Timothy Fadek
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Timothy Fadek is an American photographer known for covering social issues and conflicts. His photographs have appeared in hundreds of publications worldwide and have been exhibited in major galleries and museums. He is represented by Redux Pictures,{{cite web|url=http://www.reduxpictures.com/portfolio/editorial/timothy-fadek/story/exodus-from-libya/|title=Timothy Fadek – Redux|work=reduxpictures.com|accessdate=15 March 2017}} a photo agency based in New York and he was a professor at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism,{{cite web|url=http://www.adweek.com/digital/harry-chapin-media-award-winners-announced/|title=Harry Chapin Media Award Winners Announced|work=adweek.com|accessdate=15 March 2017}} The International Center of Photography,{{cite web|url=https://www.icp.org/users/fadektimothy|title=Fadek_Timothy - International Center of Photography|work=icp.org|accessdate=15 March 2017}} and the Institut für fotografische Bildung in Berlin.{{cite web|url=http://www.ifb-berlin.com/en/faculty/timothy-fadek|title=Timothy Fadek - Institut für fotografische Bildung in Berlin|work=ifb-berlin.com|accessdate=15 March 2017}}
Biography
Fadek studied Marketing and Advertising at Baruch College in New York, and after 6 years of working at advertising agencies, he decided to change career directions in 1995 and left to study photography at the School of Visual Arts in New York. In 1997 he began working on his first photography projects in New York, and over the course of 20 years, he photographed stories in Mexico, Chile, Iraq, Libya, Tunisia, Mongolia, China, Belgium and Greece.{{cite magazine|url=https://content.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,2043271,00.html|title=Mongolia Marches Toward Modernity - Photo Essays|magazine=Time|access-date=15 March 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://agonistica.com/exodus-from-libya-timothy-fadek/|title=Exodus from Libya by Timothy Fadek - Agonistica|date=22 October 2013|work=agonistica.com|accessdate=15 March 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://v2.polkamagazine.com/photographe/timothy-fadek/17|title=Timothy Fadek - Polka Magazine|work=polkamagazine.com|accessdate=15 March 2017}}http://www.visionproject.org/images/img_educationservices/pdfs/VP_Lecture_Series_TimFadek.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/slideshow/somethings-rotten-in-athens/|title=Something's Rotten in Athens|work=foreignpolicy.com|date=6 June 2012 |accessdate=15 March 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.stern.de/politik/ausland/ciudad-ju%C3%A1rez-die-stadt-der-verschwundenen-frauen-5417224.html|title=Die Stadt der verschwundenen Frauen|date=1 March 2007|work=stern.de|accessdate=15 March 2017}}{{cite magazine|url=http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-streets-of-brussels|title=The Streets of Brussels|first=Ben|last=Taub|date=31 March 2016|publisher=|accessdate=15 March 2017|magazine=The New Yorker}}
He was awarded the World Understanding Award by Pictures of the Year International, for his photo investigation "CITY OF MISSING WOMEN" {{cite web|url=http://www.poy.org/65/WUASR/WUASR_01.php|title=Judges' Special Recognition - World Understanding|work=poy.org|accessdate=15 March 2017}} and was one of ten photographers named "heroes of photography" by Popular Photography Magazine.{{cite web|url=http://www.popphoto.com/how-to/2008/12/heroes-photography#page-29|title=Heroes of Photography|work=popphoto.com|date=17 December 2008 |accessdate=15 March 2017}}
In 2003 while covering the invasion of Iraq, he and photographers Chris Hondros and Luc Delahaye were ambushed in Nasiriyah by Iraqi soldiers. With their cars disabled, the three walked through the desert for 6 hours at night, before being rescued by U.S. forces.{{Cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2003-03-23-0303230253-story.html|title=Cameraman dead, TV crew missing|website=Chicago Tribune |date=23 March 2003 }}
Collections
Fadek's work is held in the following public collections:
- National September 11 Memorial & Museum, New York
- Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
- International Center of Photography, New York
- Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome
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Category:American photographers