John Stanmeyer
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. John Stanmeyer (born March 1964), is an American photojournalist based in Otis, Massachusetts. He is one of the founders of VII Photo Agency. Stanmeyer has received the World Press Photo of the Year,[1] Robert Capa Gold Medal, Magazine Photographer of the Year from Pictures of the Year International,[citation needed] and a National Magazine Award for Photojournalism.[citation needed]
Life and work
His career began at the Tampa Tribune in Tampa, Florida where he began working on international assignments traveling to various African and European countries and India. He then shifted his focus to freelance work on Asian and Middle-Eastern events. His work has centered on Asian and Middle-Eastern political and human rights issues for the past 11 years, and more recently on the environment and sustainability.
He has contributed to Time and National Geographic.[citation needed]
Book
- Island of the Spirits. Afterhours, 2010. ISBN 978-6029750713.
Awards
- 2008: National Magazine Award for Photojournalism.[citation needed]
- 2009: Robert Capa Gold Medal for "The Killing of Bernardino Guterres in Dili, East Timor", SABA for Time.[citation needed]
- 2013: World Press Photo of the Year from World Press Photo, Amsterdam, for a photograph of African migrants on the shore of Djibouti city at night.[1]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 John Stanmeyer, worldpressphoto.org, retrieved 14 February 2014
External links
- Official website
- John Stanmeyer at viiphoto.com
- John Stanmeyer at the Internet Movie Database
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