Doug Strickland is an award-winning freelance photographer and photojournalist based in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and working in the tri-state area including Atlanta, Nashville, Knoxville, and Huntsville. He is available to shoot a variety of photography assignments including editorial, documentary, portrait, corporate, commercial, and wedding or event photography. He currently works as a photojournalism intern at the Chattanooga Times Free-Press.
I have always been a storyteller, and photographs are my primary means for doing so. A passion for documenting the lives and trials of people as well as an unwavering empathy for the underdog originally drew me to photojournalism. I have a love of documentary work that exposes injustice and suffering, with the hope that from these photographs can come knowledge, understanding, and the will to prevent such issues from occurring again. In my work I seek to capture what Henri Cartier-Bresson called the “decisive moment,” a single image of a moment and scene which tells an entire story.
This sentiment extends to my wedding and event photography, done in a photojournalistic fashion to provide candid and real photographs of the event that capture its spirit and heart.
I am a contributing photographer to the international photo agency Corbis Images, and my photographs have been published in American Profile Magazine, American Radio Works, The Chattanooga Times Free Press, Outcomes Magazine, Foreign Policy Magazine, The Week, the Advocate Messenger, and elsewhere. I have received awards from the National Press Photographer’s Association, the Kentucky News Photographer’s Association, and I was featured for my work as an intern on www.SportsShooter.com. I also publish the web site www.ChattaPhoto.com which tells the stories of real Chattanoogans through quality community photojournalism.
If you would like to book me to shoot an assignment or to request to license a stock photograph, I can be reached through the contact information below, or the “Contact” link on this page. I am available for assignment anywhere.