Shawn Rocco is an award winning photojournalist with a bit of a fine-art and commercial background thrown in for good measure. Originally from upstate New York, he lives in Durham, North Carolina where he's a photographer and video producer in the news and communications office for Duke University Health.

Prior to that he was a staff photojournalist with the News & Observer in Raleigh and an adjunct professor in the Journalism School at UNC-Chapel Hill. In 2011 he was named Photographer of the Year by the North Carolina Press Photographers Association.

For inquiries regarding licensing images, or editorial, corporate and portrait assignments please contact us at:

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Senior Multimedia Producer & Media Relations Duke University Health System

Staff Photojournalist, News and Observer, Raleigh, NC, 2002-Present

Adjunct Professor, Beginning Photojournalism, School of Journalism, UNC-Chapel Hill, Spring 2011

Adjunct Professor, Intermediate Photojournalism, School of Journalism, UNC-Chapel Hill, Spring 2010

Chief Photographer, Chapel Hill News, Chapel Hill, NC, 2002-2005

Commercial Photographer, ASW, Raleigh, NC, 1998-2001

AWARDS & GRANTS

2012

1st Place, Spot News, North Carolina Press Photographers Association’s annual Pictures of the Year

1st Place, Portrait, North Carolina Press Photographers Association’s annual Pictures of the Year

1st Place, Feature, North Carolina Press Photographers Association’s annual Pictures of the Year

2011

North Carolina Photojournalist of the Year, NC Press Photographer Association annual Pictures of the Year

1st Place, General News, NCPPA POY

1st Place, 2nd Place, HM, Portrait, NCPPA POY

1st Place, 2nd Place, Pictorial, NCPPA POY

3rd Place, News Picture Story, NCPPA POY

2nd Place, Feature, NCPPA POY

HM, Multimedia Long Term, NCPPA POY

2010 Regional Artist Project Grant, United Arts Council of Raleigh & Wake County

2010

2nd Place, Spot News, North Carolina Press Photographers Association’s annual Pictures of the Year

2008

1st Place, Multimedia interactive, Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar

Best in Show, National Press Photographers Association annual Best of Photojournalism

1st Place, Features Video, National Press Photographers Association annual Best of Photojournalism

3rd Place, Election Coverage, North Carolina Press Photographers Association’s annual Pictures of the Year

2nd place, Photo Page, North Carolina Press Association

3rd place, Interactive Feature, North Carolina Press Association

2007

Best in Show, North Carolina Press Photographers Association’s annual Pictures of the Year

1st Place, News Picture Story, North Carolina Press Photographers Association’s annual Pictures of the Year

1st Place, Portrait, North Carolina Press Photographers Association’s annual Pictures of the Year

3rd Place, Pictorial, North Carolina Press Photographers Association’s annual Pictures of the Year

2nd Place, Sports Feature, Southern Short Course

2006

1st Place, Portrait, North Carolina Press Photographers Association’s annual Pictures of the Year

2005

1st Place, Feature, North Carolina Press Association

3rd Place, General News, North Carolina Press Photographers Association’s annual Pictures of the Year

2003

1st Place, Sports Feature, North Carolina Press Photographers Association’s annual Pictures of the Year

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

Ackland Art Museum Store, Cellular Obscura, Chapel Hill, NC. Feb – April 2012

Exchange Gallery, Cellular Obscura, Raleigh, NC. August 2010

Cafe Helios, Cellular Obscura, Raleigh, NC. 2008

Humble Pie, Portraits, Raleigh, NC. 2001

GROUP SHOWS / JURIED EXHIBITIONS (and awards)

311 Gallery, Mimesis, Raleigh, NC September 2012

Visual Art Exchange, N.E.W. Show, Raleigh, September 2012

Klompching Gallery, Fresh 2012, Brooklyn, NY, August 2012

Kiernan Gallery, iSpy: Camera Phone Photography, Lexington, Va. March 2012

VAE, Contemporary South, Raleigh, NC. January 2012

Project Basho, Onward Compe 12, Philadelphia, PA. February 2012

Haverford College, The Relentless Eye: Global Cellphone Photography, Haverford, Pa. 2011

Picture Black Friday, New York, NY, 2011

SPARKcon, photoSPARK, Raleigh, NC. Sept. 2010 (Honorable Mention)

Raleigh City Museum, Portraits of Raleigh II, Raleigh, NC. 2010

Visual Art Exchange, Annual N.E.W. Show, Raleigh, NC 2010

Visual Art Exchange, The Road Show, Raleigh, NC. 2010

Spruill Gallery, On the Flip Side, Atlanta, Ga. 2009

Helen Day Art Center, Relentless Eye, Stowe, Vt. 2009

Visual Art Exchange, Seeing Red, Raleigh, NC. 2009

Raleigh City Museum, Portraits of Raleigh, Raleigh, NC. 2009

LOOK3 Festival of the Photograph, Shots & Works, Charlottesville, Va. 2009

Visual Art Exchange, Birds Eye View, Raleigh, NC. 2008

Carolina Color Gallery, Town and Country , Raleigh, NC. 2008 (Second Place award)

Visual Art Exchange, Annual N.E.W. Show, Raleigh, NC. 2008 (Merit Award)

PRESENTATIONS

The State of Things, WUNC-NPR

Durham, NC. March 8, 2012

“Cellular Obscura”

Ackland Art Museum Store

Chapel Hill, NC. February 23, 2012

“Cellular Obscura”

Southern Short Course 2010

Charlotte, NC. April 9, 2010

“The Best Camera is the One You Have With You.”

B&H Photo/Video Event Space

NY, NY. August 17, 2009

“Cellular Obscura: Exploring the World with the Kodak Brownie of the Digital Age – a Cellphone Camera.”

Ignite Raleigh

Lincoln Theatre, Raleigh, NC. August 5, 2009

“The Best Camera is the One You Have With You.”