About


portrait of gerry pate with antique cameras in a circle around his face
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.


  • 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
2007
South Carolina Press Association
Second Place: Sports Feature Photo
2006
Associated Press Mark Twain Award
Honorable Mention: Feature Photo
2005
South Carolina Press Association
First Place: Humor Photo
2004
South Carolina Press Association
Third Place: Sports Action Photo
2001
South Carolina Press Association
First Place: Pictorial Photo
2001
South Carolina Press Association
Second Place: Feature Photo
1999
South Carolina Press Association
First Place: Portrait Personality Photo
1994
South Carolina News Photographers Association
Third Place: Fashion Photo
1994
South Carolina Press Association
First Place: J.L. Sims News Photo
1994
South Carolina Press Association
First Place: Sports Feature Photo
1994
South Carolina News Photographers Association
Third Place: Fashion Photo
1990
South Carolina News Photographers Association
Third Place: Pictorial
1990
South Carolina Press Association
First Place: J.L. Sims News Photo Award
1989
Southern Photographer of the Year Seminar and Competition
Second Place: Humor Photo
1988
Atlanta Seminar of Photojournalism
Third Place: Feature Photo
1988
Atlanta Seminar of Photojournalism
Honorable Mention: Feature Photo
1988
National Press Photographers Association National
First Place: News Photo
1988
Region Six National News Photographers Association
First Place: News Photo
1987
South Carolina News Photographers Association
General News Photo
1986
South Carolina News Photographers Association
Second Place: General News Photo
1986
South Carolina News Photographers Association
Third Place: Sports Action Photo
1985
South Carolina News Photographers Association
Second Place: Sports Action Photo
1985
South Carolina News Photographers Association
Second Place: Sports Feature Photo
1985
South Carolina News Photographers Association
Third Place: Sports Feature Photo
1984
South Carolina Press Association
Second Place: Spot News Photo
1984
South Carolina Press Association
Honorable Mention: Sports Action Photo