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 (such ...

and member of

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based in the Greater New York area. Kashi's work spans from print photojournalism to experimental film. He is noted for documenting sociopolitical issues.

Personal life

Kashi was born in

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in 1957. He graduated from

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in 1979 with a major in photojournalism. He is married to Julie Winokur who is also a photographer and frequent collaborator.

Career

Kashi has worked with

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since 1990 and worked in over 60 countries. His clients include: ''

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'', ''

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'',

Mediastorm MediaStorm is a New York City-based film production and interactive design studio. The company produces online news stories using high-quality photography, audio, interactivity, and video, and consults on interactive web projects. ''Seattle Post-In ...

Ford Foundation The Ford Foundation is an American private foundation with the stated goal of advancing human welfare. Created in 1936 by Edsel Ford and his father Henry Ford, it was originally funded by a US$25,000 gift from Edsel Ford. By 1947, after the death ...

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, ''

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'', ''

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

Kurdish people ug:كۇردلار Kurds ( ku, کورد ,Kurd, italic=yes, rtl=yes) or Kurdish people are an Iranian peoples, Iranian ethnic group native to the mountainous region of Kurdistan in Western Asia, which spans southeastern Turkey, northwestern Ir ...

and the impact of the oil industry upon the impoverished

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. He is known for his coverage of the

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

West Bank The West Bank ( ar, الضفة الغربية, translit=aḍ-Ḍiffah al-Ġarbiyyah; he, הגדה המערבית, translit=HaGadah HaMaʽaravit, also referred to by some Israelis as ) is a landlocked territory near the coast of the Mediter ...

, 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

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'' 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'', his latest book is a compilation of journal writings to his wife, done over a nearly 20-year period. It was published in March 2012, by JGS/

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and was highlighted during an interview with Kashi for the New York Times Lens Blog. 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. Kashi continues to teach and lecture at art institutes and universities. He has taught a class titled ''"New Frontiers in the Art of Visual Storytelling"'' at the Los Angeles Center of Photography (LACP).

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 ''

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'' as one of the best photo books of 2003 and received awards from

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Publications

Publications by Kashi

*''No Surrender: The Protestants''. Self-published, 1991 *''When the Borders Bleed: The Struggle of the Kurds''.

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, 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

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). In it HRW executive director Kenneth Roth, Zama Coursen-Neff, executive director of the Children's Rights Division at HRW, and

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discuss the work of 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 Susan Meiselas. 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 Jason Fulford (born 1973) is an American photographer, publisher and educator, based in Brooklyn, New York City. The primary format for Fulford's own photography is the book, which include ''Sunbird'' (2000), ''Crushed'' (2003), ''Raising Frogs For ...

. 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,

*2014: Pictures of the Year (POY): News & Issue Story Editing/Magazine 3rd Place: National Geographic - Northern Nigeria *2014: PDN Publisher's Choice Award: Syria's Lost Generation *2015: Pictures of the Year (POY): Multimedia Photographer of the Year 1st Place; Documentary Photojournalism 1st Place *2015: PDN Photo Annual: Video finalist: ''California: Paradise Burning'' *2015: Aaron Siskind Foundation: Winner: Individual Photographer's Fellowship Grant: CDKnT and Sugarcane workers *2015: Ai-AP 31: Unpublished Editorial News: Nicaragua *2016: Ai-AP 32: Editorial, Photojournalism: CKDnT and Ghana *2017: National Endowment for the Humanities Grant: Newest Americans *2017: National Geographic Society Explorer's Grant recipient for CKDnT project *2019: Berlin Short Film Festival Award of Excellence; Impact DOCS Awards Award of Excellence; Belfast Respect Human Rights Film Festival official selection: Hot Dogs on a Tricycle, a HomeStorytellers film *2019: Px3 State of the World/Social documentary exhibition winner: Chronic Kidney Disease (CKDnT) *2021: Pictures of the Year (POY), Documentary Daily Life, Second Place, "Sheila and Joe"; Online Storytelling Project of the Year, Newest Americans *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
– 10 minute video {{DEFAULTSORT:Kashi, Ed Living people 1957 births American photojournalists VII Photo Agency photographers S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications alumni Syracuse University College of Visual and Performing Arts alumni