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Erin Combs
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'''Erin Combs''' (born 1952 – 1953), also known as '''Erin Combs Pearl''',<ref name=":0">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> is a Canadian photographer. Hired as a [[Photojournalism|photojournalist]] for the [[Toronto Star]] in 1974,<ref name=":1" /> she was one of the first women photographers to be hired by a major Canadian newspaper.<ref name=":2">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
== Life ==
Born in [[Illinois]], Combs moved to Canada when she was three years old.<ref name=":3">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
In high school, she was a photographer for the school's [[yearbook]]. In college she contributed photos to the college newspaper.<ref name=":3" />
She attended [[York University]] in [[Toronto|Toronto, Ontario]].<ref name=":2" />
== Career ==
Erin Combs worked as a [[Freelancer|freelance]] photographer while she was a university student in the early 1970s — at a time when no women photographers worked at major Canadian newspapers.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
In 1974, the Toronto Star hired Combs as a photographer. She worked as a photographer in the fashion section, photo editor<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> and Head of Photography Department from 1992 to 2000.<ref name=":0" /> During her time at the newspaper, Combs also judged multiple photo contests<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> and won the Judy award for journalistic coverage of the fashion sector (shared among the Toronto Star fashion team).<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
Toronto Star photographer Dick Loek, reflecting on Combs tenure at the newspaper, wrote that Combs' father "said if she got hired to watch out, because she would be running the joint in no time, which turned out to be a pretty accurate prophecy."<ref name=":1">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
From 2001 to 2004, Combs worked at fashion company, Zenobia Collections.<ref name=":0" />
== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://ift.tt/33yLhSE Toronto Star photographs] at Digital Archive ([[Toronto Public Library]])
== Life ==
Born in [[Illinois]], Combs moved to Canada when she was three years old.<ref name=":3">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
In high school, she was a photographer for the school's [[yearbook]]. In college she contributed photos to the college newspaper.<ref name=":3" />
She attended [[York University]] in [[Toronto|Toronto, Ontario]].<ref name=":2" />
== Career ==
Erin Combs worked as a [[Freelancer|freelance]] photographer while she was a university student in the early 1970s — at a time when no women photographers worked at major Canadian newspapers.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
In 1974, the Toronto Star hired Combs as a photographer. She worked as a photographer in the fashion section, photo editor<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> and Head of Photography Department from 1992 to 2000.<ref name=":0" /> During her time at the newspaper, Combs also judged multiple photo contests<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> and won the Judy award for journalistic coverage of the fashion sector (shared among the Toronto Star fashion team).<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
Toronto Star photographer Dick Loek, reflecting on Combs tenure at the newspaper, wrote that Combs' father "said if she got hired to watch out, because she would be running the joint in no time, which turned out to be a pretty accurate prophecy."<ref name=":1">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
From 2001 to 2004, Combs worked at fashion company, Zenobia Collections.<ref name=":0" />
== References ==
<references />
== External links ==
* [https://ift.tt/33yLhSE Toronto Star photographs] at Digital Archive ([[Toronto Public Library]])
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