John E. Wilkerson
John Wilkerson studied photojournalism at the University of Southern Mississippi and has worked as a stringer with the SunHerald newspaper located in, Gulfport Mississippi, off and on since the 1980's. John's photos have also been published by The Sea Coast Echo in Bay St. Louis as well as the Associated Press and MSNBC.com. MSNBC's photo essay, "The Gulf Coast's Struggle Back", using John's photographs recently earned two awards from the National Press Photographer's Association. Stories about those awards can be viewed on the "Awards" page.
John donated the use of some of his Katrina photographs, for Katrina relief fund raising, which were published in the SunHerald's book "Before and After". John and his Hurricane Katrina photos were featured on The NBC Nightly News segment "In his own words". View this video by clicking on the video page.John's photograph titled "Lister's Pond" was published in the 2008 "Back Roads and Bayous" calender published by Hancock Bank.
John donated the use of some of his Katrina photographs, for Katrina relief fund raising, which were published in the SunHerald's book "Before and After". John and his Hurricane Katrina photos were featured on The NBC Nightly News segment "In his own words". View this video by clicking on the video page.John's photograph titled "Lister's Pond" was published in the 2008 "Back Roads and Bayous" calender published by Hancock Bank.
