Zoriah Miller (born January 27, 1976), or simply Zoriah, 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 war photographer. He has worked for international aid organizations such as the Red Cross
[Welcome Zoriah]
, BagNewsNotes, November 2008. before returning to photography after a long absence. Although having contributed photos to photo agencies
World Picture News,
The Image Works,
Reporters Agency, and
Rapport Press, Miller remains independent and produces his photo stories on a freelance basis.
Miller's images of conflict in Iraq have been published in relation to a controversy where he was kicked out of embed with US forces when he was accused of violating the terms of his embedding by taking pictures of dead and injured soldiers and thereby "
roviding theenemy with an after-action report on the effectiveness of their attack and on the response procedures of U.S. and Iraqi forces".
[Michael Kamber and Tim Arangom,]
4,000 U.S. Deaths, and a Handful of Images
, ''New York Times,'' June 26, 2008. Accessed March 13, 2009. Photographs that he took in Iraq of dead
US Marines
The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines, is the maritime land force service branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for conducting expeditionary and amphibious operations through comb ...
after a
suicide bomber in Al-Karmah that he posted on his website were widely discussed and brought to light the issue of wartime censorship.
Awards, honors and achievements
Although working as a photographer from a young age , Miller's career did not take off until late 2005 when a photograph of his showing one result of the
2004 Indian Ocean tsunami
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was published by ''
Newsweek
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.''
Miller was named Photojournalist Of The Year by the Morepraxis Organization in 2006 primarily for his work documenting the conflict in Gaza.
In January 2010, Miller won the PhotoPhilanthropy Activist Award for his work on famine in Africa.
Photography
Miller says he specializes in documenting
humanitarian crises
In a one-hour television program, as part of the ''
In Harm's Way
''In Harm's Way'' is a 1965 American epic war film produced and directed by Otto Preminger and starring John Wayne, Kirk Douglas and Patricia Neal, with a supporting cast featuring Henry Fonda in a lengthy cameo, Tom Tryon, Paula Prentiss, Stanle ...
'' series about different dangerous professions produced by Warner Brothers. Miller explains in the
Gaza Strip
The Gaza Strip (;The New Oxford Dictionary of English (1998) – p.761 "Gaza Strip /'gɑːzə/ a strip of territory under the control of the Palestinian National Authority and Hamas, on the SE Mediterranean coast including the town of Gaza.. ...
in 2008, what has motivated him to become a war photographer and to take photographs in disaster areas.
In March 2010, Miller conducted a photography workshop in
Haiti
Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and s ...
during a humanitarian crisis. There was controversy over the event on forums such as Lightstalkers.org.
[Brendan Seibel,]
Photo Workshops Face Online Backlash Haiti
. ''Wired,'' 9 February 2010. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
http://zoriah.com/workshops
Notes
External links
Zoriah.com- Miller's primary website
Alumni Interview
of Miller 2006
Video
Miller interview on ''Democracy Now!'' program
July 14, 2008
Audio
interview with Miller on the radio program PhotoNetCast
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1976 births
Living people
American photojournalists
War photographers
Stock photographers