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Ed Kashi
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projects on geopolitics and social issues. Mr. Kashi
has won numerous awards from World Press
Photo and Pictures of the Year International, as
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Prix Pictet commission in 2010, and honors from
Communication Arts and American Photo. He has
published seven books, including Curse of the Black
Gold: 50 Years of Oil in the Niger Delta and THREE.
His latest book, Photojournalisms, is a compilation
of journal writings to his wife, done over a nearly
20-year period from various locations around the world. View more of Mr.
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Michael Melford
Michael Melford is an internationally recognized photographer who
has worked with National Geographic for more than 30 years. He has
produced 19 feature stories for National Geographic magazine and more
than 30 stories for National Geographic Traveler. His work also has been
featured on the covers of Newsweek, TIME,
LIFE, Fortune, Smithsonian, GEO, Travel +
Leisure, Travel Holiday, and Coastal Living. Mr.
Melford has won recognition from World Press
Photo, the International Center of Photography,
the Art Director’s Club, and numerous other
arts organizations and publications. He also
has produced photography for eight National
Geographic books, including National Geographic
Treasures of Alaska: The Last Great American
Wilderness and Hidden Alaska: Bristol Bay and