Jaime R. Carrero

Jaime R. Carrero is a professional photojournalist based in the Dallas-Fort Worth area of Texas.Work has been published by AP, Reuters, New York Times, WSJ, LA Times, Texas Tribune, Dallas Morning News, Austin American Statesman, San Antonio Express News, The Houston Chronicle, St. Paul Pioneer Express, Tyler Morning Telegraph, The Victoria Advocate, Kiwanis International, CBS, ABC, NBC, ESPN, Texas Music, Texas Tribune.  Fluent in Spanish.His career began while still working as an elementary school teacher in Dallas. After watching in horror the news that James Byrd Jr. a Black man had been dragged to death by three White racists in the town of Jasper, he knew he had to photograph the KKK rally that was headed to Jasper in support of the three men accused of the heinous murder. He answered a newspaper ad for a staff photographer in a small newspaper in South Dallas. The Jasper photographs made an impression on the managing editor and was offered the job.After being a staff Photo Editor, Chief Photographer and Staff Photojournalist at several newspapers, he began freelancing for Reuters, and covered the Ebola scare in Dallas, the destruction of the community of West after a fertilizer explosion flattened part of the town, photographed Henry Kissinger among other assignments. Became a contract photographer for Zumapress, and continues freelancing in Texas and the surrounding area. He is a member of Diversify.photo and Visura.co He has been a NPPA member for close to 20 years.Graduated Magna Cum Laude with a degree in English Literature from the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez (CAAM)   Studied Photography at The San Francisco Art Institute, The Academy Of Art College in San Francisco and De Anza College in Cupertino California. He is married and has one son. Interested in History, Sociology, Anthropology, American Politics, Race, Minority and Civil Rights.

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