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Bea Ahbeck

BEA AHBECK, is based in Northern California, U.S. Ahbeck has been a staff photographer for ANG Newspapers since 1999 and her reportage is proudly represented worldwide by ZUMA. Ahbeck currently shoots for The Argus, ANG's main daily in Fremont, where she's won first place honors in three California news photography competitions. Ahbeck is a New England School of Photography graduate. (Credit Image: © Bea Ahbek/ZUMA)

Micah Albert

MICAH ALBERT, is based in California, U.S. Albert is an independent photographer and writer represented worldwide by ZUMA. Born and raised in a small farming town in California, photojournalist Albert studied and earned his B.A. in photography and graphic arts from Point Loma Nazarene University, Keller Visual Arts Center (California, U.S.). (Credit Image: © ZUMAPRESS.com)

Hector Amezcua

HECTOR AMEZCUA, is a senior staff photographer at the The Sacramento Bee and is based in Sacramento, California, U.S. Amezcua's reportage is represented by ZUMA; having previously worked at both the Fresno and Modesto Bees, (California). (Credit Image: © Hector Amezcua/Sacramento Bee)

Austin Andrews

AUSTIN ANDREWS, is based in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Andrews' reportage is represented by ZUMA. Andrews' work includes spot news and feature reportage on five continents. (Credit Image: © ZUMAPRESS.com)

Ryan Anson

RYAN ANSON, is a photojournalist based in San Francisco, California, U.S. Several of Anson's photographs have captured social, political and religious life in the Philippines over the last decade and is a recipient of several prestigious journalism grants and fellowships. Anson has also worked in 20 other countries in Africa, Asia and Central America and his reportage is proudly represented worldwide by ZUMA. (Credit Image: © ZUMAPRESS.com)

Guillermo Arias

GUILLERMO ARIAS is based in Tijuana, Mexico. Arias has been a photojournalist since 1993. Arias was a stringer photographer for the AP since 2001. He Currently works for Xinhua in the Tijuana bureau.

Danilo Balducci

DANILO BALDUCCI, is based in Yerevan, Armenia, yet still calls Italy homebase. Speaking Italian, English and French - Balducci is an Italian born photographer passionate about the communicative power of images, seeking a human presence in his photographs. (Credit Image: © ZUMAPRESS.com)

James Edward Bates

JAMES EDWARD BATES, is a humanitarian photojournalist with The Sun Herald Newspaper in Biloxi, Mississippi, U.S. and he is based in Biloxi, Mississippi, U.S.. Bates' reportage is represented worldwide by ZUMA. Bates is an award winning photojournalist who's work has been exhibited in museums throughout Europe. (Credit Image: by © Christopher Capozziello)

Prasanta Biswas

PRASANTA BISWAS, was born and is based in Kolkata, India. Biswas focuses on anthropological documentation and socio-economical issues with his reportage represented worldwide by ZUMA. Biswas' projects have included the following: project on women laborers in India, water-life of Sundarban people, Ganga water pollution, child labor, Uranium disaster at Jadugora and the Chinese community in Kolkata. (Credit Image: © ZUMAPRESS.com)

Elisabeth Blanchet

ELISABETH BLANCHET, is a French born photographer and writer based in London, U.K. Blanchet's reportage proudly supported worldwide by ZUMA. Blanchet works as a photojournalist for different publications in the UK and in Europe, such as Time Out in the UK, BIBA, DS, l�Etudiant, l�Express, Cote Ouest in France and Le Soir in Belgium. (Credit Image: © ZUMAPRESS.com)

Karl Blanchet

KARL BLANCHET, is an experienced independent editorial feature photographer who photographs stories worldwide, but is based in London, England, U.K. Blanchet spends many months away covering various themes in a particular country. Blanchet's reportage is represented by ZUMA and is distributed through Rea, Contrasto. (Credit Image: © ZUMAPRESS.com)

Brian Blanco

BRIAN BLANCO, is a professional photojournalist, based in the Tampa Bay area, Florida, U.S. Blanco's reportage is proudly represented by ZUMA and is available for contract assignments worldwide. Blanco is a member of the Knight Ridder team awarded the 2006 Pulitzer Prize Gold Medal for Public Service for his contribution while covering Hurricane Katrina. (Credit Image: © ZUMApress.com)

Gary Braasch

GARY BRAASCH, is based in Portland, Oregon, U.S. and is a leading photojournalist of environmental issues, including conservation, biodiversity, field science, climate change and global warming. Braasch's reportage is proudly represented by ZUMA worldwide. Braasch was named one of the Forty Most Influential Nature Photographers by Outdoor Photography magazine, London, in 2010. (Credit Image: © ZUMAPRESS.com)

Manu Brabo

MANU BRABO, is based in Madrid, Spain and his reportage is represented by ZUMA. Traveling around the world, Brabo's main focus is human rights, having traveled to Argentina, Bolivia, Kosovo, Palestine, Haiti, Morocco and Tunisia. (Credit Image: © ZUMAPRESS.com)

Kate Karwan Burgess

KATE KARWAN BURGESS, is professional photographer and graphic designer, doing print and web design while based in Windsor, California, U.S. Burgess's reportage is proudly represented by ZUMA. Burgess is passionate about the military, women, music, children with special needs and she continues to passionately shoot environmental portraits and documentaries of subjects close to her heart. (Credit Image: © Kate Karwan Burgess/ZUMA)

Renee C. Byer

RENEE C. BYER, is a Senior Photojournalist at The Sacramento Bee, California, the flagship newspaper of the McClatchy paper chain, one of America's largest. Byer's reportage is proudly represented by ZUMA Press. Based in Sacramento, California, U.S., winner of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography for A Mother's Journey. (Credit Image: by © Paul Kitagaki Jr.)

Mary F. Calvert

MARY F. CALVERT, one of the world's top photojournalists, based in Washington. Represented exclusively by ZUMA Press. Calvert was an award-winning staffer, at The Washington Times (1998-2009). A two-time Pulitzer Feature Photography Finalist (2007 & 2010). Winner of 2011 NPPA Short Grant. Calvert's true photographic calling and passion is documenting the humanitarian struggle of women around the world. (Credit Image: © Kristin Donaldson/ZUMAPRESS.com)

Alberto Ceoloni

ALBERTO CEOLONI, is a socially concerned photojournalist based in Turin, Italy and attended the Faculty of Modern Art, University of Turin. Ceoloni is a contract photographer who's reportage is represented by ZUMA. Ceoloni's reportage focuses on social character and has a formation of humanistic character. Italian born, Ceoloni speaks English, Italian and Russian. (Credit Image: © ZUMAPRESS.com)

Jed Conklin

JED CONKLIN, is based in Spokane, Washington, U.S. and his reportage is represented worldwide by ZUMA. Born in the Ohio River town of Owensboro, Kentucky, U.S., Conklin began pursing photography while studying at Western Kentucky University where he received a bachelors degree in both photo and print journalism. (Credit Image: © Jed Conklin/ZUMA)

Narciso Contreras

NARCISO CONTRERAS is a photojournalist based in India and is currently traveling throughout India and Asia photographically covering a variety of subjects and issues. Contreras's reportage is proudly represented worldwide by ZUMA. He studied Philosophy and Photography and dedicated himself to research for many years. His work focuses on feature stories, reportage and documentary based on religious communities, human nature and conflicts. Contreras is fond of exploring each encounter and capturing its most poignant moments.

Carl Costas

CARL COSTAS, based in Northern California, U.S. Costas' reportage is represented by ZUMA. Costas was a sergeant in the United States Marine Corps. "Like most creatives, the path to my current place in life has been long and winding. After four years of working side-by-side with some of the bravest people imaginable, I put down my weapon, picked up a camera and never looked back," said Costas. (Credit Image: by © Carl Costas/ZUMA)

Andrew Craft

ANDREW CRAFT, has been a staff photographer at The Fayetteville Observer in North Carolina, U.S., since 2005. Craft's reportage is also proudly represented by ZUMA. At the Observer, Craft's assignments range from covering the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan to shooting 'pet the of the week'. In 2007, Craft made his trip to Iraq where he covered the 82nd Airborne Division paratroopers in Baghdad and Bayji. (Credit Image: © ZUMAPRESS.com)

Manny Crisostomo

MANNY CRISOSTOMO, is based in Sacramento, California, U.S. Crisostomo is the Multimedia Photojournalist at the Sacramento Bee and his reportage is represented by ZUMA. Crisostomo was a Multimedia Editor at The Sacramento Bee, prior to that he was a Senior Photographer, where he relished long-term special projects. In 2005, Crisostomo's photo project on Hmong refugees won the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award for International Photography.

Julia Cumes

JULIA CUMES, is based in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, U.S. Cumes is an award-winning photojournalist with her reportage supported by ZUMA. Cumes work has appeared in several respected publications. Beyond assignments, Cumes believes in empathy, awareness and understanding. 'My goal is to create images that move and inform, that are beautiful and capture in a unique way this extraordinary and complex world we live in,' Cumes says.

Chris Curry

CHRIS CURRY, is a ZUMA contract photographer based in Houston, Texas and Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S. In 2009, as a staff photographer at The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, Virginia), Curry gained recognition for helping The Virginian-Pilot become the 2007 Pulitzer Prize finalist on the Photo essay from the winning series on military contractors, 'Blackwater Worldwide.' (Credit Image: © Chris Curry/ZUMA)

Medyan Dairieh

MEDYAN DAIRIEH is a photojournalist/reporter based in Brighton, England, United Kingdom and is proudly represented by ZUMA. He has many years experience reporting wars around the world such as in Afghanistan, Palestine, Iraq, Turkey and Libya. He studied journalism and photography in Britain and Turkey and also teaches photojournalism.

Stepen Digges

STEPHEN DIGGES, is based in Nairobi, Kenya. Digges is a reportage photographer whose work is in high demand among non-profit and aid organizations and his reportage is represented worldwide by ZUMA. Digges is the founder of World Information Resources (W I R), a multimedia collective that focuses on publishing documentary stories. (Credit Image: © ZUMAPRESS.com)

Patrick Farrell

PATRICK FARRELL is a photojournalist based in Miami, Florida and is a staff photographer for the Miami Herald newspaper with his reportage also represented by ZUMA. Parell has traveled to Haiti, Turkey, Cuba and throughout Central and South America as well as the Caribbean. In 2009, Farrell's haunting images from the hurricane in Haiti won the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography. .A native of Miami, Farrell discovered photography at the age of 13 and converted a bathroom in his parent's home into a darkroom. He graduated from the University of Miami in 1981 with a bachelor's degree in television and film production. (Credit Image: © ZUMAPRESS.com)

Adrian Fisk

ADRIAN FISK, is a socially concerned photojournalist based in London, England, U.K., yet calls New Delhi home-base. Fisk's reportage is represented worldwide by ZUMA via its' partner the eyevine agency of London. In 2007, Fisk was identified as one of 'The World's Top Photographers' in the book published by RotoVision. (Credit Image: by © ZUMAPRESS.com)

Elizabeth Flores

ELIZABETH FLORES, is a photographer and photo editor for the Minneapolis Star-Tribune in Minnesota, U.S. Flores' work is also represented worldwide by ZUMA. A native of southeastern New Mexico, Flores received a bachelor's degree from the University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire in 1995. (Credit Image: © ZUMAPRESS.com)

Kathleen Flynn

KATHLEEN FLYNN, has been a photojournalist at the St. Petersburg Times, Florida since December 2002 covering local, national and world news. Based in St. Petersburg, Florida, U.S., Flynn's reportage is represented by ZUMA. Flynn has covered the tsunami in Thailand, immigration in Mexico, post-conflict Liberia, drug trials in India and life in Haiti. (Credit Image: © ZUMAPRESS.com)

Edmund D. Fountain

EDMUND D. FOUNTAIN, is a Florida-based (U.S.) photojournalist specializing in documentary photography, portraiture and reportage. His work is represented by ZUMA and has been honored multiple times by the National Press Photographers Association, The Society for News Design,The Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar and the Florida Society of News Editors. (Credit Image: © ZUMAPRESS.com)

Ric Francis

RIC FRANCIS, is a multimedia photographer based in Lima, Peru and has worked in Italy, Vietnam, South Africa, Mexico, Guatemala, Ecuador, Bolivia, Argentina and Chile. Francis' reportage is represented worldwide by ZUMA. Francis covers a variety of assignments including, news, feature, documentary, portrait and travel photography. (Credit Image: © ZUMAPRESS.com)

Harald Franzen

HARALD FRANZEN, is a photojournalist and writer based in Berlin, Germany and his reportage is represented by ZUMA. Franzen holds a Master of Science from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, New York, U.S. and speaks German, English, French and Spanish and basic Italian. In 2001, Franzen was awarded the National Association of Science Writers' Science-in-Society Award for online reporting. (Credit Image: © ZUMAPRESS.com)

Nicole Fruge

NICOLE FRUGE, is a contract photographer based in Norfolk, Virginia, U.S. Fruge began her photojournalism career in 1994 and has worked for a number of other leading dailies including the Galveston County Daily News (Galveston, Texas, U.S.) and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune (Sarasota, Florida, U.S.) before joining the San Antonio Express-News (San Antonio, Texas, U.S.) as a staff photographer in 2003. (Credit Image: © ZUMAPRESS.com)

Robert Gallagher

ROBERT GALLAGHER, is an award winning commercial and editorial photographer based in Los Angeles, California, U.S. Gallagher's reportage is represented by ZUMA. Photography became something more to Gallagher after attending the Newcastle School of Art and Design, inspired by the work of W. Eugene Smith, Don McCullin, Eamonn McCabe, Walter Loos and Richard Avedon's portrait work, "In The American West." (Credit Image: © ZUMAPRESS.com)

Jim Gehrz

JIM GEHRZ, is a staff photographer for the Star Tribune (Minneapolis). Gehrz is a 20-year veteran of newspaper photojournalism, based in St. Paul, Minnesota. Gehrz's specializes in powerful, in-depth, human interest stories that have earned him numerous accolades. Gehrz was a finalists for the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography. (Credit Image: by © Jim Gehrz/ZUMA)

Danny Ghitis

DANNY GHITIS, is a New York-based photographer specializing in social documentary and portraiture and his reportage is proudly represented worldwide by ZUMA. Born in Cali, Colombia, Ghitis and his middle-class Jewish family emigrated to the Midwestern U.S. at four-years-old. By age 10, Ghitis' family had moved eight times; finally deciding to settle in South Florida, where he spent his formative years. (Credit Image: © Danny Ghitis/ZUMA)

Arthur Grace

ARTHUR GRACE, is based in Los Angeles, CA, U.S. Grace's reportage is represented by ZUMA. Through Grace's affiliation with Sygma photo agency and now ZUMA, his photographs have regularly appeared in leading publications worldwide, including on the covers of Life, TIME, Newsweek, The New York Times Magazine, Premiere, US Weekly, Paris Match and Stern. (Credit Image: © ZUMAPRESS.com)

Earnie Grafton

EARNIE GRAFTON, is a based in San Diego, California, U.S. Grafton is a staff photographer for the San Diego Union-Tribune and his reportage is represented by ZUMA. During his 10 years at the paper, Grafton has covered the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq and the Arabian Sea. Garfton is a retired Marine Gunnery Sergeant and former Military Photographer of the Year. (Credit Image: © ZUMAPRESS.com)

Annibale Greco

ANNIBALE GRECO, is a socially concerned photojournalist/reporter based in Rome, Italy. His reportage is proudly represented by ZUMA, Greco specializes in humanitarian issues not only throughout Italy, but worldwide. Greco received his masters in photojournalism and integrated communication at ISFCI (Institute Superiore di Fotografia e Comunicazione Integrata, Rome) in 2010. (Credit Image: © Annibale Greco/ZUMA)

Karl Grobl

KARL GROBL, is based in San Diego, California, U.S. Grobl's reportage is proudly represented worldwide by ZUMA and his work regularly appears in leading media across the globe. Traveling to the far corners of the world to tell compelling picture stories, award-winning humanitarian photojournalist Grobl, reveals the human side of issues faced by people everywhere. (Credit Image: © ZUMAPRESS.com)

David I. Gross

DAVID I. GROSS, based in the San Francisco Bay Area, California, U.S. Gross has reported on war and human rights-related stories since 1999 and his reportage is represented worldwide by ZUMA. Gross has been working on stories around the identification of the missing from war and disaster for four years, beginning with an in-depth study of the UN police's missing persons unit in Kosovo. (Credit Image: © David I. Gross/ZUMA)

Francesco Guarliarado

FRANCESCO GUAGLIARDO is a photographer for LaPresse Photo Agency based in Palermo, Italy. LaPresse is represented by ZUMA Press.

Guagliardo graduated from the Provincial Institute of Culture and Language in Palermo. Guagliardo then enrolled in Law School, but abandoned Law studies to pursue photography. Guagliardo graduated in Photography at the European Institute of Design in Milan. (Credit Image: © Francesco Guagliardo/LaPresse/ZUMA)

Hans Gutknecht

HANS GUTKNECHT, is a staff photographer at the L.A. Daily News (since 1992) and is based in Los Angeles, California, U.S. In May of 2011, Gutknecht was honored with multiple awards in the 75th anniversary Press Photographers Association of Greater Los Angeles photo contest. Gutknecht was named Press Photographers of Greater Los Angeles photographer of the year in 2004 and 2005. (Credit Image: © Los Angeles Daily News)

Siavash Habibollahi

SIAVASH HABIBOLLAHI, is based in Tehran, Iran. Speaking both English and Persian. Habibollahi's passion for photography takes him through all different spectrums, from weddings, to portraits, to advertising, nature, business and corporate, fashion, studio and travel and tourism. Habibollahi's reportage is proudly represented worldwide by ZUMA. (Credit Image: © ZUMAPRESS.com)

Cheryl Hatch

CHERYL HATCH, is based in Fairbanks, Alaska, U.S. Hatch is a war photographer, newspaper reporter and documentary filmmaker who's reportage is represented by ZUMA. Hatch will serve as the fifth C.W. Snedden Chair in Journalism at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Hatch has covered conflicts in the Middle East and Africa, the aftermath of the first Gulf War in Iraq, among others. (Credit Image: © ZUMAPRESS.com)

David Healey

DAVID HEALEY, is based in Southern California, U.S. Healey has been photographing the unseen since 1968 and his reportage is represented worldwide by ZUMA. Since discovering his passion for photography as a solider in Vietnam, Healey has become a documentarian of the mostly voiceless. (Credit Image: © ZUMAPRESS.com)

Andre J. Hermann

ANDRE J. HERMANN, is based in Oakland, CA, U.S. Hermann is a photographer specializing in documentary, editorial, portraiture, and multimedia productions and his reportage is represented by ZUMA. A native to the High Desert of California, Hermann got his first taste of documentary photography exploring abandoned house and photographing the left behind remnants of people's lives. (Credit Image: © ZUMAPRESS.com)

Grant Hindsley

GRANT HINDSLEY, is based in Columbia, Missouri, U.S. A Chicago native from the northwest suburbs, Hindsley is currently completing his sophomore year at the University of Missouri in Columbia, majoring in photojournalism. In 2010/2011, Hindsley received the Kodak Professional Scholar. Hindsley's main focus is documentary style photojournalism. (Credit Image: by © Sarah Hoffman)

Arne Hodalic

ARNE HODALIC, a native of Ljubljana, Slovenia, is a world traveler and acclaimed photojournalist. Hodalic's reportage is represented worldwide by ZUMA via its' partner the eyevine agency. An honorable member of the International Federation of Journalists, Hodalic has received eight major awards from international documentary film festivals for his work in the documentary, 'Visitors to the Dark.' (Credit Image: © ZUMAPRESS.com)

Michael Holahan

MICHAEL HOLAHAN is a staff photographer at the Augusta Chronicle and is based in Augusta, Georgia, U.S. Holahan spent much of his youth in the Chicago suburbs and Naples, Fla. He graduated from the University of Florida with degrees in both Political Science and Journalism. He has been a staff shooter at the Sacramento Bee's zoned editions and, since 1996, at The Augusta Chronicle in Augusta, Ga. The NPPA recently named him the 2011 Photojournalist of the Year for smaller markets. Holahan was also named 2010 Region 6 (southeastern U.S.) Photographer of the Year and he took Best Portfolio honors at the 2010 Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar. Holahan's Reportage is proudly represented by ZUMA Press. (Credit Image: © Michael Holahan/ZUMAPRESS.com)

Kate Holt

KATE HOLT, is a socially concerned photojournalist, based in Nairobi, Kenya. Holt's reportage is represented by ZUMA via its' partner the eyevine agency of London. Holt specializes in humanitarian issues throughout Africa and the Middle East. Holt spent a year uncovering the exploding sex slave trade - young girls trafficked from Romania, Moldova and the Ukraine.

David Honl

DAVID HONL, is an American Photojournalist based in Erbil, Iraq. Honl's work is represented worldwide by ZUMA. Speaking both English and Turkish, Honl has worked in Turkey, Iraq and Kazakhstan. (Credit Image: © Claudia Christian)

Eustacio Humphrey

EUSTACIO HUMPHREY, is Assistant Photo Editor at MSNBC and is based in Seattle, Washington, U.S. Humphrey's reportage is represented by ZUMA. Humphrey graduated from Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism; and Ohio University, Athens, Ohio with a Master of Arts degree in Documentary Photography. (Credit Image: © ZUMAPRESS.com)

Mark Allen Johnson

MARK ALLEN JOHNSON, is based in Los Angeles and San Francisco, California, U.S. Johnson's reportage is proudly represented by ZUMA. Johnson is a journalism graduate from Cal State Northridge and his began career in the world of fashion and commercial photography. Soon after, Johnson mastered lighting and setup shots he moved on to his true calling--telling real-life stories through his camera. (Credit Image: by © Mark Allen Johnson/ZUMA)

Lou Jones

LOU JONES, is Boston-based photographer specializing in advertising and corporate photography. Jones' career ranges from photojournalism covering Central America warfare and humanitarian causes, to sports photography documenting the Olympics and jazz portraits. His reportage is represented worldwide by ZUMA. In 1971, Jones embarked on his photography career and has photographed pivotal moments in history. (Credit Image: © Jon Goell)

Koichi Kamoshida

KOICHI KAMOSHIDA, was born in Ibaragi, Japan and is based in Japan. Kamoshida's career as a photographer began at a newspaper, from there at the age of 20, he traveled to the United Kingdom and worked as a volunteer photographer with the disabled. Later, Kamoshida's photo-book of the former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi became the best seller, selling 300,000 copies. (Credit Image: by © Koichi Kamoshida/ZUMA)

Mike Kane

MIKE KANE, is an award-winning Seattle-based (Washington, U.S.) photographer. Represented by ZUMA, Kane specializes in regional documentary, editorial, commercial photography and multimedia. Kane is proud to have been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in 2009 and to be named finalist for the 2009 Taylor Award at Harvard and the 2010 Dorothea Lange-Paul Taylor Prize at the Center for Documentary Studies. (Credit Image: by © Mike Kane/ZUMA)

Junko Kimura

JUNKO KIMURA, is based in Japan. Kimura's reportage is proudly represented worldwide by ZUMA. Kimura's photojournalism path began when she traveled to South-East Asia, this is where she found her niche, her passion, covering the lives of the people that surrounded her. In August 2010, Kimura co-founded Jana Press as the Director. (Credit image: by © Junko Kimura/ZUMA)

T.J. Kirkpatrick

T.J. KIRKPATRICK, is an award winning documentary photographer and multimedia producer based in Washington, DC, U.S. Kirkpatrick's focuses on humanitarian causes and development issues and his reportage is represented worldwide by ZUMA. (Credit Image: © ZUMAPRESS.com)

Robert Knoth

ROBERT KNOTH, was born in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. After studying at the Art Academy in Utrecht for a year, Knoth began his career as a rock photographer in 1990, before being drawn to Somalia to cover the civil war. Knoth's reportage is represented worldwide by ZUMA. (Credit Image: © ZUMAPRESS.com)

Ton Koene

TON KOENE, is a humanitarian photojournalist based in Amsterdam, Netherlands, but is available across the globe. Koene's reportage is proudly represented worldwide by ZUMA. Koene's focus and passion is everyday people living under difficult circumstances and the stories they hold - features, documentaries and portraits. Working worldwide, Koene also undertakes assignments in Afghanistan and Pakistan. (Credit Image: © Jochem Wijnands)

Edwin Koo

EDWIN KOO, is based in Sinapore and Malaysia. As contract photographer, Koo works on various long-term projects and short-term assignments with a humanitarian angle and social impact. Koo has covered self-assigned pieces as well as editorial commissions in Nepal, Pakistan, China and India. (Credit Image: © ZUMAPRESS.com)

Lisa Krantz

LISA KRANTZ, since 2004, she has been a staff photojournalist at the Express-News, San Antonio, Texas, U.S. Krantz and her reportage is represented by ZUMA. Krantz is a graduate of Florida State University with a BA in psychology and has a masters in photography from Syracuse University, U.S. Krantz has been NPPA's Region 8 Photographer of the Year in 2005 and 2009. (Credit Image: © ZUMAPRESS.com)

Suthep Kritsanavarin

SUTHEP KRITSANAVARIN is an award-winning photojournalist based in Thailand and covers environmental, social and humanitarian issues in Southeast Asia. Kritsanavarin's reportage is proudly represented worldwide by ZUMA. Suthep's work is based on his firm belief that a photojournalist must act as a conscientious observer of society and culture, while also contributing to social change on a local and global level. Kritsanavarin establishes trust when working on a project and as a result, captures powerful, documentary images. (Credit Image: © Suthep Kritsanavarin/ZUMA)

Jack Kurtz

JACK KURTZ, is a Senior Staff Photographer at The Arizona Republic and a ZUMA Contract Photographer based in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. As a documentary photojournalist Kurtz has worked on stories as varied as Cambodia's recovery from the scourge of land mines, to the inauguration of Daniel Ortega in Nicaragua to undocumented immigration in Mexico and Guatemala. (Credit Image: © Jack Kurtz/ZUMA)

Ikuru Kuwajima

IKURU KUWAJIMA, is an award winning photojournalist based in Almaty, Kazakhstan and Bishlek, Kyrgyzstan. Kuwajima's reportage is represented worldwide by ZUMA. Born and raised in Japan, Kuwajima spent a few years in the U.S. studying journalism at the University of Missouri, Columbia and interned at several newspapers. (Credit Image: © ZUMAPRESS.com)

Steve Labadessa

STEVE LABADESSA, is an award-winning photographer based in both Los Angeles and San Francisco, California, U.S. shooting celebrities and newsmakers, captivating life moments for the world's most beloved magazines, websites and multimedia companies including Time, People, USA Today, and Johnson and Johnson and his reportage is proudly represented worldwide by ZUMA. (Credit Image: © ZUMAPRESS.com)

Edward Linsmier

EDWARD LINSMIER, is a contract photographer based in the Tampa Bay, Florida area (U.S.). Linsmier is proudly represented worldwide by ZUMA. In 2004, the Society of Professional Journalists honored Linsmier with a first place award in the general news category for his coverage at the Republican National Convention. (Credit Image: © ZUMAPRESS.com)

Christian Lombardi

CHRISTIAN LOMBARDI, is based in La Paz, Bolivia. Lombardi's reportage is represented worldwide by ZUMA. Lombardi was a truck driver, a soldier and gravedigger until he became a professional photographer. From France originally Lombardi, found himself in Bolivia where he stayed, seduced by "a chaotic and irrational atmosphere." (Credit Image: © ZUMAPRESS.com)

Veronika Lukasova

VERONIKA LUKASOVA, is based in London, England, U.K., where her reportage is represented by ZUMA. In 1998, Lukasova moved to the U.S., where her curiosity in the peculiarities of American life distilled into documentary projects on County Fairs, Demolition Derbies, American Seniors, Christian Themed Amusement Parks and unusual tourist mecca, Trinity Site, the place of the first nuclear explosion. (Credit Image: by © Veronika Lukasova/ZUMA)

Melissa Lyttle

MELISSA LYTTLE, is based in St. Petersburg, Florida and is a staff photographer for the St. Petersburg Times newspaper. Lyttle grew up in Jacksonville, graduated from the University of Florida and took her first job in 2000 at the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. She went to the St. Petersburg Times in February, 2005 and currently works in the Tampa bureau. Her work has been recognized by Sportsshooter.com, the NPPA's Best of Photojournalism, the Southern Short Course, the Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar and the Alexia Foundation. (Credit Image: © St. Petersburg Times/ZUMA Press)

Mark Makela

MARK MAKELA, is a London, England, U.K. based photojournalist working worldwide specializing in editorial, documentary and portrait photography. Fervently, Makela endeavors to capture photographs that will influence, leave lasting impressions and move individuals into action, ultimately to affect change. Makela's work has been exhibited in the National Portrait Gallery's Photographic Portrait Prize. (Credit Image: © Marcus Dawes)

Antonio Mari

ANTONIO MARI, is based in New York City, New York, U.S. Mari's reportage is represented by ZUMA. Mari specializes in ethnographic subject matter--documenting peoples and cultures outside the mainstream of western civilization. Mari is a multilingual Brazilian journalist and photographer with a master's degree in photography from New York University. (Credit Image: © Antonio Mari/ZUMA)

Diana Markosian

DIANA MARKOSIAN, a Russia-based photojournalist, multimedia producer and writer. Based out of both Moscow and Chechnya, Russia -- available for assignments just about anywhere. Markosian's reportage is represented worldwide by ZUMA. Markosian is a recipient of Columbia Journalism School�s annual photography prize and was a duPont Fellow. (Credit Image: © Diana Markosian/ZUMA)

Diana Markosian

DIANA MARKOSIAN, a Russia-based photojournalist, multimedia producer and writer. Based out of both Moscow and Chechnya, Russia -- available for assignments just about anywhere. Markosian's reportage is represented worldwide by ZUMA. Markosian won an award for her multimedia project "Selfless." Markosian is a recipient of Columbia Journalism School�s annual photography prize and was a duPont Fellow. (Credit Image: © Diana Markosian/ZUMA)

Pete Marovich

PETE MAROVICH, is based in Washington, DC, U.S. Marovich specializes in documentary photography and his reportage is proudly represented by ZUMA. Images from Marovich's coverage of the 2009 Presidential Inauguration were included in the Official Inaugural Book as well as being included in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian Museum of American History. (Credit Image: © Thomas J. Turney/Daily News-Record)

Pierre Marsuat

PIERRE MARSUAT, is a French photojournalist, born in Southern France and is based in Sofia, Bulgaria. As a documentary photographer, Marsuat focuses on documenting global issues and his reportage is represented worldwide by ZUMA. Marsuat as a world traveler, speaks French, English, German and some Bulgarian. (Credit Image: © ZUMAPRESS.com)

Guy Martin

GUY MARTIN, is a documentary and editorial photographer based in Cornwall, England, U.K. Martin's reportage is represented internationally by ZUMA. Martin graduated with a B.A. in Documentary Photography from the University of Wales, Newport in 2006. Martin was on of the photographers that was seriously injured in the attack on the rebel stronghold that claimed the lives of two photojournalists in Misrata. (Credit Image: © ZUMAPRESS.com)

Marianna Day Massey

MARIANA DAY MASSEY, is based in Los Angeles, California, U.S. Massey's reportage is represented by ZUMA. Massey has also been picture editor and photographers' manager on staff at ZUMA. As ZUMA's Senior Picture Editor and ZUMA's Photographer Liaison, Massey worked on long-term editing projects and was in charge of recruiting new talent as well as overseeing ZUMA's large group of contract photographers. (Credit Image: © ZUMAPRESS.com)

Daniel McCabe

DANIEL MCCABE, is a contract multimedia journalist based in New York, New York, U.S. McCabe files for ZUMA and Redux Pictures. Recent assignments have brought McCabe to the Caribbean, Central America and East Africa. McCabe's current work is focused on conflict and humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo. (Credit Image: © Daniel McCabe/ZUMA)

Michael Francis McElroy

MICHAEL FRANCIS MCELROY, is based in Miami, Florida and New York, U.S. McElroy is a photojournalist dedicated to documenting the social and environmental issues that define our times with his reportage represented worldwide by ZUMA. McElroy's work includes long term documentary projects - the Global Water Crisis, Farmer Suicides in India and the current U.S. Economic Crisis. (Credit Image: by © Michael Francis McElroy/ZUMA)

Zoriah Miller

ZORIAH MILLER, is an award-winning American photojournalist and war photographer based in Paris, France. Miller specializes in documenting humanitarian crisis in third world countries. He has covered disasters, critical social issues and conflict around the world and his reportage is proudly represented worldwide by ZUMA. (Credit Image: © ZUMAPRESS.com)

Zhang Mo

ZHANG MO is a photojournalist based in China. Mo is a photojournalist for the ChinaFotoPress photo agency. Mo specializes in documenting social issue photo stories. His reportage is proudly represented worldwide by ZUMA. (Credit Image: © ZUMAPRESS.com)

Silvia Morara

SILVIA MORARA, was born in Bologna, Italy and is based in Bologna. Morara's reportage is represented worldwide by ZUMA. Further down her career path, in 2008, Morara took part in the book, �A Better Time,� this book was put together with nine international photographers. Also Morara produced the book, �Bonassola. The quiet season," with one other photographer. (Credit Image: © ZUMAPRESS.com)

Rick Nahmias

RICK NAHMIAS, is based in Los Angeles, California, U.S. Nahmias is a photographer, writer and visual storyteller whose work has been shown across North America, Europe, and Asia. Nahmias creates social-issue themed media projects for foundations, non-profits, corporations and cause-driven organizations. (Credit Image: by © Rick Nahmias/ZUMA)

Robin Nelson

ROBIN NELSON, is represented worldwide for assignments by ZUMA and is based in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Nelson has been documenting people in the South and their stories - the good, the bad, the heartrending - for more than 25 years as an Atlanta-based photojournalist for national newspapers and magazines. Nelson is a firm believer in the power of words and pictures working together. (Credit Image: © Robin Nelson/ZUMA)

Nadav Neuhaus

NADAV NEUHAUS, is based in New Jersey, U.S. Neuhaus is a seasoned photojournalist who has covered the Zapatista movement in Mexico, the Taliban in India, the war Kosovo and has spent over a decade documenting the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. (Credit Image: © ZUMAPRESS.com)

Jeronimo Nisa

JERONIMO NISA, is a photojournalist at The Decatur Daily, based in Decatur, Alabama, U.S. and his reportage is proudly represented by ZUMA. Nisa's increasing interest and passion for multimedia over the years led his career on a path of creativity - creating short multimedia and video stories for different newspaper websites, as well as, producing, filming and editing a documentary that was aired by PBS. (Credit Image: by © Jessica Becker)

Roshan Norouzi

ROSHAN NOROUZI, was born in Tabriz, Iran and is based in Tehran, Iran. Norouzi's reportage by ZUMA. Norouzi's photojournalism path began in 2006 and since worked for several Iranian news agencies and newspapers. Norouzi's photographs from the Iranian election 2009 have been published worldwide through ZUMA. In 2011, Norouzi won 1st prize of Image of The Year (Tasvir-e Sal) � Social Documentary photos. (Credit Image: © ZUMAPRESS.com)

Lucas Oleniuk

LUCAS OLENIUK, is based in Toronto, Canada and is a staff photographer for The Toronto Star newspaper with his reportage also represented by ZUMA. Oleniuk has twice been selected for the Flash Forward Annual and claimed a POYi first place award for multimedia in 2009. Oleniuk is also a two-time recipient of the prestigious Canadian National Newspaper Award for photography.

Giulio Paletta

GIULIO PALETTA is based in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Paletta is a documentary and humanitarian freelance photographer, who specializes in human rights and religion stories. Paletta's main work focuses on describing how persecuted Christian communities manage to survive as a minority in different countries, from the Middle-East to South-East Asia. In 2010, his pictures of the Turkish Tur Abdin Christian community, were shown in a photo exhibition opened by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams at Southwark Cathedral in London. He collaborates with the NGOs Imcares in Mumbai and the Suryani Institute for Mental Health in Bali. (Credit Image: © ZUMAPRESS.com)..

Louie Palu

LOUIE PALU, is a ZUMA contract photographer represented worldwide for assignments, based in Washington, D.C., U.S. Palu was awarded an 2009 Aftermath Grant for a project on veterans of the wars in Afghanistan as well as the Canadian Photojournalist of the Year and the prestigious 2010 Alexia Foundation Photography Grant for World Peace and Cultural Understanding for a project on Kandahar. (Credit Image: by © ZUMAPRESS.com)

Pete Pattisson

PETE PATTISSON, is based in London, England, U.K., but has a special interest in the Indian subcontinent, where he lived for four years. Born in South Korea, educated in Japan, photographer and writer - Pattisson's reportage is represented worldwide by ZUMA. Pattisson specializes in documenting the impact of social, political and environmental change on ordinary lives. (Credit Image: © ZUMAPRESS.com)

Peggy Peattie

PEGGY PEATTIE, joined the San Diego Union-Tribune (California, U.S.) as a staff photographer in 1998 and is based in San Diego, California, U.S. Since then, she has produced award-winning stories centered around community journalism, border issues and the environment. (Credit Image: © ZUMAPRESS.com)

Jan Socher Documentary Photographer

Jan Socher, born in Czech Republic, is based in Latin America. Sochor has lived and worked in Colombia, Chile, Costa Rica and Spain during the last five years. Socher focuses on photojournalism and documentary photography on Latin America, its everyday life, social, political and cultural issues. Socher's photographs and photo stories have appeared in numerous Czech and international magazines, newspapers and websites.

Nikos Pilos

NIKOS PILOS, is a ZUMA contract photographer represented worldwide exclusively for assignments based in Athens, Greece. Pilos, is one of Europe's most prominent feature story photographers specializing in reportage in countries in conflict. In 2005 Pilos was awarded (Special Mention), Unicef's Photo Of The Year competition, for his work covering the earthquake in Pakistan. (Credit Image: by © Nikos Pilos/ZUMA)

Dulce Pinzon

DULCE PINZON is a ZUMA contract photographer represented worldwide exclusively for assignments and is based in Mexico. As a young Mexican artist living in the US, Dulce soon found new inspiration for her photography in feelings of nostalgia, questions of identity, and political and cultural frustrations. Pinzon's latest project "The Real Story of the Superheroes" comes full circle to reintroduce the Mexican immigrant in New York in a satirical documentary style featuring ordinary men and women in their work environment donning superhero garb, thus raising questions of both our definition of heroism and our ignorance of and indifference to the workforce that fuels our ever-consuming economy. She studied Mass Media Communications at the Universidad de Las Americas in Puebla Mexico and Photography at Indiana University in Pennsylvania. In 1995 she moved to New York where she studied at The International Center of Photography..In 2002 Dulce won the prestigious Jovenes Creadores grant for her work. She won an Honorific Mention in the Santa Fe project competition 2006 with "The Real Story of the Superheroes" series...

Philip Poupin

PHILIP POUPIN, was born in the West of France in 1982 and is a photojournalist based in Falzabad, Afghanistan. Poupin has covered stories extensively in Afghanistan, covering the plight of the Amazon with its illegal logging and its gold mines and his reportage is proudly represented worldwide by ZUMA. Poupin graduated from the Institut Fran�ais de G�opolitique (Universit� Paris VIII). (Credit Image: © ZUMAPRESS.com)

Peter Power

PETER POWER, is based in Ontario, Canada and is a staff photographer at Canada's National Newspaper - The Globe and Mail - where he began work in March of 2007. Power's reportage is represented worldwide by ZUMA. With Power's multimedia work he has been a Webby Award Honoree and Finalist, a POYi winner, and an NPAC POY winner. (Credit Image: © ZUMAPRESS.com)

Joost De Raeymaker

JOOST DE RAEYMAEKER, is a Belgian photojournalist based in Lisbon, Portugal. De Raeymaeker's reportage is represented by ZUMA. De Raeymaeker studied music and history, now working as a photojournalist his main focus is documenting issues of social and human interest. (Credit Image: © ZUMAPRESS.com)

Ramin Rahimian

RAMIN RAHIMIAN, is an award wining photojournalist based in Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S. and his reportage is proudly represented by ZUMA worldwide. Rahimian's photographs have appeared in The NewYork Times and The Wall Street Journal. Rahimian's journalistic career began with The Daily California as a staff photographer and photo editor, he then joined on at the Minneapolis Star Tribune as a staff photographer. (Credit Image: © ZUMAPRESS.com)

Mark Richards

MARK RICHARDS, is based in the San Francisco Bay Area, California, U.S. Richards' is a multi-award winning chameleon of photography who's reportage is proudly represented by ZUMA. To serve the varied needs of editors and designers, Richards constantly reinvents himself to deliver a fresh approach on editorial assignments, photo illustrated and portraits. (Credit Image: © ZUMAPRESS.com)

Shayne Robinson

SHAYNE ROBINSON, is a Photo Editor The Citizen Newspaper and is based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Robinson covers feature, news, lifestyle, portrait and documentary photography. Robinson's passion is documentary photography and photo essays and his reportage is proudly represented worldwide by ZUMA. (Credit Image: © ZUMAPRESS.com)

Vivian Ronay

VIVIAN RONAY, is based in Washington DC, U.S. where she also covers news events and contracts for corporate shoots. Ronay's editorial work is represented worldwide by ZUMA. Award-winning photographer, Ronay covers political and social events in Washington, DC and New York City as well as working on contract for public relations companies, event planners and public interest organizations. (Credit Image: © ZUMAPRESS.com)

Rahman Roslan

RAHMAN ROSLAN, is based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and his interests and passions are focused on social and humanity photography. Roslan's work possesses sensitive and cognitive styles and while his reportage is represented worldwide by ZUMA. Roslan is one of a few young and emerging Asian photographers who has been chosen to attend the prestigious free workshop at the Angkor Photography Festival. (Credit Image: © ZUMAPRESS.com)

Michael Forster Rothbart

MICHAEL FORSTER ROTHBART, is photojournalist based in Albany, New York, U.S. Specializing in higher education and newspaper/magazine editorial assignments, Forster Rothbart's reportage is represented worldwide by ZUMA. Forster Rothbart was a staff photographer for University of Wisconsin-Madison. Forster Rothbart�s undertaking is most recognized work stands in contrast to the usual Chernobyl fare. (Credit Image: © ZUMAPRESS.com)

Adam Rountree

ADAM ROUNTREE, is based in Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. Rountree is a ZUMA Press contract photographer. Fluent in both English and Japanese. Rountree specializes in political and business features with publications in Time, Newsweek, The New York Times. ((Credit Image: © ZUMAPRESS.com)

Mario E. Ruiz

MARIO E. RUIZ, is a staff photographer at The Daily Herald in Provo, Utah where he shoots everything from local sports to news and features. Ruiz is based in South Orem, Utah, U.S. and his reportage is proudly represented by ZUMA. During his own time, he presses his passion in documentary photography. Ruiz's documentaries range from subjects like boxing to a look at the impacts of Communism in Central America. (Credit Image: © ZUMAPRESS.com)

Benjamin Rusnak

BENJAMIN RUSNAK, is based in South Florida, U.S., where he is particularly well positioned to cover the Caribbean and Central and South America. Rusnak joined ZUMA Press' award-winning team of reportage photojournalists in 2006. (Credit Image: © Bonnie Vanak)

Sally Ryan

SALLY RYAN is based in Chicago, Illinois with her reportage represented worldwide by ZUMA. Ryan's work has appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Spin, Time, Inc., MSNBC.com, The London Times, The Dallas Morning News, Saturday Evening Post, The Minneapolis Star-Tribune, The San Francisco Chronicle. (Credit Image: © ZUMAPRESS.com)

Ahmad Deny Salman

AHMAD 'DENY' SALMAN, is a photographer and an independent curator based in Jakarta, Indonesia. Salman's reportage is proudly represented worldwide ZUMA. Salman is a mentor for editorial workshops for the World Press Photo in Jakarta, Indonesia. A graduate of the Indonesian Technology Institute (ITB) in Bandung, he was once a Civil Engineer. (Credit Image: © ZUMAPRESS.com)

Marco Salustro

MARCO SALUSTRO, is based in Rome, Italy. Born in Italy in 1978, Salustro is a self-taught photographer who's reportage is represented worldwide by ZUMA. Since 2006, Salustro has worked as a theater photographer throughout Europe and as contract photojournalist focusing on social issues in Italy. (Credit Image: © ZUMAPRESS.com)

Steven Sandford

STEVE SANDFORD, is based in Bangkok, Thailand. Sandford's reportage is proudly represented worldwide by ZUMA. In 1998, after working the newspaper and magazine circuit for eight years in western Canada, Sandford moved to Indonesia to document the fall of aging dictator Suharto, contributing to TIME, Stern, AFP, Granta and Asiaweek. (Credit Image: © ZUMAPRESS.com)

Richard Sennott

RICHARD SENNOTT, is currently the photography editor for Global Post and a news photographer for the Star Tribune in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. Sennott's reportage is represented worldwide by ZUMA; his assignments have taken him into conflicts in Afghanistan, Bosnia, El Salvador, Iraq and the West Bank. (Credit Image: © ZUMAPRESS.com)

Subhash Sharma

SUBHASH SHARMA, is an award winning contract photographer based in Mumbai and Bangalore, India. Sharma's reportage is proudly represented worldwide by ZUMA. Sharma is passionate about humanistic and documentary photography, specializing in Editorial, Reportage, travel, corporate and photojournalism. In 2010, Sharma won the CHINA International Press Photo Award. (Credit Image: by © Subhash Sharma/ZUMA)

Steve Shelton

STEVE SHELTON, is based in Seattle, Washington, U.S. with his reportage represented worldwide by ZUMA. His award-winning work has appeared for over 20 years in publications such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Dallas Morning News, Time, Newsweek, US News and World Report, Smithsonian, Mother Jones, Stern, Der Spiegel, People, MSNBC, and others. From 1990 to 2004 Shelton served on six daily newspaper staffs while being syndicated by Black Star Publishing. Today, he continues to shoot stories of social, political and environmental complexity that affect our daily lives. His award-winning work has taken him to Africa, Israel and the Palestinian territories, Kosovo, Sri Lanka, Cuba and Haiti. (Credit Image: © ZUMAPRESS.com)

David Snyder

DAVID SNYDER, based in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. Snyder travels often to document the work of aid agencies around the world with his reportage supported worldwide by ZUMA. Snyder has been working as a writer and photographer for non-profit agencies since 1996. (Credit Image: © ZUMAPRESS.com)

Richard Sobol

RICHARD SOBOL, is based in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. Sobol is focused on the Abayudaya Jews of Uganda, wildlife, endangered species and the construction, design and architecture of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Stata Center. Sobol is the author of nine books dealing with wildlife conservation and American politics, in addition, his reportage is represented worldwide by ZUMA. (Credit Image: © ZUMAPRESS.com)

Ruaridh Stewart

RUARIDH STEWART, is the Picture Desk Manager at ZUMA Press, one of the world's largest independent picture agencies and wire services. Stewart is based in San Clemente, California, U.S., ZUMA's headquarters. Stewart brings over a decade of international photojournalism and editing experience to ZUMA Press and remains an active news and feature photographer. (Credit Image: © ZUMAPRESS.com)

Allen Sullivan

ALLEN SULLIVAN, based in Athens, Georgia, U.S. Sullivan is a staff photojournalist for the Banner-Herald daily and his reportage is represented by ZUMA. Sullivan's human-interest stories and in-depth essays have been published by numerous U.S. and international media. (Credit Image: © ZUMAPRESS.com)

Liu Tao

Liu Tao is based in Beijing, China. TAO is a photojournalist for the ChinaFotoPress agency with reportage work being represented worldwide by ZUMA. (Credit Image: © ZUMAPRESS.com)

Silv�re Teutsch

SILV�RE TEUTSCH, is based in Bordeaux, France and his reportage is proudly represented worldwide by ZUMA. During Teutsch's teen years he developed a deep interest in alternative cultures - investing in hardcore/punk. Drawn to punk culture - Teutsch covered Dharma Punks (or Punx), creating a strong reportage, depicting their emotional state that is expressed through their physical appearance. (Credit Image: by © Silv�re Teutsch/ZUMA)

Alex Thomas

ALEX THOMAS, is a British photographer and multimedia journalist based between London, U.K. and Beijing, China. Thomas' reportage is represented by ZUMA. Having begun a career in architecture, Thomas turned to documentary photography following humanitarian work in South America.   (Credit Image: © ZUMAPRESS.com)

Hazel Thompson

HAZEL THOMPSON, is an award-winning British photojournalist based in London, England, U.K. Thompson's reportage is represented worldwide by ZUMA via its' partner eyevine. After starting her photographic career in 1997 with a local newspaper in South London, Thompson moved on to freelance, focusing on editorial and commercial assignments worldwide. (Credit Image: © Hazel Thompson/ZUMA)

Kash Gabriele Torsello

KASH GABRIELE TORSELLO, Italian born is photojournalist and documentary film-maker based in the U.K. Torsello's reportage is proudly represented by ZUMA worldwide. Torsello finds his greatest inspiration through documenting the daily lives of those who struggle to be free: free from poverty, war, discrimination and ultimately, free from fear. (Credit Image: © ZUMAPRESS.com)

Theresa Vernetti

THERESA VERNETTI, is based in San Diego, California, U.S. Vernetti is both a writer and photographer whose literary skills help put words to her powerful photo essays with her reportage represented by ZUMA. In addition to her essays, Visions of India, a beautiful book of Vernetti's Photography, has been published on blurb.com. (Credit Image: © ZUMAPRESS.com)

Jos� Luis Villegas

JOS� LUIS VILLEGAS, is based in Sacramento, California, U.S. with his reportage represented worldwide by ZUMA. Since 1992, Villegas has been a staff photographer with The Sacramento Bee (California, U.S.). Villegas' "labor and love" over the last several years has been a project documenting the immigration of young Latin American men to America to play baseball which has been published in two books. (Credit Image: © ZUMAPRESS.com)

Tudor Vintiloiu

TUDOR VINTILOIU, is a Romanian photojournalist based in Bucharest, Romania who specializes in documentary and travel photography and his reportage is represented worldwide by ZUMA. Vintiloiu's feature stories have taken him to Ecuador, Ethiopia, Cambodia and several other countries, focusing on the uniqueness of their native cultures. (Credit Image: © ZUMAPRESS.com)

Libby Volgyes

LIBBY VOLGYES, is based in West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. Volgyes joined staff at The Palm Beach Post as an intern in September 2004, right before Hurricane Jeanne. Before joining The Post, she interned at the St. Petersburg Times (Florida, U.S.), The (Jasper) Herald (Indiana, U.S.), The Concord Monitor (New Hampshire, U.S.) and The (Biddeford) Journal Tribune (Maine, U.S.). (Credit Image: © ZUMAPRESS.com)

Yonathan Weitzman

YONATHAN WEITZMAN, an award winning photojournalist based in Jerusalem/Tel Aviv, Isreal. Weitzman's reportage is represented worldwide by ZUMA. Weitzman has worked as a photographer for the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, for Corbis, Reuters and as a cameraman for Reuters Television, documenting the Jewish settlements in the former Gush Katif settlement bloc. (Credit Image: © ZUMAPRESS.com)

Nick Whalen

NICK WHALEN, is based in New York City, New York, U.S., but is available for assignments worldwide and speaks English, Kreyol and French. Whalen's reportage is proudly represented worldwide by ZUMA. (Credit Image: © ZUMAPRESS.com)

Matthew Williams

MATTHEW WILLIAMS, is a photographer currently based in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. Williams' work has appeared in publications including The New York Times, TIME, Newsweek, The Washington Post, MSNBC.com, The FADER, ESPN.com, DOUBLEtruck Magazine, and zReportage.com. (Credit Image: by © Matthew Williams/ZUMA)

Kobi Wolf

KOBI WOLF, is an Israeli based photographer living in Tel Aviv. After graduating from the Geographical Photography Academy in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wolf embarked on an 8-year long journey throughout the Far East, Africa and the pacific facing new realities and collecting thousands of images, which are the basis for his geographical archive. Wolf works with people, art, documentary and studio photography. (Credit Image: © ZUMAPRESS.com)

Wu Xiaoling

WU XIAOLING is based in Beijing, China. Xiaoling is a photojournalist for the Xinhua photo agency. He graduated from the Beijing Foreign Studies University and served in the Foreign Ministry as a diplomat for seven years. .Xiaoling started taking photos at the age of 15 with an old Russian Kiev-4 camera. Burning with ambition to tell the truth about life and express himself with his camera, he resigned from the Foreign Ministry and joined China's Xinhua News Agency, working from 2004 to 2008 as a photographer in the Berlin bureau. He then returned to China, where he is now a chief photo editor for the agency. Xiaoling says he is far more concerned about the people and situations beyond the news than the news itself. (Credit Image: © Wu Xiaoling/ZUMAPRESS.com)

Rony Zakaria

RONY ZAKARIA, was born and is based in Jakarta, Indonesia. Zakaria's reportage is represented worldwide by ZUMA. Zakaria graduated with a degree in Mathematics and Computer Science. Zakaria found his passion for photography while attending university and went on to study photography. Zakaria's work has been exhibited and featured in photo festivals and exhibitions held in Indonesia and abroad. (Credit Image: © ZUMAPRESS.com)