William Woody
William began making pictures, with film of all things, when he was 10-years-old growing up in the rural North Carolina countryside northeast of Durham. By 11, William began working as a darkroom tech in a small 15,000 circulation daily newspaper in Roanoke Rapids North Carolina working after school and weekends.
William earned his first byline in 1992 and has been making pictures and telling stories ever since. William joined the National Press Photographers Association in 1995. William first moved to Western Colorado in 1997, and has worked in newsrooms all over the United States from Alaska to Asheville and all points in-between. William lives in Montrose on Colorado's West Slope with his wife and three children where he works as much as he can to document the people who love to call Western Colorado home. He has 10 cats and is looking for more.
Job title: Freelance journalist
Topic expertise: Picture essay and portraiture focusing on Western Slope lifestyle, agriculture, mining and energy production, human interest, sports, environment, politics and ranching.
Location: Montrose
Language(s) in addition to English: Spanish
Education: Photographic Communications - Northwest College. University of Montana.
Honors & Awards: William has earned over 100 awards in photojournalism, design, writing, picture essay, breaking news, sports, online news coverage, and digital news production from the National Press Photographers Association, North Carolina Press Association, Colorado Press Association, Wyoming Press Association, Alaska Press Association, Society of Professional Journalists to name a few.
Professional membership(s): National Press Photographers Association
Contact:
Email: woody@williamwoody.us, woody.freelance@gmail.com
X (Formerly Twitter), Threads, Instagram: @wwoodyCO
Website: williamwoody.us
