Zoriah Miller

Zoriah Miller (born January 27, 1976), or simply Zoriah, is an American photojournalist and war photographer. He has worked for international aid organizations such as the Red Cross [1] [2] before returning to photography after a long absence. Although having contributed photos to photo agencies World Picture News,[3] The Image Works,[4] Reporters Agency, and Rapport Press, Miller remains independent and produces his photo stories on a freelance basis.

Miller's images of conflict in Iraq have been published in relation to a controversy where he was kicked out of embed with US forces when he was accused of violating the terms of his embedding by taking pictures of dead and injured soldiers and thereby "[providing the] enemy with an after-action report on the effectiveness of their attack and on the response procedures of U.S. and Iraqi forces".[5] Photographs that he took in Iraq of dead US Marines after a suicide bomber in Al-Karmah that he posted on his website were widely discussed and brought to light the issue of wartime censorship.[5][6][7]

Awards, honors and achievements

Although working as a photographer from a young age , Miller's career did not take off until late 2005 when a photograph of his showing one result of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami was published by Newsweek.[8]

Miller was named Photojournalist Of The Year by the Morepraxis Organization[9] in 2006 primarily for his work documenting the conflict in Gaza.[2]

In January 2010, Miller won the PhotoPhilanthropy Activist Award for his work on famine in Africa.[10]

Photography

Miller specializes in documenting humanitarian crises in third world countries. He has covered disasters, critical social issues and conflict around the world. Much of his time each year is devoted to doing pro bono work for aid and humanitarian organizations, often shooting photos used for fundraising and international exhibitions for subjects such as World AIDS Day.

In a one hour [11] television program, as part of the "In harms way" series about different dangerous professions produced by Warner Brothers. Miller explains in the Gaza Strip in 2008, what has motivated him to become a war photographer and to take photographs in disaster areas.[12]

In March 2010, Miller conducted a photography workshop in Haiti.[13][14] There was controversy over the event on forums such as Lightstalkers.org.[15] http://zoriah.com/workshops

Notes

  1. ↑ "wikipedia proof". Zoriah.com. Retrieved 2011-09-20.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Welcome Zoriah", BagNewsNotes, November 2008.
  3. ↑ "WpN - Lightbox". Worldpicturenews.com. 2004-12-28. Retrieved 2011-09-20.
  4. ↑ "The Image Works". The Image Works. Retrieved 2011-09-20.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Michael Kamber and Tim Arangom, "4,000 U.S. Deaths, and a Handful of Images", New York Times, June 26, 2008. Accessed March 13, 2009.
  6. ↑ Robert Fox, "Truth and other casualties of war", Guardian, 25 July 2008. Accessed 26 June 2010.
  7. ↑ Thomas Hofnung, "Irak: ces morts que l'Amérique ignore", Libération, 31 July 2008, pp. 6–7.
  8. ↑ Newsweek, 11 January 2006, p. 73.
  9. ↑ Here is the Morepraxis website.
  10. ↑ Meredith May, "New award honors nonprofits' photographers", San Francisco Chronicle, January 28, 2010.
  11. ↑ "Listings - IN HARM'S WAY on The CW". TheFutonCritic.com. 2008-10-19. Retrieved 2011-09-20.
  12. ↑ War Photographer Zoriah - In Harms Way, YouTube, November 2008. Retrieved 6 February 2010.
  13. ↑ , Independent Humanitarian Photographer Kasper Nybo.
  14. ↑ "Workshops". Zoriah.com. Retrieved 2011-09-20.
  15. ↑ Brendan Seibel, "Photo Workshops Face Online Backlash Haiti". Wired, 9 February 2010. Retrieved 10 February 2010.

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