About

Gerry Pate is a national award-winning photographer living in the upstate of South Carolina. His passion for the camera is lifelong, but Pate is most known for his thirty year career working professionally as a photojournalist for several southeastern U.S. newspapers. As a freelance contractor for events, news, performances, portraiture, and more, Pate has drawn on the reflexes of his photojournalist experience to deliver candid and spontaneous imagery to clients with a variety of needs.
Featured Publications:
- Spartanburg Herald Journal
- Greenville News
- Short Track Magazine
- The Spartanburg Magazine
- The Gamecock Magazine
- New York Times
- American Photographer
- Readers Digest
- Time Magazine
- Life Magazine
- Six Shooter NPPA
- News Photographer NPPA
- Sporting News
- People
- VW Trends
- On the Green Golfing
- Sandlapper Magazine
- Green House Grower
- Hub City Magazine
- Life (Book)
- Nine Days in Union (Book)
- Death Row (Book)
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Awards:
2010
South Carolina Press Association
Third Place: Sports Action Photo
Third Place: Sports Action Photo
2007
South Carolina Press Association
Second Place: Sports Feature Photo
Second Place: Sports Feature Photo
2006
Associated Press Mark Twain Award
Honorable Mention: Feature Photo
Honorable Mention: Feature Photo
2005
South Carolina Press Association
First Place: Humor Photo
First Place: Humor Photo
2004
South Carolina Press Association
Third Place: Sports Action Photo
Third Place: Sports Action Photo
2001
South Carolina Press Association
First Place: Pictorial Photo
First Place: Pictorial Photo
2001
South Carolina Press Association
Second Place: Feature Photo
Second Place: Feature Photo
1999
South Carolina Press Association
First Place: Portrait Personality Photo
First Place: Portrait Personality Photo
1994
South Carolina News Photographers Association
Third Place: Fashion Photo
Third Place: Fashion Photo
1994
South Carolina Press Association
First Place: J.L. Sims News Photo
First Place: J.L. Sims News Photo
1994
South Carolina Press Association
First Place: Sports Feature Photo
First Place: Sports Feature Photo
1994
South Carolina News Photographers Association
Third Place: Fashion Photo
Third Place: Fashion Photo
1990
South Carolina News Photographers Association
Third Place: Pictorial
Third Place: Pictorial
1990
South Carolina Press Association
First Place: J.L. Sims News Photo Award
First Place: J.L. Sims News Photo Award
1989
Southern Photographer of the Year Seminar and Competition
Second Place: Humor Photo
Second Place: Humor Photo
1988
Atlanta Seminar of Photojournalism
Third Place: Feature Photo
Third Place: Feature Photo
1988
Atlanta Seminar of Photojournalism
Honorable Mention: Feature Photo
Honorable Mention: Feature Photo
1988
National Press Photographers Association National
First Place: News Photo
First Place: News Photo
1988
Region Six National News Photographers Association
First Place: News Photo
First Place: News Photo
1987
South Carolina News Photographers Association
General News Photo
General News Photo
1986
South Carolina News Photographers Association
Second Place: General News Photo
Second Place: General News Photo
1986
South Carolina News Photographers Association
Third Place: Sports Action Photo
Third Place: Sports Action Photo
1985
South Carolina News Photographers Association
Second Place: Sports Action Photo
Second Place: Sports Action Photo
1985
South Carolina News Photographers Association
Second Place: Sports Feature Photo
Second Place: Sports Feature Photo
1985
South Carolina News Photographers Association
Third Place: Sports Feature Photo
Third Place: Sports Feature Photo
1984
South Carolina Press Association
Second Place: Spot News Photo
Second Place: Spot News Photo
1984
South Carolina Press Association
Honorable Mention: Sports Action Photo
Honorable Mention: Sports Action Photo