Guttenfelder previously spent 20 years as a photojournalist for the Associated Press based in Nairobi, Abidjan, New Delhi, and Tokyo covering news in more than 75 countries around the world.
Guttenfelder helped the AP open a bureau in North Korea, the first western news agency to have an office in the otherwise-isolated country. Over the past 15 years, he has made more than 40 trips to North Korea.
Guttenfelder is a 8-time World Press Photo winner and was a member of the 2014 WPP jury.
