If you've heard anything about the NPPA workshop, you've probably heard the name Darrell Barton.
As one of the veteran Workshop faculty members, Darrell is best known for his...shall we say... honest...critiques. He's straightforward, he's tough. But with credentials like Darrell's, he has every right to be.
Barton's camera's been on his shoulder for nearly thirty years, shooting television news and documentaries. In 1983 Darrell went out on his own and is known as an extremely successful freelance photojournalist. Prior to that, Barton was chief news cameraman and director of photography for KTVY-TV (now KFOR) in Oklahoma City from 1969 to 1983. Named NPPA's Television News Cameraman of the Year in 1974 and 1981, he is the recipient of more than 60 awards for television photography and production, including a gold award from the Chicago Film Festival and an EMMY nomination. In 1999 Darrell received the highest award given in the NPPA, recognizing him for all his accomplishments and the lives he's touched, The Sprague Award.
Darrell travels worldwide on assignments for ABC, NBC and CBS news; ABC's "20/20"; CBS's "48 Hours"; and many others. His business manager, wife and saint, Marilyn, runs the freelance business from his small farm north of Edmond, Oklahoma. It's a place to check out old cars and hit golf balls at trains from his office. It's the assignment desk to some great places!!! Barton's projects include documentaries made in the Holy Lands and Guatemala, news coverage in the Persian Gulf, Panama, Haiti, and Afghanistan, as well as numerous domestic assignments. He was a featured speaker on the 1994 NPPA Flying Short Course.