Hayne Palmour IV worked as a staff photographer for San Diego County newspapers for more than three decades, including eight years at the San Diego Union-Tribune. He covered news, features, and sports and continues working as a freelance photojournalist in Southern California.

In 2003, the North County Times published a book featuring Palmour’s photographs of the 2003 US invasion of Iraq titled A Thousand Miles to Baghdad.

He has an associate’s degree in photography from Chowan College in North Carolina and a BA in psychology from the University of North Carolina-Wilmington.