Ed Kashi (born November 16, 1957) is an American photojournalist and member of VII Photo based in the Greater New York area. Kashi’s work spans from print photojournalism to experimental film. Kashi is best known for his work on sociopolitical topics.
Table of Contents
- 1 Life and work
- 1.1 Curse of the Black Gold: 50 Years of Oil in The Niger Delta
- 1.2 Three
- 1.3 Aging in America: The Years Ahead
- 1.4 WHEN THE BORDERS BLEED: The Struggle of the Kurds
- 1.5 Promark Japanese Shira Kashi White Oak 707 Ed Shaughnessy Autograph Model Wood tip Single pair
- 1.6 The Millennium Villages Project
- 1.7 Witness Number 8
- 1.8 Human Rights Watch: Struggling for a Humane World: Interviews, Ed Kashi: Sugar Cane Syrian Refugees, Photographs
- 1.9 SIGNED Ed Kashi AGING IN AMERICA The Years Ahead Elderly Old Age Julie Winokur
- 1.10 Curse of the Black Gold by Ed Kashi (2010-08-26)
Life and work
Kashi covered the plight of the Kurdish people and the impact of the oil industry upon the impoverished Niger Delta. He is known for his coverage of the Protestant community in Northern Ireland, the lives of Jewish settlers in the West Bank, and the strife between the Shiites and Sunnis in Iraq.
Kashi and his wife, Julie Winokur, are co-founders of a non-profit multimedia company called Talking Eyes Media. Talking Eyes Media was established in 2002 as a non-profit multimedia company. It focuses on delivering issue-oriented stories to the public. Some of the stories covered by Talking Eyes Media/Ed Kashi are: Aging in America, Denied: The Crisis of America’s Uninsured and The Sandwich Generation. Aging in America was also the subject of a book, named by American Photo Magazine as one of the best photo books of 2003[citation needed] and received awards from Pictures of the Year International,[citation needed] World Press Photo and Freddie Awards (two).[citation needed]
The article “Curse Of the Black Gold: Hope and Betrayal In the Niger Delta” was published in National Geographic February 2007. It highlighted the devastating effects of oil production on the poor Niger Delta. This article led to a collaborative photographic and editorial essay book, Curse of the Black Gold: 50 Years of Oil in the Niger Delta (2008).
Kashi uses stills along with video and audio for storytelling purposes. Such work of his appears on Mediastorm and msnbc.com. In 2006, his Iraqi Kurdistan flipbook was published on msnbc.com. The flipbook utilizes thousands of stills in a moving image format, layered with music to create a symphonic documentary. The flipbook was included in Silverdocs film festival in 2007 and the Tiburon International Film Festival in 2008.
Kashi, who holds a degree from Syracuse University in photojournalism, has been working with National Geographic Society since 1990. His clients include: The New York Times Magazine, Time, Mediastorm, Ford Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, GEO, Newsweek and msnbc.com.[citation needed] Photojournalisms, his latest book is a compilation of journal writings to his wife, done over a nearly 20-year period. The book was published by JGS/Nazraeli Press in March 2012. Kashi highlighted it during an interview for the New York Times Lens Blog. Kashi still teaches and lectures.
Last update 2021-08-06