Blind Indian Albino Boys - A group of blind albino boys photographed in their boarding room at the Vivekananda mission school for the blind in West Bengal, India. This is one of the very few schools for the blind in India today. West Bengal, India.
Photojournalist, South Africa
Brent
Stirton (42) is the senior photographer for the assignment division of
Getty Images, New York. He specializes in documentary work, and is known
for his alternative approaches.
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He travels an average of nine months of
the year on assignment, spending most of his time working for National
Geographic magazine.
Stirton’s work is published by National Geographic magazine, National Geographic Adventure, National Geographic Traveler, The New York Times Magazine, the Sunday Times Magazine, Time magazine, Smithsonian magazine, Discovery Channel, Newsweek, L'Express, Le Monde 2, Figaro, Paris Match, GQ, Geo, Stern, CNN, and many other respected international titles and news organizations.
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Stirton also photographs for the Global Fund, The Global Business Coalition against Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria, and Human Rights Watch. He has been a longtime photographer for the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), shooting campaigns on sustainability and the environment. He works for the Ford, Gates, and Clinton Foundations, as well as the Nike foundation and the World Economic Forum. He was appointed one of 200 Young Global Leaders in 2009, by the World Economic Forum and has illustrated key themes at Davos for the past five years. For the past seven years, Stirton has focused on water issues around the world.
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Stirton has received awards from the Overseas Press Club, the Frontline Club, the Deadline Club, Days Japan Photographic Awards, multiple Pictures of the Year awards, the 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.
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Stirton has received six awards from the
Lucie Foundation, and five previous 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. Stirton won the 2008
Visa d’Or at the Visa Pour l’Image Festival in France, for magazine
photography. He also won The Lucy Award for International Photographer
of the Year for 2008. In 2009, he worked on the Documentary ‘The Gorilla
Murders’, with National Geographic Television, which received an Emmy
for best environmental documentary.
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In 2009, Stirton received a gold award from the China International Photographic Awards, as well as awards from the National Press Photographers Association, Graphis and American Photography. His work was selected for the Communication Arts Photography Annual, and he was selected as one of Lurzer’s 200 top advertising photographers in the world. Stirton received the 2009 ASME national magazine publishers award for photojournalism, for his work in the Democratic Republic of Congo, published in National Geographic magazine. In 2010 Stirton continued his work for National Geographic, working across the Sahara region. He is also involved in environmental crimes investigations for the magazine.
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Stirton’s work is published by National Geographic magazine, National Geographic Adventure, National Geographic Traveler, The New York Times Magazine, the Sunday Times Magazine, Time magazine, Smithsonian magazine, Discovery Channel, Newsweek, L'Express, Le Monde 2, Figaro, Paris Match, GQ, Geo, Stern, CNN, and many other respected international titles and news organizations.
Stirton also photographs for the Global Fund, The Global Business Coalition against Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria, and Human Rights Watch. He has been a longtime photographer for the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), shooting campaigns on sustainability and the environment. He works for the Ford, Gates, and Clinton Foundations, as well as the Nike foundation and the World Economic Forum. He was appointed one of 200 Young Global Leaders in 2009, by the World Economic Forum and has illustrated key themes at Davos for the past five years. For the past seven years, Stirton has focused on water issues around the world.
Stirton has received awards from the Overseas Press Club, the Frontline Club, the Deadline Club, Days Japan Photographic Awards, multiple Pictures of the Year awards, the 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.
In 2009, Stirton received a gold award from the China International Photographic Awards, as well as awards from the National Press Photographers Association, Graphis and American Photography. His work was selected for the Communication Arts Photography Annual, and he was selected as one of Lurzer’s 200 top advertising photographers in the world. Stirton received the 2009 ASME national magazine publishers award for photojournalism, for his work in the Democratic Republic of Congo, published in National Geographic magazine. In 2010 Stirton continued his work for National Geographic, working across the Sahara region. He is also involved in environmental crimes investigations for the magazine.
