- Charles Kinkead
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Charles Kinkead (October 3, 1913 - June 1, 2007) was a Jamaican photojournalist and journalist.
Kinkead worked as a news photographer for a number of Jamaican publications during his career. Among the newspapers who he worked for were The Gleaner, the Jamaica Standard, the Daily News, and the Jamaica Times, a weekly newspaper publication.[1]
While working at the Daily News, Kinkead won the Seprod Human Interest Photograph Award in 1973.[1] In 1978, Kinkead also won a national Jamaican award, the Order of Distinction, for his "for his contribution in the field of photo-journalism".[1]
Kinkead moved to Florida in the 1980s to retire.[1] He died of a stroke on June 1, 2007 at a Florida hospital after becoming ill at his home in Pembroke Pines.[1] He was 93 when he died and was survived by his wife and five children.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Veteran photographer Charles Kinkead dies". The Jamaica Gleaner. 2007-06-08. http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20070608/lead/lead11.html. Retrieved 2007-07-12.
External links
Categories:- Jamaican journalists
- 1913 births
- 2007 deaths
- Jamaican photographers
- Jamaican people stubs
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