Bob Carey to lead photographers' assoc.

Among his credentials as a photographer, he has done freelance work for United Press International several times a year since the early 1990s. His photographs have appeared in The Washington Post, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, in numerous other papers and in various publications affiliated with Southern Baptists, such as Baptist Press, and other religious groups.

Carey was elected unanimously by the NPPA's 11-member board during their May 28 meeting in Louisville, Ky. He previously was one of the organization's regional directors.

Carey, who joined Gardner-Webb's faculty in 1997, teaches photojournalism, convergence journalism, mass media theory and media law.

"I discovered photography in high school and quickly found I loved capturing moments in time," Carey writes on his website, www.bobcareyphoto.com.


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