Lull in the Battle

L/E of 911
S/N by the Photographer: Jerry Gay
Image Size: 18" x 12.25"
Paper Size: 22" x 17.5"

The prize winning photograph entitled, “Lull in the Battle”, powerfully depicts firmen in a moment of deep reflection after battling a house fire. The photograph speaks of courage, dedication and humanity during the troubled times of the Vietnam War, when may thought our country was other than courageous, dedicated or humanitarian. Like all of his photographs, this picture allows us to travel beyond the obvious and capture the essential about the individual as well as the collective. It urges us to take another look and remember who we are.

About the Photographer - Jerry Gay
At age twelve, Jerry had already decided he wanted to be either a minister, a photographer or maybe a fireman and maybe even a football star. Today, 42 years later, primarily as a life long photojournalist, Jerry saw that he was best able to recognize and capture on film the truly heroic saints among those of us who appeared to live ordinary lives in ordinary places. At age 28, while a staff photographer for the Seattle Times, Jerry was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for news photography in 1975. Numerous times during this multi-media career Jerrys’ peers have acknowledged his photographic eye. In addition, to the Pulitzer Prize, Jerry also received the first Edward Steichen Award for news photography and was named regional Photographer of the Year in 1974, 1975, 1976 and 1977 by the National Press Photographers Association, an organization for which he served as President. Jerry also served on major newspapers across the country including the St. Paul Pioneer Press, the Los Angeles Times and New York Newsday.