Kim Komenich

Kim Komenich ( ; born October 15, 1956) is an American Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist, filmmaker and university professor.

Life and work Komenich started his career as a photographer at Forbis Studio in Modesto, California, in 1973, before moving to the Manteca Bulletin, where he worked as a photographer and reporter for one year.

In 2007, Komenich graduated from the University of Missouri with a master's degree in journalism. From 2000–2009, Komenich served as a staff photographer and editor at the San Francisco Chronicle before accepting a full-time teaching position at his alma mater, San José State University. In 2015, Komenich accepted an assistant professor position at San Francisco State University.

Komenich is a 2005 recipient of the Clifton C. Edom Education Award from the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA). Komenich also served as a 1993-94 John S. Knight Fellow at Stanford University and served as a fall 2001 teaching fellow at the Center for Documentary Studies at U.C. Berkeley. He was also a 2006-07 Dart Ochberg Fellow at the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma, based at Columbia University.