photographic educational programs. He has served as a consultant to numerous magazines and newspapers both in the United States and abroad.
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