Sunday, May 20, 2018

Javier Manzano

  
Javier Manzano
Javier Manzano's career started in the newspaper industry as a photo and video journalist, and later expanded into television and electronic media. After The Rocky Mountain News closed their doors on February of 2009, Javier has since worked as a freelance photographer for the Associated Press, Agence France-Presse, Foreign Policy and other news outlets.


Manzano's Pulitzer Prize winning photo of Two Rebel Soldiers Photo was taken October 2012 in the Karm-al jabal district of Aleppo Syria- during the siege of Aleppo. Lee C. Bollinger, President of Columbia University, presented the 2013 Feature Photography prize to Manzano. Other awards he has taken home are, the 2013 World Press Photo- International News Story, Pictures of the Year International- News Story, 2011 World Press Photo- News Single, another award that year, and 10 other awards before it.

Specializing in video production and documentary photography-
Manzano has reported in Syria, Afghanistan, Mexico and the United States.
Known and prized mostly for his coverage on drug and civil wars, although a large extent his work is focused on the many cross-border issues

Also photographs commercially- fashionista, lifestyle, portraits, eclectic, and still life.

Manzano’s work is published in the New York Times, the Washington Post, TIME Magazine, along with many others.

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