Lisa Krantz
Lisa Krantz is a staff photographer at the San Antonio Express-News. In 2018, Lisa was named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Feature Photography for the story of Rowan Windham, a 10-year-old who inspired others with his positive outlook on life despite battling a rare, incurable disorder.
She was also a finalist in 2015 as part of a team entry on the Central American immigration crisis. Her work has been recognized by World Press Photo and Pictures of the Year International (POYi) including the Community Awareness Award and third place Newspaper Photographer of the Year (2010 & 2015). Lisa has twice received both the ASNE Photojournalism Award and the Scripps Howard Award for Photojournalism. NPPA’s Best of Photojournalism, PDN Photo Annual, SPJ’s Sigma Delta Chi and the National Headliner Awards have also recognized her work. Lisa is a three-time NPPA Region 8 Photographer of the Year.
A Life Apart: The Toll of Obesity, the story of Hector Garcia Jr.’s struggle with obesity in the last four years of his life, was screened at Visa pour l’Image in Perpignan, France, and exhibited at the Festival della Fotografia Etica in Lodi, Italy.
Lisa has a psychology degree from Florida State University and a MA in photography from Syracuse University. Previously she worked at the Naples (FL) Daily News.