Name John Stanmeyer Role Photojournalist | Books Island of the Spirits | |
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Nominations News & Documentary Emmy Award for New Approaches: Documentaries Similar People Ron Haviv, Marcus Bleasdale, Antonin Kratochvil, Stephanie Sinclair, Jessica Dimmock |
Interview with photojournalist john stanmeyer
John Stanmeyer (born March 1964), is an American photojournalist based in Otis, Massachusetts. He is one of the founders of VII Photo Agency. Stanmeyer has received the World Press Photo of the Year, Robert Capa Gold Medal, Magazine Photographer of the Year from Pictures of the Year International, and a National Magazine Award for Photojournalism.
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- Interview with photojournalist john stanmeyer
- Follow a Nat Geo Photographer on His Silk Road Adventure National Geographic
- Life and work
- Book
- Awards
- References

Follow a Nat Geo Photographer on His Silk Road Adventure | National Geographic
Life and work

His career began at the Tampa Tribune in Tampa, Florida where he began working on international assignments traveling to various African and European countries and India. He then shifted his focus to freelance work on Asian and Middle-Eastern events. His work has centered on Asian and Middle-Eastern political and human rights issues for the past 11 years, and more recently on the environment and sustainability.

He has contributed to Time and National Geographic.
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