Steve Simon (photographer)

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Steve Simon
Born1960
NationalityAmerican/Canadian
Alma materDawson Institute of Photography, Concordia University
Known for Documentary photography
Website www.stevesimonphoto.com

Steve Simon (born 1960) is an American/Canadian documentary photographer. [1]

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Early life and education

Born in Montreal, Simon began having interest in photography at a very early age. He received his Certificate of Professional Photography in 1981 after attending the Dawson Institute of Photography in Montreal. He went on to complete a Bachelor of Arts in Photography from Concordia University, Montreal in 1985. [2]

Career

Simon worked as a photographer at The Edmonton Journal , Edmonton, Canada from 1986 till 1996. [3] He captured The Canadian Press Photo Of The Year in 1987 of the Edmonton Tornado. [3] From 1996 to 2000, Simon served as the Photojournalism Professor and head of the Loyalist College Photojournalism Program in Belleville, Ontario. [4]

From 1996 to 2000, Simon was Photojournalism Professor and head of the Loyalist College Photojournalism Program in Belleville, Ontario. [5] While teaching photojournalism, Simon joined PhotoSensitive, a Canadian nonprofit photography collective. [6]

Simon began his project America At The Edge documenting the United States bordering Canada in 1996. [7] [8] He left his teaching job in 2000 and emigrated to New York City. [8] He has photographed on assignment in more than 40 countries and his work has been published in The New York Times Magazine , [9] Maclean's , [10] and The Walrus . [11]

Publications

  • Healing Waters: The Pilgrimage To Lac Ste. Anne. University of Alberta Press. 1995. ISBN   0-88864-277-6.
  • Empty Sky: The Pilgrimage to Ground Zero. Stanke. 2002. ISBN   2-7604-0914-7.
  • Heroines & Heroes: Hope, HIV and Africa. Charta. 2006. ISBN   88-8158-610-X.
  • The Republicans. Charta, Italy. 2006. ISBN   88-8158-561-8.
  • The Passionate Photographer: Ten Steps Toward Becoming Great. New Riders. 2011. ISBN   9780321719898.

Awards and honors


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