| Brent Stirton, 39, is the
senior staff photographer for the assignment division
of Getty Images, New York. Getty Images is the largest
photographic agency in the world. He specializes in
documentary work and is known for his alternative approaches.
He travels an average of nine months of the year on
assignment.
Brent's work is published by: National Geographic
Magazine, National Geographic Adventure,
The New York Times Magazine, The London
Sunday Times Magazine, Smithsonian Magazine,
The Discovery Channel, Newsweek, Le
Express, Le Monde 2, Figaro,
Paris Match, GQ, Geo, Stern,
CNN, and many other respected international
titles and news organizations.
Brent also photographs for the Global Business Coalition
against Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria. He has been
a long time photographer for the World Wide Fund for
Nature (WWF), shooting campaigns on sustainability and
the environment. He works for the Ford and Clinton Foundations,
the Nike foundation and the World Economic Forum. He
was appointed one of 200 Young Global leaders in 2009
by the World Economic Forum.
Brent has received awards from the Overseas Press Club,
the Frontline Club, the Deadline Club, Days Japan, multiple
P.O.Y USA awards, 3 times China International Photo
Awards, the Lead Awards Germany, Graphis USA, American
Photography, American Photo and the American Society
of Publication Designers as well as the London Association
of Photographers. Brent has received 5 awards from the
Lucie Foundation and 5 awards from the World Press Photo
Foundation and has also received awards from the United
Nations for his work on the environment and in the field
of HIV. Recently Brent won the 2008 Visa D’or
at the Visa Pour L’ image Festival in France for
Magazine photography. Brent was also awarded The Lucy
Award for International photographer of the Year for
2008.
In 2009 he received a gold award from China International
photographic awards, as well as awards from the National
Press Photographers Association, Graphis and American
Photography.
Brent received the 2009 ASME magazine publishers award
for photojournalism for his work in the Democratic Republic
of Congo published in National Geographic magazine.
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