| Anthony Suau |
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Anthony Suau was born in Illinois, USA, in 1956 and after graduating worked for six years as staff photographer for the Chicago Sun-Times and the Denver Post. He moved to New York in 1985, working with the Black Star photo agency. In 1991 he became a contract photographer for Time magazine. Between 1987 and 2008 Suau was based in Europe.
Suau's publications include books on Chechnya, the genocide in Rwanda, and the US invasion of Iraq. In 1999 he completed ‘Beyond the Fall', a project documenting the transformation of the former Soviet bloc. This led to a book, and an exhibition in London, New York, Washington and more than a dozen cities throughout Europe. His awards include a Pulitzer Prize for his images of famine in Ethiopia and a Robert Capa Gold Medal for his coverage of the war in Chechnya. Suau is a previous winner of the World Press Photo of the Year, in 1987.
A 6,000+ image archive of his work is currently represented on-line at www.archive.anthonysuau.com.
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