| Aaron Huey | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 9, 1975 |
| Residence | Seattle, WA |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Photographer |
| Website | |
| AaronHuey.com | |
Aaron Huey (born December 9, 1975) is an American photojournalist and documentary photographer who is most widely known for his walk across America in 2002 and his work on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. He grew up in Worland, Wyoming, graduating from Worland High School. At the age of 18, he studied as a Rotary Scholar in Slovakia. He received his BFA from the University of Denver, in Colorado in 1999.
Huey is a contributing editor for Harper's Magazine whose photography also appears in Smithsonian, National Geographic, The New Yorker, and The New York Times, among others.
In 2002 Huey embarked on a walk across the United States with his dog Cosmo. The journey lasted 154 days and covered 3,349 miles. Huey stayed with strangers he met along the way, averaging around 30 miles a day, with a record day of 46 miles. Color images of the people he met along his journey were made on a single camera and lens: a Leica M6 with a 35mm lens. Huey spoke about his motivation for the walk and his experiences during an Annenberg Foundation lecture given in 2010.
Huey was named one of PDN's top 30 emerging photographers in the world for 2007, and was shortlisted for the Alexia Prize the following year. Also in 2008, Huey was awarded a National Geographic Expedition Council Grant to hitchhike across Siberia.
Huey's extensive work documenting the poverty and issues of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation gained wider recognition in 2010 with his talk at TEDxDU at the University of Denver, America's Native Prisoner's of War. The talk was selected to run on TED.com which gave it global exposure. The talk outlines the precarious and often violent relationship between the United States government and the people of the Sioux Nation, the history of their treaties, and the effect it has had on the descendants of both parties.
Huey is currently a Knight Fellow at Stanford University (2011-2012).