Fred Pardini, a San Francisco native started his photojournalism career with the San Francisco Call-Bulletin in 1955, later moving to the Examiner. In 1963, he was honored with the Press Club Award for the best photograph of the year.

He joined KGO-TV News as a cameraman in 1966 and was Chief Cameraman of Film Crews from 1970-1982. He has covered innumerable major events winning an Emmy for cinematography in 1975.

He is the only photojournalist to have received the Press Club Award for a still photo and an Emmy for film. Fred was president of the San Francisco Bay Area Press Photographers Association for nine years. He is now enjoying his well deserved retirement.