About

Bob Carey, Ph.D.

Bob Carey retired as chair of the Department of Communication & New Media at Gardner-Webb University where he taught photojournalism and multimedia for 24 years. He worked for over 45 years as a photojournalist for newspapers, wire services and as a freelancer covering everything from Super Bowls, the Olympics, major news events around the world, down to pet of the week.

Carey did his undergraduate work in journalism at the University of Washington, received his Master’s in journalism from the University of Memphis and his Ph.D. from Regent University specializing in photojournalism.

He is a past president of the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA), served as a national board member of the American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP), an organizer of the Southeastern Photojournalism Conference, and currently serves as a board member of Christians in Photojournalism (CIP).

He and his wife Sharon have been married for 39 years and have three children.

His latest work is travel based, a collection of photos gathered as he and Sharon travel during their retirement years. These are photographs and stories of places and people who share part of their lives during his travels.