Seattle photojournalist Karen Ducey, documentary, editorial, commercial, advertising,maritime, photography,commercial stock, news, documentary, report
Connelly Brooks does a flip off a log at Carkeek Park in Seattle while his brother, Winfield (left), watches.   Winfield said they decided to spend the day at the park "to enjoy the blue sky". (© Karen Ducey/Seattle PI)
Connelly Brooks does a flip off a log at Carkeek Park in Seattle while his brother, Winfield (left), watches. Winfield said they decided to spend the day at the park "to enjoy the blue sky". (© Karen Ducey/Seattle PI)

BIO

Karen Ducey was a staff photographer for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, joining the newspaper in 2003 after working four years at The Indianapolis Star.

Prior to that,Ducey worked as a commercial fishermen in Alaska for almost a decade. In between fishing seasons, she worked as a freelance photographer finding a worldwide audience for her pictures. See some of her work on the National Geographic website.

In 2005 she began a photo column that ran in the P-I's metro section for a year. It has since moved exclusively to online, where it is independently managed at AnExtraordinaryTime.com

Last year Ducey’s project “One Fatal Shot” was selected as a finalist in ASNE’s community service photojournalism award , finalist for a DART award for excellence in Coverage of Trauma, runner -up for a Casey Medal in the multimedia category, and an HM in the NPPA Best of Photojournalism.

Karen currently lives in Seattle with her husband ,Dean Rutz, and their three beloved dogs.