Lisa Krantz has been a staff photographer at San Antonio Express-News since March 2004. Previously she worked at Naples Daily News for five years. Krantz attended Florida State University, where she received a bachelor's degree in psychology and earned her master's degree in photography from Syracuse University.
At San Antonio Express-News she covers everything from hurricanes to the NBA Championship although her true love is telling intimate untold stories in her community. Most recently she spent close to two years documenting life in the small city of Helotes, Texas, as it struggles to maintain its identity in the face of suburban growth.
She was named the National Press Photographers Association Region 8 Photographer of the Year in 2005 and runner-up for 2004, 2006 and 2008. Her work has also been honored by POYi, NPPA's Best of Photojournalism, the Southern Short Course in News Photography and the Atlanta Photojournali sm Seminar.