honorable mention
kathleen Greeson united states
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Pop's Final Inning
It was a tremendous time for my family to care for my father-in-law and keep him in his home. My husband, Jay, who is an only child, moved in with him to be there at night and I managed all of his caregivers and took him to all of his treatments, appointments, and of course the ballpark. Pop had always coached my husband through his youth in all sports and then helped my husband coach our two children in all of their sports. The ballpark was their happy place.
For the last 11 years, she has focused her talent on freelance photography, shooting assignments locally, nationally, and internationally for a variety of clients and has been published around the world in a variety of places. In 2017 Kathleen returned to her documentary roots and traveled to Guatemala for the BFB Foundation where she documented the lives and living conditions of those that the foundation supports. She continues to receive international recognition and awards for her work, including Photo District News, LensCulture, and has been featured multiple times by the Nature Conservancy including a Judges' Pick award in 2018, and published twice as a Photo of the Week by National Geographic. In the last two years she has been honored to have a total of 12 photographs chosen for permanent display in three new hospitals — Erlanger East, Erlanger Behavioral Health, and the Kennedy Children's Outpatient Center in Chattanooga. She recently was also named as a new board member of the Arts at Erlanger committee.
Kathleen lives on Signal Mountain with her husband, Jay, their two children, and one very lazy bulldog.
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entry description
In March of 2018 my father-in-law, Jerry "Pop" Greeson, was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of brain cancer. The next five months were filled with much love, many tears, and baseball. When I asked him if I could document his last months on Earth I was prepared for him to say "no" but instead he said "I want you to, I know you will do something good." I will be forever grateful that he allowed me to honor him in the best way that I know how... in photos.It was a tremendous time for my family to care for my father-in-law and keep him in his home. My husband, Jay, who is an only child, moved in with him to be there at night and I managed all of his caregivers and took him to all of his treatments, appointments, and of course the ballpark. Pop had always coached my husband through his youth in all sports and then helped my husband coach our two children in all of their sports. The ballpark was their happy place.
about the photographer
Kathleen Greeson has had a love of art and photography from an early age and graduated with a degree in journalism with an emphasis in photojournalism from the University of Georgia in 2000. After graduating, she moved to Chattanooga and worked as a staff photojournalist for the Times Free Press for seven years, winning numerous state and regional awards, as well as being nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in 2002.For the last 11 years, she has focused her talent on freelance photography, shooting assignments locally, nationally, and internationally for a variety of clients and has been published around the world in a variety of places. In 2017 Kathleen returned to her documentary roots and traveled to Guatemala for the BFB Foundation where she documented the lives and living conditions of those that the foundation supports. She continues to receive international recognition and awards for her work, including Photo District News, LensCulture, and has been featured multiple times by the Nature Conservancy including a Judges' Pick award in 2018, and published twice as a Photo of the Week by National Geographic. In the last two years she has been honored to have a total of 12 photographs chosen for permanent display in three new hospitals — Erlanger East, Erlanger Behavioral Health, and the Kennedy Children's Outpatient Center in Chattanooga. She recently was also named as a new board member of the Arts at Erlanger committee.
Kathleen lives on Signal Mountain with her husband, Jay, their two children, and one very lazy bulldog.
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