John H. White (photojournalist)

John H. White (born 1945 in Lexington, North Carolina) is an American photojournalist, recipient of a Pulitzer Prize in 1982.

When John H. White was nine years old, a teacher told him that he would grow up to work on a garbage truck because he was slow in math.

In 1973 and 1974 White worked for the Environmental Protection Agency's DOCUMERICA project photographing Chicago and its African American community.

[4] White was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Photojournalism in 1982 for his "consistently excellent work on a variety of subjects."

Hal Buell, the former head of the Associated Press Photography Service, noted that White is one of the best photographers at capturing the everyday vignette.

John H.White at Chicago Columbia College
John H.White talks in a photojournalism class at Chicago Columbia College on October 5, 2017. Photo by Moe Zoyari [ 1 ]
A photo taken by White, documenting African American life on Chicago's South Side in May 1974
Street scene on 47th Street