Benjamin Lowy ~ "Iraq | Perspectives"

Since then he has covered major stories worldwide. In 2004 Lowy attended the World Press Joop Swart Masterclass, he was named in Photo District News 30 and his images of Iraq were chosen by PDN as some of the most iconic of the 21st century. Lowy has received awards from World Press Photo, POYi , PDN, Communication Arts, American Photography, and the Society for Publication Design. Lowy has been a finalist for the Oskar Barnak Award, been nominated three times for the ICP Infinity Award, a finalist in Critical Mass, included in Magenta Flash Forward 2007, and was included in the OSI Moving Walls 16 exhibit. Benjamin's work from Iraq, Darfur, and Afghanistan have been collected into several gallery and museum shows, his work has shown at the Tate Modern, SF MOMA, Houston Center for Photography, Invalides, and Arles. His work from Darfur appeared in the SAVE DARFUR media campaign.

In 2011 Lowy's Iraq | Perspecitves work was selected by William Eggleston to win the Duke University Center for Documentary Studies/Honickman First Book Prize in Photography. A book will be printed and out in stores this Fall.

Benjamin lives in New York City with his wife, photographer Marvi Lacar, their son Mateo, and two dogs.

Lowy is currently represented by Reportage by Getty Images.

http://benlowy.com

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Photographer Profile ~ Freelance Photojournalist/Filmmaker Danfung Dennis

Danfung Dennis graduated from Cornell University with degrees in Applied Economics and International Agriculture in 2005. He worked briefly for a business consulting organization. He began his photojournalism career by freelancing for the Beijing Bureau of The Associated Press covering breaking news throughout Asia. In 2006, he traveled to Afghanistan to cover the increase in fighting and lack of reconstruction and development. He spent much of 2007 and 2008 covering Iraq. Now based in London, he will focus his future work on documenting wars, conflicts and critical social and economic issues.

His work has been published in Newsweek, TIME, The New York Times, The Times, The Sunday Times, The International Herald Tribune, The Washington Post, USA Today, The Guardian, Rolling Stone, The Sunday Times Magazine, The New York Times Magazine, The Washington Post Magazine, Le Figaro Magazine, Financial Times Magazine, Mother Jones, L'Express, Der Spiegel, The Sydney Morning Herald, and the Wall Street Journal and his footage aired by PBS, ITV, and CBS.