Rick Gershon is based in New York City.
Rick grew up in the small town of Pilot Point, Texas and went to the University of North Texas to pursue his dream of playing Division I college football. But after his freshman year he discovered photojournalism and left football to dedicate himself fully to learning the art of visual storytelling. After graduating in August 2004 with a B.A. in photojournalism, he was named College Photographer of the Year by the University of Missouri and also received an Award of Excellence as Photographer of the Year in the POYi competition. Shortly after, Rick joined the Dallas Morning News as a staff photographer where he was one of the first photographers to take on learning the craft of video journalism. During his time at the Morning News Rick was named one of the top 25 up and coming photographers in America by the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University and was also a part of a Pulitzer Prize winning staff for the Morning News' coverage of Hurricane Katrina. Rick has received numerous awards for his multimedia stories from both the National Press Photographers Association and Pictures of the Year, including a Webby for individual documentary episode and a national Emmy nomination for new approaches to documentary storytelling.
