Peter van Agtmael

Peter van Agtmael (born 1981 in Washington, DC) is a documentary photographer based in New York. Since 2006 he has concentrated on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and their consequences in the United States.[1][2][3][4][5] He is a member of Magnum Photos.

Van Agtmael's photo essays have been published in The New York Times Magazine,[6][7] Time,[8][9] The New Yorker[10] and The Guardian.[11] He has published two books.[12][13][14] His first, 2nd Tour Hope I Don't Die, was published by Photolucida as a prize for winning their Critical Mass Book Award.[15][16] He received a W. Eugene Smith Grant from the W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund[17] to complete his second book, Disco Night Sept. 11. He has twice received awards from World Press Photo,[18][19] the Infinity Award for Young Photographer from the International Center of Photography[20] and a grant from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting,[21]

Life and work

Van Agtmael was born in Washington D.C.[22] and grew up in Bethesda, Maryland.[23] He studied history at Yale,[22] graduating in 2003. He became a Magnum Photos nominee in 2008 and a member in 2013.[24][25][26]

After graduation he received a fellowship to live in China for a year and document the consequences of the Three Gorges Dam.[27] He has covered HIV-positive refugees in South Africa;[3] the Asian tsunami in 2005;[3] humanitarian relief efforts after hurricance Katrina's effects on New Orleans in 2005[27] and after the 2010 Haiti earthquake,[28] the filming of the first season of TV series Treme on location in New Orleans in 2010;[11] the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010,[8] Hurricane Sandy in 2012 and its aftermath,[10] Nabi Salih and Halamish in the West Bank in 2013[7] and the 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict[6] and its aftermath.[9]

Since 2006 he has concentrated on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and their consequences in the United States.[1] He first visited Iraq in 2006 at age 24 and has returned to Iraq and Afghanistan a number of times, embedded with US military troops.[1] Later he continued to investigate the effects of those wars within the US.[12] In 2007 his portfolio from Iraq and Afghanistan won the Monograph Award (softbound) in Photolucida's Critical Mass Book Award.[15][16] As part of the prize Photolucida published his first book, 2nd Tour, Hope I Don’t Die. With work made between January 2006 and December 2008,[29] this "is a young photojournalist’s firsthand experience: the wars’ effects on him, on the soldiers and on the countries involved."[1] The 2012 W. Eugene Smith Grant for Humanistic Photography provided $30,000 to work on his second book,[29] Disco Night Sept. 11, which "chronicles the lives of the soldiers he has met in the field and back home."[12]

Publications

Publications with others

Awards

Exhibitions with others

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Koppel, Niko (3 November 2009). "Showcase: ‘2nd Tour, Hope I Don’t Die’". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  2. ↑ Herbert, Bob (24 August 2009). "The Ultimate Burden". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 Bayley, Bruno (15 May 2013). "Peter van Agtmael Won't Deny the Strange Allure of War". Vice. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  4. ↑ Glaviano, Alessia (30 May 2014). "Peter van Agtmael". Vogue Italia. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  5. ↑ Jacobs, Harrison (4 August 2014). "These Photos show the Harsh Reality of War in Iraq and Afghanistan". Business Insider. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  6. 1 2 Rudoren, Jodi (28 August 2014). "On the Ground in Israel and Gaza: Two photographers capture scenes from the most recent outbreak of war.". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  7. 1 2 "The Resisters". The New York Times. 17 March 2013. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  8. 1 2 "Exclusive Photos: The Oil Spill Spreads". Time. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  9. 1 2 Vick, Karl (24 November 2014). "Inside Gaza with Photographer Peter van Agtmael". Time. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  10. 1 2 Curtis, Elissa (5 February 2013). "Staten Island in the Wake of Sandy". The New Yorker. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  11. 1 2 Simon, David (4 May 2010). "Behind-the-scenes photographs of David Simon's new drama, 'Treme'". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  12. 1 2 3 Laurent, Olivier (13 May 2014). "Peter van Agtmael’s Disco Night Sept 11". British Journal of Photography. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  13. ↑ "Peter van Agtmael's Journey Through War". Time. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  14. ↑ Rosenberg, David (17 June 2014). "Life through the Eyes of a War Photographer". Slate (magazine). Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  15. 1 2 3 "Critical Mass Books: 2nd Tour Hope I Don't Die". Photolucida. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  16. 1 2 3 "Critical Mass Winners: Findings, Cage Call & Perfectible Worlds". Photo-Eye. 1 October 2008. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  17. 1 2 "2012: Peter van Agtmael". W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  18. 1 2 "2006, Peter van Agtmael, 2nd prize, General News stories". World Press Photo. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  19. 1 2 "2014, Observed Portraits, 2nd prize stories, Peter van Agtmael". World Press Photo. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  20. 1 2 "Peter van Agtmael". International Center of Photography. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  21. 1 2 "Peter van Agtmael". Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  22. 1 2 Hedges, Chris (4 January 2010). "The Pictures of War You Aren’t Supposed to See". Truthdig. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  23. ↑ "A Photographer’s Unfiltered Account of the Iraq War". The New York Times. 15 May 2013. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  24. ↑ Popham, Peter (9 December 2012). "Young Magnum: The hotshots ready to take their place in history". The Independent. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  25. ↑ Murg, Stephanie (9 July 2013). "Magnum Photos Adds Olivia Arthur and Peter van Agtmael as Full Members". Adweek. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  26. ↑ "Peter van Agtmael: American/Dutch, b. 1981". Magnum Photos. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  27. 1 2 Lindley, Robin (17 March 2010). "Interview: The human face of war". Real Change. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  28. ↑ Staff writer (28 January 2010). "The Convoy to Nowhere". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  29. 1 2 "2nd Tour, Hope I Don't Die". Mother Jones. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  30. ↑ "Battlespace - Unrealities of war: Photographs from Iraq and Afghanistan", Prix Bayeux-Calvados. Accessed 17 January 2015.
  31. ↑ "Bringing the War Home", Impressions Gallery. Accessed 3 December 2014.

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