Bill Pierce
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In 2011 Mike Kamber founded the Bronx Documentary Center. You can find more about it at
http://bronxdoc.org/ Here is Mike’s brief bio from the site -
Michael Kamber has worked as a journalist for more than 25 years. Between 2002 and 2012 he worked for The New York Times covering conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan, Liberia, the Sudan, Somalia, the Congo and other countries. He has also worked as a writer and videographer for the Times. His photos have been published in nearly every major news magazine in the United States and Europe, as well as in many newspapers. In 2011, Kamber founded the Bronx Documentary Center, an educational space dedicated to positive socials change through photography and film. Kamber is an adjunct professor at Columbia University. He is the winner of a World Press Photo award, the Mike Berger Award, the Society of Professional Journalists Deadline Club Award, American Photo Images of the Year and is a member of The New York Times team that won the 2003 Overseas Press Club award. The New York Times has twice nominated Kamber’s work for the Pulitzer Prize.
I gave Mike an old Hasselblad that I wasn’t using. A number of photographers gave the BDC gear. What Mike and the BDC have done with that gear is amazing. I encourage you to read the Oct 2 NY Times Lens Blog to see what he has done. http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/ That Hasselblad is now doing something more important than I ever did with it. I hope you check out the Times article. (Being a news photographer is an education that changes you. If you think the picture was powerful, you should have been there.)
http://bronxdoc.org/ Here is Mike’s brief bio from the site -
Michael Kamber has worked as a journalist for more than 25 years. Between 2002 and 2012 he worked for The New York Times covering conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan, Liberia, the Sudan, Somalia, the Congo and other countries. He has also worked as a writer and videographer for the Times. His photos have been published in nearly every major news magazine in the United States and Europe, as well as in many newspapers. In 2011, Kamber founded the Bronx Documentary Center, an educational space dedicated to positive socials change through photography and film. Kamber is an adjunct professor at Columbia University. He is the winner of a World Press Photo award, the Mike Berger Award, the Society of Professional Journalists Deadline Club Award, American Photo Images of the Year and is a member of The New York Times team that won the 2003 Overseas Press Club award. The New York Times has twice nominated Kamber’s work for the Pulitzer Prize.
I gave Mike an old Hasselblad that I wasn’t using. A number of photographers gave the BDC gear. What Mike and the BDC have done with that gear is amazing. I encourage you to read the Oct 2 NY Times Lens Blog to see what he has done. http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/ That Hasselblad is now doing something more important than I ever did with it. I hope you check out the Times article. (Being a news photographer is an education that changes you. If you think the picture was powerful, you should have been there.)
