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Biography
William DeKay is a freelance Canadian photojournalist.
Early life and education
DeKay was born in London, Ontario.He studied at Ryerson Polytechnical Institute in Toronto and interned at the National Geographic Society in Washington, D.C.
Career
DeKay began his photojournalist career in 1980.He traveled throughout Canada photographing rural settings and people. He worked for the London Free Press and was a staff photographer for the Detroit Free Press, where he was the recipient of a number of state and national photojournalism awards.
In 1997, DeKay published the book Down Home: a journey into rural Canada, a collection of colour photographs depicting the lives of Canadians living in the country DeKay has twice contributed to the Canadian Geographic magazine on the articles "Double Take" in 1998 and "Woodland Crossroads" in 2001.
In 2010 DeKay was named "Photographer of the Year" by Agri Marketing magazine.
Between 2010 and 2015 DeKay contributed many photographs to the Western Producer newspaper, and was presented with two Canadian Farm Writers' Federation awards.