Bio
Jay Dickman
A Pulitzer-Prize winner and National Geographic Photographer, Jay’s career has spanned a multitude of experiences, including three months living in a stone-age village in Papua New Guinea, a week under the Arctic ice in a nuclear attack sub (both these for National Geographic), photographing the war in El Salvador, and aboard a sinking boat on the Amazon. With more than twenty-five assignments for the National Geographic Society, Jay has taught workshops for Santa Fe Workshops, the Maine Media Workshops, Photography at the Summit and American Photo Mentor Series.
Along with his wife, Becky, they founded FirstLight Workshop, having hosted international events in Italy, India, Spain, Ireland, Wales, Scotland, France, Mongolia, Botswana & Namibia, and domestically in Alaska, the Chesapeake, and Wyoming.
Working with National Geographic Expeditions, Jay has been on more than 50 trips as the “National Geographic Expert.” These have included multiple "Around the World by Private Jet" Expeditions, trips to the South Pacific, Svalbard and the High Arctic, Iceland, western Greenland, the Northwest Passage, Cape of Norway, British Isles, Dalmatian Coast, Japan, the West Coast of Africa, northern Australia & Papua New Guinea, along with multiple trips to South Georgia/Falklands/Antarctica, Baja and the Galapagos Islands.
Jay has led the National Geographic "Wyoming's Cowboy Country" Photography Workshop since it's inception in 2013. His input and design for the workshop was critical to its success
Jay is co-author of the best-selling book, “Perfect Digital Photography”, published by McGraw-Hill.