Changemaker Speaker Series

Luck is a State of Mind

with Photojournalist Deanne Fitzmaurice

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Tuesday, January 16

7:30pm

Capitol Theater

$25 - $65

Runtime

Approximately 60 minutes + 20 minute Q&A. No intermission.

Age Recommendation

6+

Meet the Artist

Stay after the show for a brief informal Q&A session in the theater with the artist.

On sale Friday, July 28

11am

Take a wild ride through decades of bearing witness to sweeping change as Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer and Nikon Ambassador Deanne Fitzmaurice shares the personal philosophy that helps her capture jaw-dropping images. Sharing pivotal stories from more than three decades of documenting our world, including the human cost of conflict, climate change, sweeping Supreme Court rulings and societal shifts, Fitzmaurice drills down into what makes a memorable photograph and how photojournalism and good storytelling have the power to connect us.

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About the Presenter

Deanne Fitzmaurice. A caucasian woman with long blonde hair and blue eyes. She is wearing a navy blue button up shirt rolled up to her elbows with her arms crossed against a grey wall.

Photojournalist

Deanne Fitzmaurice

As a photojournalist for the San Francisco Chronicle, Deanne Fitzmaurice found herself at the epicenter of some of the biggest stories in the U.S. of the 80s, 90s and the turn of the century. She documented the AIDS crisis, Loma Prieta—the worst Earthquake in nearly a century, pivotal Supreme Court rulings about whom we can love and marry, the collateral damage of war, a rapidly changing climate, the Bay Area’s dominance in the worlds of the NFL and MLB sports, and the steroid scandal that rocked baseball, including the complicated figure who was simultaneously one of the sport’s biggest names and a central character in the scandal, Barry Bonds.

While documenting the changing face of America, Fitzmaurice’s work for the Chronicle garnered the attention of global publications, and soon she was shooting and creating stories forSports Illustrated, ESPN, National Geographic and others. One in-depth photographic essaydocumenting a young Iraqi war victim named Saleh earned her the Pulitzer Prize. Fitzmauricehas also won awards from Picture of the Year International awards, AI-AP American Photography, Communication Arts, NPPA and others.

Today, Fitzmaurice spends her behind-the-lens time shooting for the world’s most iconic brands, including Amazon, Apple, Nike, Google and Facebook, helping nonprofit organizations such as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation tell their stories, and documenting moments and individuals who spark her enthusiasm. She also teaches workshops worldwide and lectures regularly at Stanford University. A highly sought-after storyteller, Fitzmaurice shares with corporate, industry and student audiences her insights and reflections on life, creativity, business acumen and cultivating a winning mindset. When she’s not on the move, Fitzmaurice and her photographer husband, Kurt Rogers, oversee Think Tank, the cult camera bag business they co-founded.

Photos

by Deanne Fitzmaurice
  • Three dark-skinned men playing music in a jazz club with neon lights. One is playing piano, one the upright bass and the other has a trombone.

  • A dozen white goats standing in the branches of a large sprawling tree.

  • A young light-skinned person with long brown hair wearing welding gear and a blue jumpsuit with yellow gloves. They are sitting on green and grey metal industrial equipment.

  • A dirty windshield wiping away mud with a view of a dirt road, black cattle and a rancher on a horse.

  • Water droplets against a glass surface with the Golden Gate Bridge blurred in the background.

  • Seven men of various races holding a large wooden log in the sand.

  • Thousands of birds flying together in the blue sky creating a large formation.

  • A medium-skinned person with brown hair in a bun and visor riding a brown horse in water.

  • A portrait of a person with long brown hair on railroad tracks wearing a blue jacket, jeans and brown boots.

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