![]() She picked up a copy of Variety to find out who to contact and sent a letter. Daddona saw a movie being filmed in Coney Island in the late ’70s, she thought nothing of writing to the producers to ask if she could hang out on set. Lederman-Hyland had helped build the then-teenager’s confidence, so when Ms. “He said, ‘I want you to know what you said to her meant everything,’ ” Ms. Her teacher, who was then in her 80s and suffering from cancer, died two months later. I said, ‘I love every single day of work because of you.’ ” “I was so nervous, like I was going to meet a rock star,” Ms. They set a date and met for a meal at Gargiulio’s Restaurant on Coney Island. Daddona found her former teacher through social media in 2012. Lederman-Hyland after she moved on from Mark Twain, but the pair reconnected when Ms. If there is someone in your life who mentors you like that, say thank you.” “She took me to galleries on her own time. “When I picked up that first camera, she said, ‘This is what you are going to do,’ ” Ms. Daddona admits her photojournalism career might never have materialized were it not for Sylvia Lederman-Hyland, her photography teacher at Mark Twain in the mid-1970s. The piece was shot in Cutchogue and she shares the award with Newsday assistant managing editor Arnold Miller and video editor Jeff Basinger. She was honored for a Newsday video she made about North Fork Sea Salt owners Scott and Kassata Bollman. Daddona took home a New York Emmy in the best lifestyle feature category at the New York chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences’ annual awards ceremony at the Marriott Marquis in Times Square. Daddona, a regular contributor to Newsday who also shoots for Times Review Media Group and Edible East End, is still in the game and producing some of the region’s best photojournalism. “I told them I was used to taking pictures of bums and homeless people.” Daddona, 52, said during a recent interview outside North Fork Roasting Co. “I told them, ‘Wow, I’ve never been under so much pressure before,’ ” Ms. The police officer wasn’t seriously injured, but the story made page one of the April 27, 1976, edition of the newspaper and featured a quote from Randee Post. They were enthusiastic about us taking pictures.” “We were like, ‘Wow, here’s an assignment,’ ” Ms. ![]() The troupe of aspiring photographers saw an opportunity in calamity. Daddona (née Post) and her classmates were on a field trip in Brooklyn when they stumbled upon some breaking news: An unlicensed driver had just backed into a mounted police officer, pinning him and his horse between her bumper and a parked taxi. Then a student at Mark Twain Junior High School for the Gifted and Talented in Coney Island, Ms. ![]() The work of photojournalist Randee Daddona first landed on the cover of a New York City tabloid at the tender age of 13. Share via email Mail Created with Sketch.įreelance photographer and videographer Randee Daddona with the Emmy award she received Saturday.Share on Twitter Twitter Created with Sketch.Share on Facebook Facebook Created with Sketch.
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