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June 2014 back issue
Lana Slezic
To commission Lana or to request prints of her work: www.lanaslezic.com
Lana Slezic (Toronto, Canada) born to Croatian parents in 1973, has received worldwide
recognition for her documentary and portrait work. In 2005 Šlezic was a participant at
the World Press Joop Swart Masterclass in Amsterdam.
In 2007 she won the Luis Valtuena Special Prize for Humanitarian Photography for her
body of work on Afghan women. Later that year she published "Forsaken" which in 2008
was chosen as one of the Top Ten Photo Books of the Year by American Photo Magazine.
In 2007 Šlezic was also given a World Press Photo Award for a separate portrait series
on Afghan women entitled "A Window Inside".
Šlezic has exhibited and published her work all over the world. She currently resides in
New Delhi with her husband and two children.
Jill Schneider
To commission Jill or to request prints of her work: www.jillhsphotography.com
Jill Schneider is a freelance photographer based in San Francisco, California. Jill majored
in Psychology at the University of Arizona and received her Masters in Photography/
Photojournalism from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. For her master’s
thesis she spent nine months documenting Himalayan life in Nepal, Northern India,
Kashmir, Bhutan and Tibet. After graduation, Jill returned to Southeast Asia to work for
various travel companies taking photographs for marketing and advertising campaigns.
In 2009, after winning a National Geographic photography contest Jill was offered
representation by Nat Geo Creative. In 2011, Jill became an intern and freelance
photographer for the San Francisco Chronicle. In 2012, Jill to photographed the new
National Geographic Traveler Sydney Guidebook. Jill also leads on-assignment
photography trips with National Geographic Student Expeditions (Ecuador & Galapagos,
Iceland and San Francisco), works with National Geographic Expeditions with the San
Francisco Weekend Photo Workshop and contributes to the National Geographic
Intelligent Travel Blog.
David Creedon
To commission David or to request prints of his work: www.davidcreedon.com
David Creedon was born in Cork Ireland and has been described as a conceptual
documentary photographic artist. Among the projects he has worked on are: Behind Open
Doors; The Last Cooper; Una Corda (The soft Pedal); Variations on Pianoforte and Ghosts
of the Faithful Departed.
Extensively published his work has featured in some of the most prestigious magazines
internationally including; The Wall Street Journal, Eyemazing, EIGHT, BBC Magazine,
Aesthetica and the Irish Arts Review. The Irish Independent has called him “Cork’s Vermeer”
while the Irish Times has described his photographs as “meticulously made”. He has
previously exhibited in national galleries and museums including the National Portrait
Gallery London, the Irish Museum of Modern Art and the Royal Hibernian Academy as well
as galleries in, Austin TX, Buenos Aires, Bucharest, Braga, Chicago, Kuala Lumpur,
London, New York, Nicosia, Sarajevo, Sofia, Tbilisi, Thessaloniki, and Yerevan.
Creedon’s work has been described "as one of the most significant collections of
photography in contemporary Ireland and will be amongst the most important works of Irish
Damian Bird
To commission him or to request prints of his work: www.damianbirdphotography.com
Damian Bird, is a photographer and photojournalist with many years of experience,
working in war zones and trouble spots around the globe. He was educated in
Photography at the Surrey College of Art and Design and at the London College of
Printing where he studied for a post graduate degree in Photojournalism.
In 2011 he founded Life Force magazine with his business partner and wife of ten years,
Alice. As well as Editing Life Force magazine, he is currently engaged in photographing
a series of photo-essays on English culture and has recently returned to Afghanistan
(Aug 2013).
He continues to have his work published in national and international newspapers and
magazines including The Times, the Telegraph, the Express, the Observer, GQ, Esquire,
Dazed & Confused,The Face, Country Life and Geographical magazine.
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Jack Fillery
To commission Jack or to request prints of his work: www.jackfillery.com
Jack Fillery is an award-winning photographer based in Peckham, London. He has
exhibited both nationally and internationally, and was recently shortlisted for the
Professional Photographer Magazine's Professional Photographer of the Year award.
Commercially, he focuses on travel, portrait and food photography. His artistic exploration
is furthered through personal work, ranging from still life to wildlife photography.
Michal Fattal
To commission Michal or to request prints of her work: www.michalfattal.com
Born 1979 in Jerusalem, Michal is a freelance photojournalist based in Jerusalem, Israel.
Between 2003 and 2006 she studied Photography and Digital Media at Hadassah College
Jerusalem and Graduated with Honors, after having earned the Scholarship for Excellency.
During the last year of college, she started working as a freelance photojournalist and for a
few years worked as a staff photographer for Flash90 news photo agency.
Since 2010 she is working for Israeli daily Ha'aretz among other magazines, newspapers
and photo agencies around the world, as we as taking part in solo and group exhibitions.
Her work has been published in International media such as New York Times, Huffington
Post, LA Times, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, NRC Handelsblad, Foreign Policy, Clarin,
Grazia, La Razon, among others.
Albert Gonzalez Farran
To commission Albert or to request prints of his work: www.albertgonzalez.net
Albert González Farran (Barcelona, 1975) is working in Darfur, Sudan, since November
2009, as a photographer of the Communications and Public Information Section of
UNAMID, one of the largest UN peacekeeping missions in the world.
After his university studies, Albert started building his career as a photojournalist in 1999
working for local newspapers in Lleida (Catalonia, Spain). From 2006 to 2007, he worked
for the newspaper Irish News in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and later for the agency
Photocall Ireland in Dublin. After two more years working in Spain and a short-term
project on the postwar in Bosnia, Albert moved to South America where he was
commissioned by local publications in Peru and collaborated with Spanish media from
there.
Albert has a Master of Arts in Photojournalism and Documentary Photography from the
Fabian Weiss
To commission Fabian or to request prints of his work: www.fabianweiss.com
Fabian Weiss (born 1986) is a freelance photographer for national and international
publications. His personal projects explore cultural changes in personal structures, the
cinematic images he creates are acutely observed portraits within a broader assessment
of their surrounding culture. Fabian's work has been honored by the CNN Journalist
Award, the German Photo Book Price, the BFF Award, the Getty Images Emerging Talent
Grant, the Pride Photo Award and the Austrian Lenses price, among others and his
photographic essays have been published in numerous media such as GEO, TIME, Le
Monde and The Sunday Times Magazine. Fabian Weiss lives in Estonia and is
represented by the German agency LAIF.
Sasha Achilli
To commission Sasha or to request prints of her work: sashajoelleachilli@yahoo.com
Sasha Achilli is a freelance documentary producer and photojournalist. Sasha, an Italian
and Australian national, developed a passion for travel at a young age having spent her
childhood in both countries. In 2007, at the age of 21, Sasha traveled to India where she
experimented with photography and the art of visual story telling. She spent two months
working with and photographing the children of the Dalit cast eventually raising funds for
the community through various auctions. It wasn’t long before she understood the power of
photography and recognized its ability to create change in the world. India inspired her to
pursue a master’s degree in photojournalism at the University of Westminster in London,
United Kingdom.
Mikhail Palinchak
To commission Mikhail or to request prints of his work: www.palinchak.com.ua
Mikhail Palinchak Jr. born in January 1985 in Uzhgorod is a versatile Ukrainian
photographer. His father is the well-known fine art nude photographer and photojournalist
Mikhail Palinchak.
Since 2005 he has lived and worked in Kiev, Ukraine. In 2008 he became a member of
the National Society of Photo Artists of Ukraine (NSPAU) and in 2012 a member of the
Ukrainian Photographic Alternative (UPHA) and the Momentum street union.
He prefers to shoot street and urban abstracts and has had numerous exhibitions and
publications around the world.
Jordi Perdigo & Cristina Aldehuela
Contact: cristina.aldehuela@gmail.com
http://canfleng.wix.com/cristinaaldehuela
Cristina Aldehuela is a spanish photojournalist. She holds a bachelor degree in journalism
from University of Sevilla and a postgraduate degree in Photojournalism at University of
Barcelona. During her college years she founded a photographic collective and
participated in SevillaFoto Festival with an exhibition about the culture of Occupy
Movement. Based in Bulgaria in 2013, her latest work are a reportage about syrian
refugees in Sofia and another about Pomak ethnic group, muslims people who live in
Rhodope mountains. She has been published in Foto8, Vice and others spanish media.
In 2013 Cristina was finalist of Desencaja awards with her work about Spain’s economic
crisis. In february of same year this work was exhibited at Gallery Acant (Spain)
She is now based in South Caucasus.
Contact: jordiperdigo@gmail.com
Jordi Perdigó was born in 1980 in Barcelona, Spain. He obtained a Masters in the Arts
in Photojournalism at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. He started his career as a
photo assistant for fashion shootings and later as a studio photographer. Few years later
he moved to Finland where he started as a photographer for a local newspaper,
Ålandstidningen. Then he moved back to Spain and worked for “El Periódico de Cataluña”
newspaper. Freenlance since 2013, his work is developed by the closeness and deep
knowledge of his subjects. "Photography is just a medium to share and exchange
emotions". He is currently living between Finland (with his two kids) and Spain.
Giles Duley
To commission Giles or to request prints of his work: gilesduley.com
Giles Duley was born in 1971 in London.
After 10 years as an editorial photographer in the fashion and music industries in both the
US and Europe, Duley now focuses his work on humanitarian projects. Working with well
respected charities such as Medecins sans Frontiers, IOM and UNHCR to highlight lesser
known stories deserving of public attention and action. Although documenting challenging,
and at times, horrific situations, Duley captures the strength of those who fight their
adversity rather than succumb. His photographs draw the viewer to the subject, creating
intimacy and empathy for lives differing from ours only in circumstance.
In 2011, whilst on patrol with 75th Cavalry Regiment, United States Army in Afghanistan,
Duley stepped on an improvised explosive device. He was severely injured, losing both
legs and an arm. He is now back working.
His work has been exhibited and published worldwide in many respected publications including Vogue, GQ, Esquire, Rolling
Stone, Sunday Times, The Observer and New Statesman.In 2010 he was nominated for an Amnesty International Media
Award and was a winner at the Prix de Paris in 2010 & 2012.His self-portrait was selected for the 2012 Taylor Wessing
Exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery.
art in years to come", while another critic has written, "His photographs transcend the documentary form and enter the realm
of art, they are poems in photographs".
His photographs are now held in important public collections including, the Irish State Art Collection, Local government,
private intuitions as well as by private collectors in America and Europe.
He lives with his wife and three children in Devon, England.
Arnaud Andrieu
To commission Arnaud or to request prints of his work: www.arnaudandrieu.com
Arnaud Andrieu (Paris, 1980) is a freelance photographer based in Reunion Island,
focusing on global and social issues.
He studied architecture at La Cambre in Brussels, before discovering a passion for
documentary photography and its impact on society. Combining with his work for
architectural firms in Paris and Bordeaux, he started in 2008 his self-initiation in
photography. Devoting himself to this media, Arnaud moved to Reunion Island in 2011 to
become a local press photographer. He started documenting the island’s ethnic and
religious diversity and its political and social climate. Arjuna Fire ritual was his first project,
focused on a traditional ceremony by descendants of Indian slaves. Since the french
elections in 2012, he works as a stringer for SIPA PRESS. He also develops travel and sport stories, as well as corporate
communication and commercial campaigns.
Siegfried Modola
To commission him or to request prints of his work: siegfried-photo.photoshelter.com
Born in 1980, Siegfried is an independent documentary photojournalist based in Nairobi.
Having lived in Kenya most of his life, he has acquired an in-depth understanding of the
region, the challenges it faces, its hopes for the future and the reality on the ground. He
graduated with a BA in journalism in 2004 in Ireland and an MA in photojournalism and
documentary photography from the London College of Communication in 2009.
He is a regular contributor for Reuters, covering a diverse scope of evolving stories through
out the continent. He has been commissioned for assignments by the Guardian UK, La
Repubblica, the Süddeutsche Zeitung, Terra Mater magazine and the Financial Time
amongst others.
He has produced work for humanitarian aid agencies such as Médecins Sans Frontières,
UNHCR and UNICEF.
His photographs have appeared in Time, New York Times, Le Monde, Liberation, Paris
Match, Geo, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Guardian, Repubblica D, De Volkskrant,
Courrier Internacional, Internazionale, Neue Zürcher Zeitung and online National Geographic.
At the beginning of 2014 his work contributed in the Russian Reporter Magazine winning second place under the Editing
Portfolio Magazine theme for the Pictures of the Year International. In 2013, he was shortlisted for the German Hansel Mieth
photo reportage prize.
His images have been exhibited in Milan, London, Geneva, New Delhi and Nairobi.
University of the Arts of London (2013) and a postgraduate in Communication for Development from the Universitat Pompeu
Fabra in Barcelona (2005).
Member of the Catalan Photographers Union (UPIFC) since 2009.
Yurko Dyachyshyn
To commission Yurko or to request prints of his work: www.dyachyshyn.com
Born 1980, Lviv, Ukraine.
Took up photography in 2002.2004-2007 - photographer for the "Expres" newspaper
(Lviv, Ukraine).
Since 2007 - freelancer.
Works as a photographer for Ukrainian and international media, advertising and PR
photography.
Lives and works in Lviv, Ukraine.
In 2009 Sasha documented and reported upon the L’Aquila, Abruzzo earthquake that left 70,000 people homeless. In 2011
she went on to work on her next photography project named Nomad Emergency, shot in some of the largest Roma camps in
Italy. With her research she addressed major development issues by involving Italian authorities and numerous Roma leaders.
In the later part of 2010 Sasha was hired as a researcher in a television production for Channel 4’s Dispatches named BP In
Deep Water. She went on to secure an exclusive interview with a former MI6 agent, which contributed greatly to the film. This
marked the beginning of her career as a current affairs documentary producer.
In 2011 Sasha worked as the sole researcher on another Channel 4 Dispatches called The Wonderful World of Tony Blair.
She was instrumental in securing an exclusive interview with a senior serving French diplomat and former political advisor to
the Office of the Quartet Representative in Jerusalem.
Sasha went on to work as an Assistant Producer on the Academy Award shortlisted feature documentary Which Way is the
Frontline From Here? (Goldcrest Films for HBO, 2013) which tells the life story of the photographer Tim Hetherington, who
was killed while working in Libya in April 2011.
In 2013, she produced a series of short films for Channel 4 News about the Syrian conflict. She got unprecedented access
to western fighters in Syria and produced a short film about the first British Jihadi to be reportedly killed in Syria. She also
produced an extraordinary short film about British women joining the Jihad in Syria.
Always for Channel 4 News, Sasha also worked as an Assistant Producer and second camera on the Al-Bayda: Anatomy of
a War Crime featured on last months’ Life Force Magazine edition with director James Brabazon.
Sasha has spent the last two years traveling and working in Africa. She is currently based in Nairobi, Kenya working on an
HBO/BBC feature documentary about the Westgate Mall terror attacks.
