Seattle photojournalist Karen Ducey | multimedia, news, and documentary photographer

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  • {quote}Coronavirus leaves Washington farmers with a big problem: What do you do with a billion pounds of potatoes?{quote} photos running on the cover and inside the Los Angeles Times. May 3, 2020.
  • {quote}As protests grow, a social media push{quote} Photo for Getty Images, Published on page A1 in the Washington Post on April 20, 2020,
  • {quote}Homeless shelters are particularly vulnerable to coronavirus outbreaks, new study suggests{quote}, for Getty Images published on CNN on April 22, 2020.
  • {quote}Emergency room doctor, near death with coronavirus, saved with experimental treatment{quote} Photographed for the Los Angeles Times, April 14, 2020.
  • {quote}Just When They’re Needed Most, Clinics for the Poor Face Drastic Cutbacks{quote}, photos for Getty Images published in the New York Times on April 4, 2020.
  • {quote}‘I love this city to my bones’: How Mayor Jenny Durkan leads Seattle{quote}, Photo for Reuters published in the Christian Science Monitor, March 20, 2020
  • {quote}‘It’s unlike anything I have ever seen’: A deadly week across America,'{quote} Photos for the LA Times, April 10, 2020.
  • {quote}Seattle area used early social distancing, testing, to help begin flattening the coronavirus curve{quote}, Photo for Getty Images, published in the Washington Post on April 9, 2020
  • {quote}Nursing Home Hit by Coronavirus Says 70 Workers Are Sick{quote}, Photo for Getty Images, published in the New York Times, March 7, 2020.
  • A choir decided to go ahead with rehearsal. Now dozens of members have COVID-19 and two are dead,{quote} Photos for the Los Angeles Times, March 29, 2020.
  • {quote}Inside the Life Care Center of Kirkland nursing home, the U.S. epicenter of coronavirus{quote}, Photos for the Los Angeles Times, March 15, 2020
  • {quote}People With Intellectual Disabilities May Be Denied Lifesaving Care Under These Plans as Coronavirus Spreads{quote}, photo for Getty Images, published in ProPublica, March 27, 2020.
  • {quote}FEMA can’t say how many medical supplies the US has left to fight the coronavirus{quote}, Photo for Getty Images, Published in Vox, March 22, 2020
  • {quote}'There Has to Be a Plan.' For Relatives of Nursing Home Residents, Anger and Worry as the Coronavirus Spreads{quote} photo for Getty Images published in TIME magazine on march 8, 2020.
  • {quote}Senators urge overhaul of gay donor restrictions amid blood shortage{quote} Photo for Getty Images. Published on NBC News, March 17, 2020.
  • {quote}How to Donate Blood as Coronavirus Threatens the U.S. Supply{quote}, Photo for Getty Images, Published in the New York Times, March 19, 2020.
  • Warren Camp Says Nevada's Results Out of Sync With Current State of Race Photos for Getty Images, published in the The Wall Street Journal, Feb 22, 2020.
  • {quote}Employee Activism Works–Even When It Doesn't{quote}. Photos for Getty Images. Published in Bloomberg Green on February 26, 2020.
  • {quote}Coronavirus death toll in U.S. jumps to 11; first fatality confirmed in California{quote} Photos for Getty Images, Published in the NY Daily News on March 4, 2020.
  • Compassion and public safety must coexist to solve Third Avenue's crime problem, Crosscut, January 28, 2020
  • Iranian Americans reportedly questioned at U.S.-Canada border in British Columbia, for the LA Times, January 5, 2020
  • The Northwest turns up the heat on ICE, making it harder to arrest and deport immigrants, for the LA Times, December 27, 2020.
  • {quote}Amazon Rival Leads Seattle Contest in Face of Big Money Effort{quote} Photos for Getty Images. Published by Bloomberg, November 8, 2019
  • {quote}Ikea US president backpedals on meeting parents of children killed by recalled dressers{quote} Photos for USA Today published November 6, 2019.
  • By his count, Washington attorney general hasn’t lost a case against Trump yet Photo essay for the LA Times, October, 2, 2019
  • Far-Right Leader Apparently Accepting Donations From Unofficial 'Church' , Photos for Getty Images published in Newsweek, October 10, 2019.
  • Tacoma Trying Individualized Way to End Youth Homelessness, September 30, 2019. Photos for Youth Today and Crosscut.
  • Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou Appears In Canadian Court For Extradition Hearing, Photos for Getty Images, September 23, 2019.
  • {quote}Battle for ‘soul’ of Seattle’s Japanese American community as nursing home closes.{quote} Photos in the Seattle Times, September 14, 2019.
  • USA Today, August 23, 2019, {quote}Portland police keeping far-right protesters, antifa groups apart; violence avoided during rallies{quote}
  • Politico, August 23, 2019, {quote}The alt-right manifesto that has Trumpworld talking{quote}
  • {quote}Alexa, how many dogs come to work at Amazon Seattle? 7,000{quote} Photos for the Los Angeles Times, June 21, 2019
  • How Washington State Upended Trump’s Travel Ban. Photos for Getty Images published in the New York Times. February 4, 2017.
  • In a rapidly changing landscape, a Mount Rainier icon gets a new life, Photos for Crosscut, May 27, 2019.
  • {quote}Washington state braces for eco-friendly ‘human composting’{quote} Photos for Los Angeles Times, May 13, 2019.
  • Photos for Scholastic magazine, Choices, April 2019
  • {quote}Cider Shop Sues Portland’s Far-Right Extremists{quote}, Newsweek, May 4, 2019
  • {quote}Everything You Need to Know About Potential Future First Lady Trudi Inslee{quote} Town and Country magazine, April 10, 2019.
  • Washington Governor Inslee joins 2020 Democratic presidential field. Photos for Getty Images March 1, 2019.
  • What killed Washington’s carbon tax? Photos for High Country News, January 21, 2019.
  • L.A. County wants to help build guest houses in backyards — for homeless people Photos for the Los Angeles Times, April 11, 2018.
  • Child abuse is now part of America's official immigration policy Photos for Getty Images, published in The Guardian, June 14, 2018.
  • Failed Senate Candidate Kicked Out of Taco Bar After Gun Rights Rally at UW. Photos for Getty Images published in The Stranger, November 5, 2018.
  • US judge temporarily blocks Trump's travel ban nationwide, photos for Getty Images, published on PBS Newshour February 3, 2017
  • {quote}Washington Gov. Inslee bolsters political team with eye on 2020{quote} Photos for Getty Images published in Politico on February 28, 2019.
  • One Fatal Shot is a six-part multimedia series that was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize; received a finalist award in the ASNE American Society of News Editors, Community Service Photojournalism; DART Coverage of Trauma, finalist; CASEY MEDALS for Meritorious Journalism, finalist, multimedia. To view: http://karenducey.com/video/OneFatalShot-2/
  • See My Magic: From a life in high heels to a life behind bars. Story and photos for Animal News Northwest, Jan. 6, 20161st place award from Society of Professional Journalists-Western Washington for feature writing, small press.
  • At Starbucks, your maternity leave depends on whether you're a barista or a boss. Photos for The Guardian, August, 30, 2017.
  • Wealthy Seattle venture capitalist Nick Hanauer says he wants to tackle the city’s homeless crisis with the same ‘ruthless’ energy that made him rich, photos for The Guardian, August 17, 2017
  • Kenmore mayor steers a city — and Uber most mornings Story and photographs for Crosscut, October 31, 2017.
  • Patriot Prayer Members Armed With Snipers Positioned Themselves on Roof Ahead of August Protest, Police Reveal, Photos for Getty Images published in Newsweek, October 16, 2018.
  • Rescue Pony Auctioned for a Pretty Penny. Story and photos for Animal News Northwest, May 31, 2015
  • The town where Twin Peaks was filmed has its own share of mysterious deaths. Photos for The Guardian, May 19, 2017
  • They said he might never walk. Now he can't stop running. Photos for the Los Angeles Times. February 15, 2017.
  • Who is Judge James L. Robart and Why did he block Trump's Immigration order? photos for Getty Images, published on NPR, February 4, 2018.
  • Creating Guardians, Calming Warriors Photos for the Washington Post, December 10, 2015.
  • Creating guardians, calming warriors Photos for the Washington Post, December 10, 2015.
  • {quote}A totem pole is the Lummi's cry to free an orca from captivity,{quote} Story and photos for Crosscut, May 11, 2018.
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  • Iraq refugees in Seattle have message for Donald Trump: 'Please think again'. Photos for The Guardian, January 31, 2017.
  • How one scientist came to defend animals used in research. Photos for the Los Angeles Times. November 16, 2016.
  • Renovation unearths Seattle Prohibition-era jazz club art Story and photos for Crosscut, Feruary 26, 2018.
  • Nikkita Oliver Rally on Election night, photos for Crosscut, August 2017.
  • They’ll make dance here. The Tacoma Urban Performing Arts Center opens its doors, story and photos for Crosscut, July 9, 2017
  • The last horse-drawn carriage in Seattle Story and photos for Crosscut, December 21, 2017.
  • Jonathan Raban: ‘I felt pretty happy that I was still alive’. Photos for The Guardian, December 30, 2016.
  • Washington state mall shooter had no militant contact: September 26, 2016. Photos for Reuters.
  • A mournful gong ringing: Counting the homeless and, across town, clearing them out, photos for Crosscut, June 1, 2017
  • In this homeless shelter, pets are part of the family, story and photos for Crosscut, July 8, 2016.
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  • How tech workers are turning to the Japanese practice of ‘forest bathing’ to unplug for the Washington Post, September 14, 2015.
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  • Studying for U.S. Citizenship one stitch at a time, story and photos for Crosscut, March, 29, 2017
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