Biography
I was a local television director for ten years in Norfolk, Va. and Atlanta, Ga. before switching to newspaper photojournalism in Atlanta. I moved to the Cincinnati Enquirer for twelve years. While at the Enquirer, from 1966 to 1978, I won 22 Ohio awards for photojournalism and two national awards, including a National Press Photographers Association award for best photo story coverage of the Senate Watergate hearings.
I did freelance photojournalism in Cincinnati from 1978 to 1983, primarily doing work for local hospitals and for Black Star Photo Agency in New York. My Black Star assignments have appeared in many national magazines including Time, People Weekly, TV Guide, US Magazine, The New York Times, BusinessWeek, Fortune, Barrons, Der Spiegel, Family Circle, Good Housekeeping, etc.
I hold a master’s from the University of Cincinnati. I taught photojournalism at The Ohio State University School of Journalism and Communication from 1983 to 1998. I have been creating and showing digital abstract art since 2000. My digital art can also be seen at www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/yourgallery (Search for Tom Hubbard)
Honors
1993 Ohio News Photographers Assoc. yearly Carson Award.
1998 Outstanding graduate of Univ. of Cincinnati Department of Communication.
2004 Ohio Art League Service Award
2007 Inducted into the Cincinnati Society of Professional Journalist Hall of Fame.
If you are interested, you can see the video introducing the 2007 honorees at http://www.cincyspj.org/ (Play "latest video.")
I've written over a dozen articles for various publications, on newspaper photojournalism. They include Editor&Publisher and News Photographer (National Press Photographers Assoc. magazine) and various national, state and regional photojournalism and academic publications. Several articles can be seen on the Digital Journalist at http://dirckhalstead.org/
I have consulted with newspapers in Alabama, Indiana, Kansas and Michigan on creative use of photography and photographers.
I live in Galloway, Ohio, a Columbus suburb, with my wife Ingrid, four dogs and four cats.