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Christopher Rusanowsky

Community

Beheading the Serpent

BY Christopher Rusanowsky

In the small town of Sweetwater, Texas, a controversial event happens every year, which brings about forty thousand visitors to this town that’s populated with ten thousand residents.

Economy

Oil Boom Boys

BY Christopher Rusanowsky

With the discovery of oil in “The Bakken” Shale and hydraulic fracking, people from all over the country migrated to the rural towns of North Dakota.

Discourse and Dissent

“Say Their Names”

BY Christopher Rusanowsky

On May 29, 2020, The city of Dallas erupted in mass protests, as did many large cities around the country.

Community

Last Free Place

BY Christopher Rusanowsky

In the Salton Sea of the past, the roads would be backed up with visitors from the suburbs of Riverside, California, and Los Angeles, a popular place to spend the summer.

Represented Member Photojournalists

Natalie Behring

MEMBER SINCE 2020

Based in Jackson Hole, WY
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917.822.4487
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Kriston Jae Bethel

MEMBER SINCE 2020

Based in Philadelphia, PA
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610.213.6978
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Sebastián Hidalgo

MEMBER SINCE 2020

Based in Chicago, IL
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312.730. 6505
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Stephanie Keith

MEMBER SINCE 2020

Based in New York, NY
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646.346.3241
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Rod Lamkey

MEMBER SINCE 2019

Based in Alexandria, VA
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202.409.6491
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Pete Marovich

FOUNDING MEMBER

Based in Washington, DC
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540.560.3681
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Justin Merriman

FOUNDING MEMBER

Based in Pittsburgh, PA
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412.926.8994
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Christopher Rusanowsky

MEMBER SINCE 2020

Based in North Texas
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213.222.8185
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Jeremy Wade Shockley

MEMBER SINCE 2019

Based in Durango, CO
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970.769.2939
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Jeff Swensen

FOUNDING MEMBER

Based in the US Northeast
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412.638.2128
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Nima Taradji

MEMBER SINCE 2019

Based in Chicago, IL
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312.925.3500
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Ting-Li Wang

MEMBER SINCE 2020

Based in the Pacific Northwest
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360.610.3030
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Our Advisors

Charlie Borst

Charlie Borst has worked in the newspaper, magazine, wire service and photo agency sectors as a director of photography, photo editor and photographer.

He has been employed by small-town newspapers, the world’s largest news-gathering organization, major metro dailies, the nation’s second-largest newsmagazine and founded a photo service for a national newspaper chain.

Along this journey, he has seen the Twin Towers collapse, bounced on Bill Gates’ trampoline, watched SCUD missiles fall on Saudi Arabia, journeyed to five Olympic Games, and experienced weightless flight with a plane full of queasy schoolteachers.

Charlie currently lives in Spotsylvania, Va., and is an avid home cook and cyclist when not working on various freelance photo editing projects.

Website: charlesborst.com

Jack Gruber

A graduate from the Ohio University School of Visual Communication and winner of the William Randolph Hearst National Photojournalism Championship in 1989, Jack has worked as a staff photographer at the Flint Journal, the Detroit News and the Commercial Appeal in Memphis before joining the staff of USA TODAY in 2000.

An award-winning career spanning three decades in visual storytelling, Gruber has traveled the world covering events in 25-plus countries including nine Olympic games and dozens of trips into war zones including Afghanistan and Iraq.

Jack is the founder and executive director of Boyd’s Station, a supportive community of like-minded artists that provides an atmosphere meant to fuel creativity without any distractions.

Website: jackgruber.com

 

John Kaplan

University of Florida Professor John Kaplan’s honors include the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography, POY National Newspaper Photographer of the Year, the Overseas Press Club Award for Feature Photography, two Robert F. Kennedy Awards for Outstanding Coverage of the Disadvantaged, and the Nikon Documentary Sabbatical Grant.

Kaplan has been named a Fulbright Scholar and has served a juror for the Pulitzer Prizes, Pictures of the Year International and the Best of Photojournalism. He is the author of two books, Photo Portfolio Success and Mom and Me.

Kaplan’s autobiographical film, Not As I Pictured, has appeared nationwide on PBS and has won the CINE Golden Eagle Award and several Best Documentary honors. His work is exhibited at museums and galleries worldwide.​

Website: johnkaplan.com

Nikki Kahn

Nikki Kahn, is a photographer and documentary filmmaker based in Washington, D.C.

Born in Georgetown, Guyana, Nikki moved to Washington, D.C where she obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree from American University with a double major in Visual Media and Art History in May 1996. She later attended Syracuse University and completed a Masters of Science degree in Photography in May 2004.

Nikki joined the staff at The Washington Post in January 2005, following a photographer/editor position at Knight-Ridder Tribune Photo Service in Washington, D.C. She has also worked as a staff photographer at the Indianapolis Star and as an intern at the Anchorage Daily News in Alaska; the News Journal in Wilmington, Del., and the Washington Times.

Nikki shared the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography with her Washington Post colleagues for their series “Haiti’s Profound Sorrow,” featuring portraits of grief and desperation after the 2010 earthquake in Haiti.

Website: nikkikahn.com

 

Cheryl Diaz Meyer

Pulitzer-Prize winner Cheryl Diaz Meyer is a Filipina American photographer based in Washington, D.C.

She is a skilled visual storyteller, photo editor, videographer and producer, writer and public speaker.

Best known for her iconic coverage of the Iraq War and her insightful documentation of women facing adversity across the globe, she and her colleague David Leeson were awarded the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography.

While a senior staff photographer at The Dallas Morning News in Texas, Cheryl was part of a team that won the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography for their coverage of Hurricane Katrina. Again in 2017, as McClatchy’s Visual Editor, she was part of a team to win the Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting for the Panama Papers exposé.

Website: cheryldiazmeyer.com

Mark Murrmann

Mark Murrmann is the photo editor at Mother Jones. He came to the magazine in 2007 with a background as a photojournalist.

He was named one of Lürzer Archives’ 200 Best Advertising Photographers of 2010/11 and was chosen for American Photography 27 and 29.

Mark is a contract photographer with ZUMA Press.

Website: markmurrmann.com

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