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.