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Photo by: Benjamin Lowy

Benjamin Lowy

Photographer

Benjamin Lowy is an award-winning photographer based in New York City. He began his career covering the Iraq War in 2003. Since then, he has covered major stories worldwide. In 2004, Lowy attended the World Press Joop Swart Masterclass, he was named in Photo District News 30 and his images of Iraq were chosen by PDN as some of the most iconic of the 21st century.

Lowy has received awards from World Press Photo, POYi, PDN, Communication Arts, American Photography and the Society for Publication Design. He has been a finalist for the Oskar Barnak Award, a finalist in Critical Mass, and included in Magenta Flash Forward 2007, as well as the OSI Moving Walls 16 exhibit. His work from Iraq, Darfur and Afghanistan have been collected into several gallery and museum shows, and shown at the Tate Modern, SF MOMA, Houston Center for Photography, Invalides and Arles. His work from Darfur appeared in the “SAVE DARFUR” media campaign.

As of March 23, 2013

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