Ed Kashi (born 1957) is an American

photojournalist Photojournalism is journalism that uses images to tell a news story. It usually only refers to still images, but can also refer to video used in broadcast journalism. Photojournalism is distinguished from other close branches of photography (suc ...

and member of

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based in the Greater New York area. Kashi's work spans from print photojournalism, long term personal project, documentary films to experimental film. He is noted for documenting sociopolitical issues.

Early life and education

Kashi was born in

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in 1957. He graduated from

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's S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications in 1979 with a major in photojournalism, and minors in English and Religion.

Career

Kashi has worked with

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and since 1990 has produced 17 major feature articles, and worked in over 100 countries. His clients include: ''

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'', ''

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'',

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, Mediastorm,

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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) is an American philanthropic organization. It is the largest one focused solely on health. Based in Princeton, New Jersey, the foundation focuses on access to health care, public health, health equity, ...

, ''

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'', ''

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'' and msnbc.com. Kashi has covered the plight of the

Kurdish people Kurds (), or the Kurdish people, are an Iranian peoples, Iranic ethnic group from West Asia. They are indigenous to Kurdistan, which is a geographic region spanning southeastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, northern Iraq, and northeastern Syri ...

and the impact of the oil industry upon the impoverished

Niger Delta The Niger Delta is the delta of the Niger River sitting directly on the Gulf of Guinea on the Atlantic Ocean in Nigeria. It is located within nine coastal southern Nigerian states, which include: all six states from the South South geopolitic ...

. He is known for his coverage of the

Protestant Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that emphasizes Justification (theology), justification of sinners Sola fide, through faith alone, the teaching that Salvation in Christianity, salvation comes by unmerited Grace in Christianity, divin ...

community in Northern Ireland, the lives of Jewish settlers in the

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, and the strife between the

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and

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in Iraq. Kashi uses stills along with video and audio for storytelling purposes. His ''Iraqi Kurdistan flipbook'' premiered on msnbc.com in 2006. The flipbook utilizes thousands of stills in a moving image format, layered with music to create a symphonic documentary. The flipbook was included in

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film festival in 2007 and the Tiburon International Film Festival in 2008. "Curse of the Black Gold, Hope and Betrayal in the Niger Delta", published in ''

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'' in February 2007, chronicled the negative impact of oil development on the impoverished Niger Delta. This article led to a collaborative photographic and editorial essay book, ''Curse of the Black Gold: 50 Years of Oil in the Niger Delta'' (2008). ''Photojournalisms'', a compilation of journal writings to his wife done over a nearly 20-year period, was published in March 2012 by JGS/

Nazraeli Press Nazraeli Press is a publisher of books of photography. It was founded in 1989, in Munich, Germany, by Chris Pichler and has been based in the US since 1996. Nazraeli publishes roughly 30 new titles each year and has published over 400 with work b ...

. In 2019, The Enigma Room an immersive installation, premiered at NYC's Photoville festival, and has since been seen in Israel, the Netherlands, South Korea, and New Mexico, U.S. The Enigma Room is an experimental multimedia projection created in collaboration with Brenda Bingham, Michael Curry, and Rachel Bolańos. His book, ''Abandoned Moments: A Love Letter to Photography'', was published by Kehrer in Germany, in 2021. Kashi continues to teach and lecture at art institutes and universities. He taught a class titled ''"New Frontiers in the Art of Visual Storytelling"'' at the Los Angeles Center of Photography (LACP). He currently teaches a three year mentoring program with James Estrin of the New York Times, at the Anderson Ranch Arts Center, as well as conducts workshops around the globe and mentors photographers through the VII Foundation’s mentor program.

Talking Eyes Media

Kashi and his wife, Julie Winokur, are co-founders of a non-profit multimedia company called Talking Eyes Media. Talking Eyes Media was created in 2002 to deliver issue-orientated stories to the general public. Some of the stories covered by Talking Eyes Media/Ed Kashi are: ''Aging in America'', ''Denied: The Crisis of America's Uninsured'' and ''The Sandwich Generation.'' ''Aging in America'' was also the subject of a book, named by ''American Photo Magazine'' as one of the best photo books of 2003 and received awards from

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and

World Press Photo World Press Photo Foundation is an independent, non-profit organization based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Founded in 1955, the organization holds the annual World Press Photo Contest for press photography. Since 2011, World Press Photo has orga ...

Personal life

He is married to Julie Winokur who is a writer and filmmaker and frequent collaborator.

Publications

Publications by Kashi

*''No Surrender: The Protestants''. Self-published, 1991. *''When the Borders Bleed: The Struggle of the Kurds''. Pantheon, 1994. *''Aging in America: The Years Ahead''. Brooklyn: powerHouse, 2003. *''Denied: The Crisis of America's Uninsured''. Talking Eyes, 2003. *''Curse of the Black Gold: 50 Years of Oil in the Niger Delta''. Brooklyn: powerHouse, 2008. *''Three''. Brooklyn: powerHouse, 2009. *''Madagascar: A Land Out of Balance''.

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, 2010. *''Photojournalisms. JGS: Witness #8''. Portland, Oregon: Nazraeli, 2012. *''Abandoned Moments: A Love Letter to Photography''. Germany Kehrer, 2021. *''The Cali Years.'' Self-published, 2021.

Publications with others

*''Contatti. Provini d'Autore'' = ''Choosing the best photo by using the contact sheet''. Vol. I. Edited by Giammaria De Gasperis. Rome: Postcart, 2012. . *''Human Rights Watch: Struggling for a Humane World: Interviews / Ed Kashi: Sugar Cane , Syrian Refugees: Photographs.'' Göttingen:

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; Stuttgart: Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations, 2016. Edited by Ronald Grätz and Hans-Joachim Neubauer. . An annual publication by the Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations (IFA), this year about

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(HRW). Kashi's photo-essays on Syrian Refugees and on chronic kidney disease among sugar cane workers in Central America illustrate the topic. * ''Kurdistan: In the Shadow of History'' (second edition), edited by

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. University Chicago Press. 2008 * ''Visions of Paradise'' National Geographic. 2008. * ''What Matters: The World's Preeminent Photojournalists and Thinkers Depict Essential Issues of Our Time'', David Elliot Cohen. 2008. * ''In Focus: National Geographic Greatest Portraits'', National Geographic. 2010. *''Photo No-Nos: Meditations on What Not to Photograph''. Edited by Jason Fulford. New York: Aperture. 2021. .

Awards

*2008: Special Jury Prize, Days Japan International Photojournalism Awards *2006: Special Jury Prize, Days Japan International Photojournalism Awards *2009: Shortlisted,

*2015: Pictures of the Year (POY): Multimedia Photographer of the Year 1st Place; Documentary Photojournalism 1st Place *2022: Px3 Book Photographer of the Year award for "Abandoned Moments"

References

External links

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Talking Eyes MediaThe Candid Frame Podcast Ep. 589 with Ed KashiPhotography Techniques: Photojournalism Tips From Ed Kashi
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