Welcome

I am a staff photographer at The State newspaper in Columbia, South Carolina. Previously I worked at the Panama City News Herald in the Florida panhandle, where I have won numerous awards including first place for sports action photography in the National Press Photographers Association's Best of Photojournalism awards. Also, I covered daily life, Hurricane Michael and its aftermath. Before joining the News Herald staff, I was a staff photographer at the Texarkana Gazette, interned across the United States and India, made a blended-narrative website with video and reporting I did in South Africa and completed graduate school at the University of Missouri, Columbia.

Have any photographic needs? Questions about my work? Want to learn more about me? Email me at howdy@joshuaboucher.net or call me at (802) 681 8797.

Awards

2018 NPPA Best of Photojournalism

First - Sports Action

2018 Florida Press Club

First and Second - General News

First - Portrait/Personality

First and Third- Sports Action

Second - Breaking News

Second - Feature Photo Essay

Second - Sports Feature

Third - Features

2017 North & East Texas Press Association

First place - News Photo

Third - Sports Photo

2016 Arkansas APME competition

First - Feature Photo

2015 Arkansas APME competition

Third - Portfolio

 

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Recent Instagram posts

Photos from demonstrations throughout June in Columbia, South Carolina. #southcarolina #blm
The June 9 primary in Columbia, South Carolina. Some voters I spoke to waited in line for more than seven hours.
Friday was the first day of Columbia’s mask ordinance. #masks #coronavirus
I stopped by Cup Foods in Minneapolis for an hour this afternoon. I’m here in Minneapolis for my grandpa’s funeral, and did not expect the rest of my home town and neighborhood to also be overwhelmed with such grief. George Floyd’s
Prom is cancelled, but seniors across the Midlands of South Carolina are resilient and hopeful for the future. It was so inspiring to talk to these seven students, not only about losing an important celebration, but about all that they are feeling ri
Lonnie Turner golfs at Cobblestone Park Golf Club. He and his friends wear masks while golfing in addition to staying at least six feet away from one another. "I will wear a mask until a vaccine is developed or a miracle happens," he said.
Columbia Police Department officer Clarence Sumpter practices playing "Happy Birthday" before surprising Mary Smalls' for her ninety-eighth birthday. #southcarolina #mask #birthday #socialdistancing For more check out @thestatenewspaper
Dozens of protestors cheer on cars during Operation Gridlock in Columbia, South Carolina #operationgridlock #southcarolina #coronavirus
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Maris Burton’s fiancé Tim Leszewski died Saturday from the coronavirus. Due to delays in testing, Burton did not receive confirmation that Leszewski had the virus until four days after he died at home. Now she is awaiting her own test re