About - Alex McIntyre Photo

My Work

I'm Alex McIntyre, an independent photojournalist based in Fort Collins in northern Colorado. I was previously the staff photojournalist at The Greeley Tribune in Greeley, Colo. from September 2019 to January 2023. I previously interned as a photographer at Indiana University Athletics, as a photojournalist at the Herald-Times in Bloomington, Ind., the Arizona Daily Star and at Arizona Athletics, as well as spent two and a half years on the photo desk of my college paper, The Daily Wildcat. In May of 2017, I graduated from the UA with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism with a thematic minor in the biological sciences.

Biography

I started climbing at age nine after a field trip to Rocks and Ropes, a local climbing gym, and still dedicate myself to the absurd pursuit of trying to scale small rocks by the hardest possible path. Climbing has taken me as far abroad as the Cederberg mountains of South Africa and allowed me to spend a huge amount of time in incredibly beautiful places even close to home. These landscapes and climbing's unique movement are what originally inspired me to pick up a camera and document the world around me, and have driven me to and past my limits in a myriad of ways time and time again.

Awards

2022: 1st Place, Best Sports Photograph (Class 2), Colorado Press Association Better News Media Contest 2021
2022: 2nd Place, Best Sports Photograph (Class 2), Colorado Press Association Better News Media Contest 2021
2020: 1st Place, Best Photography Portfolio (Class 4), Colorado Press Association Better Newspapers Contest 2019
2020: 1st Place, Best Photo Slideshow or Gallery (Class 4), Colorado Press Association Better Newspapers Contest 2019
2017: 2nd Place, Arizona Press Club College Photographer of the Year 2016
2017: J.Y. Bryan Prize for Interpretive Photography – The University of Arizona School of Journalism
2017: Arizona Daily Wildcat Alumni Award in recognition of career achievement and general excellence – The Daily Wildcat
2016: Excellence in Photography – The Daily Wildcat
2016: Excellence in Breaking/Spot News Reporting – The Daily Wildcat
2013: 1st Place, Creative Expression, Honors First Year Project – The University of Arizona Honors College

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