David Peterson

David Peterson won the Pulitzer Prize for feature photography in 1987 and again in 1991 for community service while working for the Des Moines Register . He has photographed thirty-seven Drake Relays for readers of the Topeka Capital-Journal , the Des Moines Register , and Track & Field News . His work has also appeared in National Geographic , numerous Harper-Collins photo books, Parenting Magazine , Newsweek , Smithsonian Magazine , and the IOWAN . Before graduating from Kansas State...See more

David Peterson won the Pulitzer Prize for feature photography in 1987 and again in 1991 for community service while working for the Des Moines Register . He has photographed thirty-seven Drake Relays for readers of the Topeka Capital-Journal , the Des Moines Register , and Track & Field News . His work has also appeared in National Geographic , numerous Harper-Collins photo books, Parenting Magazine , Newsweek , Smithsonian Magazine , and the IOWAN . Before graduating from Kansas State University, he was a six-time All-American and Big Eight champion in track and field and served as team captain his senior year. A newspaper photojournalist for thirty-three years, Peterson now has his own business specializing in editorial, corporate, and travel photography. He lives in Pleasant Hill, Iowa. See less