Biographies
ALISON WRIGHT
To commission Alison or to request prints of her work: www.alisonwright.com or
www.nationalgeographicassignment.com. To support her foundation visit the Faces of Hope Fund:
www.facesofhope.org
DENIS TARASOV
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CATHERINE KARNOW
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DORIN GOIAN
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BRETT ZIEGLER
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Tarasov was born in 1971 in the Sverdlovsk, Russia.He finished at the Ural State Law Academy
(Russia) in 1997. He has been active as a photographer since 2007 and between 2007-2011 he has
participated in more than 15 exhibitions in Russia, Italy, USA and the Philippines.
In 2007 he was in the top 10 for Young photographers of Russia. He held a personal exhibition "From
supervision" in the Photographic museum of Metenkov's House (Yekaterinburg, Russia, 2008), and
was the winner of "the Volga biennial 2010" (Nizhni Novgorod, Russia).In 2012 he was one of 22
young photographers to represent Russian photography at "Fotofest" - 2012 in Houston, USA in an
exhibition "The Young Generation". Denis Tarasov lives in the Yekaterinburg,
Russia.
RALPH LEE HOPKINS
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TOMASZ TOMASZEWSKI
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Alison Wright, a New York based documentary photographer, has spent a career capturing the
universal human spirit through her photographs and writing. For many of her projects Alison travels to
the remotest regions of the globe photographing endangered cultures and people while documenting
issues concerning the human condition.
Wright's assignment work is represented by National Geographic Assignment
(www.nationalgeographicassignment.com). Her photographs have been published in a number of
National Geographic publications, Outside, Islands, Smithsonian Magazine, American Photo, Natural
History, Time, and The New York Times. She is a recipient of the Dorothea Lange Award in
Documentary Photography for her photos of child labor in Asia, a two-time winner of the Lowell
Thomas Travel Journalism Award and numerous portfolio winner through the Society of American Travel Writers (SATW). Wright
has photographed/authored eight books including The Spirit of Tibet: Portrait of a Culture in Exile, The Dalai Lama: A Simple
Monk, Faces of Hope: Children of a Changing World, and a variety of National Geographic books.
On January 2, 2000 Alison's life was nearly cut short during a horrific bus accident on a remote jungle road in Laos. Wright's
memoir, Learning to Breathe; One Woman's Journey of Spirit and Survival, chronicles this inspirational story of survival and
years of rehabilitation, and her ongoing determination to recover and continue traveling the world as an intrepid photojournalist.
Alison has photographed for a variety of non-profit and humanitarian organizations. In the spirit of helping the communities that
she photographs, Wright has founded the Faces of Hope Fund that helps provide medical care and education to children in crisis
around the world. (www.faceofhope.org)
These images are excerpted from her new book, "Face to Face, Portraits of the Human Spirit," (Spring 2013, Schiffer). Through
her photos and text Alison portrays the indomitable spirit that lives within us all. It is what bonds us as
mankind, a continued thread, as together we continue on this journey in the pilgrimage of life.
Born and raised in Hong Kong, the daughter of an American journalist, San Francisco-based
photographer Catherine Karnow shoots for National Geographic, National Geographic Traveler,
Smithsonian, French & German GEO and other international publications. She has also participated
in several Day in the Life series, Passage to Vietnam, and Women in the Material World. Catherine
has covered Australian Aborigines; Bombay film stars; victims of Agent Orange in Vietnam; Russian
"Old Believers" in Alaska; Greenwich, Connecticut high society; and an Albanian farm family.
In 1994, she was the only non-Vietnamese photo-journalist to accompany General Giap on his
historic first return to the forest encampment in the northern Vietnam highlands from which he plotted
the battle of Dien Bien Phu. She also gained unprecedented access to
Prince Charles for her 2006 National Geographic feature, "Not Your Typical
Radical."
Dorin Goian was born and raised in Moldova, a former USSR republic, he has a bachelor's degree in
marketing. In 2006, Dorin Goian immigrated to Canada and studied photojournalism, in 2009 he
attended Magnum Workshop in Toronto and he was a selected participant at Noor-Nikon masterclass
in documentary photography in Bucharest, March 2011.
He lives between Canada and Moldova working with NGO's on different social issues and long term
projects.
Brett is a Visual Journalist based out of Washington, DC. His work explores the beauty, subtleties,
and humor of daily life and the world around us. He is currently on staff at U.S. News & World Report
working as both a photographer and assistant photo editor.
Feel free to contact him with any questions, comments, commissions, or assignments.
Ralph Lee Hopkins is the director of Expedition Photography for Lindblad Expeditions-National
Geographic (expeditions.com) and a member of the International League of Conservation
Photographers (ilcp.com). He is lecturer on tour with National Geographic Traveler's digital seminar
series. His latest book is Nature Photography-Documenting the Wild World (Sterling Publishers, 2010).
Specializing in press photography, Tomasz Tomaszewski has had his photos published in the world's
major magazines appearing in several dozen countries: Stern, Paris Mach, Geo, New York Times,
Time, US News & World Report, and numerous others.
He has also authored a number of books - including Remnants, The Last Jews of Poland; Gypsies,
The Last Once; In Search of America; A Stone's Throw and has co-illustrated over a dozen collective
works. His numerous individual exhibitions have been held in the U.S., Canada, Israel, Japan,
Madagascar, the Netherlands, Germany, France, Italy and Poland.
He is the winner of Polish and international awards for photography. For over twenty years, he has
been a regular contributor to National Geographic Magazine, where 18 of his
photo essays have been published. Tomaszewski teaches photography in
Poland, the U.S., Germany, and Italy.
CHLOE BARCELOU
To commission Chloe or to request prints of her work: www.chloebarcelou.com
As a photographer, Chloe Barcelou is a personal illustrator of the human heart. Through the lens,
she is able to capture the beauty in every moment, creating timeless portraits that depict the very
soul of her subjects. At only 22 years of age, Chloe has already developed a deeply unique and
dynamic style. Incorporating the philosophy that ''Art is not a thing; it is a way'' Chloe delves into the
creativity of her projects at hand with passion and focus. Using unconventional materials,
meticulously crafted props and originality in her approach to photography, she is able to create the
staged imagery in which her portraits come to life with vivid colors and deeply emotive concepts.
Chloe is a soulful individual seeking to capture the beauty the world offers and release it back,
profoundly affecting the roots of the human spirit.She has studied at the Rhode
Island School of Design and has recently begun her professional practice
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ALISON WRIGHT
To commission Alison or to request prints of her work: www.alisonwright.com or
www.nationalgeographicassignment.com. To support her foundation visit the Faces of Hope Fund:
www.facesofhope.org
DENIS TARASOV
To commission Denis or to request prints of his work: www.denistarasov.com
CATHERINE KARNOW
To commission Catherine or to request prints of her work: www.thephotosociety.org
DORIN GOIAN
To commission Dorin or to request prints of his work: www.doringoian.com
BRETT ZIEGLER
To commission Brett or to request prints of his work: www.brettzieglerphotography.com
FEBRUARY 2013 BACK ISSUE
Tarasov was born in 1971 in the Sverdlovsk, Russia.He finished at the Ural State Law Academy
(Russia) in 1997. He has been active as a photographer since 2007 and between 2007-2011 he has
participated in more than 15 exhibitions in Russia, Italy, USA and the Philippines.
In 2007 he was in the top 10 for Young photographers of Russia. He held a personal exhibition "From
supervision" in the Photographic museum of Metenkov's House (Yekaterinburg, Russia, 2008), and
was the winner of "the Volga biennial 2010" (Nizhni Novgorod, Russia).In 2012 he was one of 22
young photographers to represent Russian photography at "Fotofest" - 2012 in Houston, USA in an
exhibition "The Young Generation". Denis Tarasov lives in the Yekaterinburg,
Russia.
RALPH LEE HOPKINS
To commission Ralph or to request prints of his work: www.ralphleehopkins.com
TOMASZ TOMASZEWSKI
To commission Tomasz or to request prints of his work: www.tomasztomaszewski.com
Alison Wright, a New York based documentary photographer, has spent a career capturing the
universal human spirit through her photographs and writing. For many of her projects Alison travels to
the remotest regions of the globe photographing endangered cultures and people while documenting
issues concerning the human condition.
Wright's assignment work is represented by National Geographic Assignment
(www.nationalgeographicassignment.com). Her photographs have been published in a number of
National Geographic publications, Outside, Islands, Smithsonian Magazine, American Photo, Natural
History, Time, and The New York Times. She is a recipient of the Dorothea Lange Award in
Documentary Photography for her photos of child labor in Asia, a two-time winner of the Lowell
Thomas Travel Journalism Award and numerous portfolio winner through the Society of American Travel Writers (SATW). Wright
has photographed/authored eight books including The Spirit of Tibet: Portrait of a Culture in Exile, The Dalai Lama: A Simple
Monk, Faces of Hope: Children of a Changing World, and a variety of National Geographic books.
On January 2, 2000 Alison's life was nearly cut short during a horrific bus accident on a remote jungle road in Laos. Wright's
memoir, Learning to Breathe; One Woman's Journey of Spirit and Survival, chronicles this inspirational story of survival and
years of rehabilitation, and her ongoing determination to recover and continue traveling the world as an intrepid photojournalist.
Alison has photographed for a variety of non-profit and humanitarian organizations. In the spirit of helping the communities that
she photographs, Wright has founded the Faces of Hope Fund that helps provide medical care and education to children in crisis
around the world. (www.faceofhope.org)
These images are excerpted from her new book, "Face to Face, Portraits of the Human Spirit," (Spring 2013, Schiffer). Through
her photos and text Alison portrays the indomitable spirit that lives within us all. It is what bonds us as
mankind, a continued thread, as together we continue on this journey in the pilgrimage of life.
Born and raised in Hong Kong, the daughter of an American journalist, San Francisco-based
photographer Catherine Karnow shoots for National Geographic, National Geographic Traveler,
Smithsonian, French & German GEO and other international publications. She has also participated
in several Day in the Life series, Passage to Vietnam, and Women in the Material World. Catherine
has covered Australian Aborigines; Bombay film stars; victims of Agent Orange in Vietnam; Russian
"Old Believers" in Alaska; Greenwich, Connecticut high society; and an Albanian farm family.
In 1994, she was the only non-Vietnamese photo-journalist to accompany General Giap on his
historic first return to the forest encampment in the northern Vietnam highlands from which he plotted
the battle of Dien Bien Phu. She also gained unprecedented access to
Prince Charles for her 2006 National Geographic feature, "Not Your Typical
Radical."
Dorin Goian was born and raised in Moldova, a former USSR republic, he has a bachelor's degree in
marketing. In 2006, Dorin Goian immigrated to Canada and studied photojournalism, in 2009 he
attended Magnum Workshop in Toronto and he was a selected participant at Noor-Nikon masterclass
in documentary photography in Bucharest, March 2011.
He lives between Canada and Moldova working with NGO's on different social issues and long term
projects.
Brett is a Visual Journalist based out of Washington, DC. His work explores the beauty, subtleties,
and humor of daily life and the world around us. He is currently on staff at U.S. News & World Report
working as both a photographer and assistant photo editor.
Feel free to contact him with any questions, comments, commissions, or assignments.
Ralph Lee Hopkins is the director of Expedition Photography for Lindblad Expeditions-National
Geographic (expeditions.com) and a member of the International League of Conservation
Photographers (ilcp.com). He is lecturer on tour with National Geographic Traveler's digital seminar
series. His latest book is Nature Photography-Documenting the Wild World (Sterling Publishers, 2010).
Specializing in press photography, Tomasz Tomaszewski has had his photos published in the world's
major magazines appearing in several dozen countries: Stern, Paris Mach, Geo, New York Times,
Time, US News & World Report, and numerous others.
He has also authored a number of books - including Remnants, The Last Jews of Poland; Gypsies,
The Last Once; In Search of America; A Stone's Throw and has co-illustrated over a dozen collective
works. His numerous individual exhibitions have been held in the U.S., Canada, Israel, Japan,
Madagascar, the Netherlands, Germany, France, Italy and Poland.
He is the winner of Polish and international awards for photography. For over twenty years, he has
been a regular contributor to National Geographic Magazine, where 18 of his
photo essays have been published. Tomaszewski teaches photography in
Poland, the U.S., Germany, and Italy.
CHLOE BARCELOU
To commission Chloe or to request prints of her work: www.chloebarcelou.com
As a photographer, Chloe Barcelou is a personal illustrator of the human heart. Through the lens,
she is able to capture the beauty in every moment, creating timeless portraits that depict the very
soul of her subjects. At only 22 years of age, Chloe has already developed a deeply unique and
dynamic style. Incorporating the philosophy that ''Art is not a thing; it is a way'' Chloe delves into the
creativity of her projects at hand with passion and focus. Using unconventional materials,
meticulously crafted props and originality in her approach to photography, she is able to create the
staged imagery in which her portraits come to life with vivid colors and deeply emotive concepts.
Chloe is a soulful individual seeking to capture the beauty the world offers and release it back,
profoundly affecting the roots of the human spirit.She has studied at the Rhode
Island School of Design and has recently begun her professional practice
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