From 5 years old Jack Dikinga fond of photography. In the 60's he was covering a variety of demonstrations, rallies, rallies, protest marches, others more or less important events. In 1970, he made a series of reports in schools for mentally handicapped children in Illinois. A young journalist spent on reporting only three days, but the shock remained for a long time: "I've never experienced anything like this" - he told me in an interview many years later - "a half hour, I could not bring myself to get the camera, I just looked and felt as horror overwhelms me. "
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This report brought a young photojournalist Pulitzer Prize - the most prestigious of all the possible awards. But more important was another: the state government, which is preparing a resolution to reduce the financial institutions for mentally retarded children, came to exactly the opposite - increased funding almost doubled. "This is why I became a journalist - to change the world" - spoke with pride Dikinga.
It would seem, what more could wish the photographer? Pulitzer Prize meant the all-American reputation, invitations to the work of leading magazines around the world, a good material prosperity. We Dikinga certainly enough tenacity and talent to break out among the leading photojournalists of the world, to win more than one prestigious award. But fate decreed otherwise. In 1971, Jack was shooting a report about a young man who set out to conquer one of the mountains of Appalachia. Climbing failed, but this event radically changed the life of the photographer. "Seeing the sunrise in the mountains, I realized what I lacked in life" - recalled Dikinga. Around this time he became interested in environmental issues.
In 1972 he moved to Arizona and settled in the small town of Tucson. After working for about five years, Photo Editor of the newspaper "Arizona Daily Star» ( «Arizona Daily Star»), Dikinga decided to become a freelance artist. Since then, more than 30 years, he photographed nature