Zoriah Miller (born January 27, 1976), or simply Zoriah, is an American photojournalist and war photographer. He has worked for international aid organizations such as the Red Cross[1][unreliable source?][2] before returning to photography after a long absence. Although having contributed photos to photo agencies World Picture News,[3]The Image Works,[4]Reporters Agency, and Rapport Press, Miller remains independent and produces his photo stories on a freelance basis.
Photojournalism is a particular form of journalism that employs images in order to tell a news story. It is now usually understood to refer only to still images, but in some cases the term also refers to video used in broadcast journalism. Photojournalism is distinguished from other close branches of photography by complying with a rigid ethical framework which demands that the work be both honest and impartial whilst telling the story in strictly journalistic terms. Photojournalists create pictures that contribute to the news media, and help communities connect with one other. Photojournalists must be well informed and knowledgeable about events happening right outside their door. They deliver news in a creative format that is not only informative, but also entertaining.
Miller's images of conflict in Iraq have been published in relation to a controversy where he was kicked out of embed with US forces when he was accused of violating the terms of his embedding by taking pictures of dead and injured soldiers and thereby "[providing the] enemy with an after-action report on the effectiveness of their attack and on the response procedures of U.S. and Iraqi forces".[5] Photographs that he took in Iraq of dead US Marines after a suicide bomber in Al-Karmah that he posted on his website were widely discussed and brought to light the issue of wartime censorship.[5][6][7]
Awards, honors and achievements
Although working as a photographer from a young age [citation needed], Miller's career did not take off until late 2005 when a photograph of his showing one result of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami was published by Newsweek.[8]
Newsweek is an American weekly news magazine founded in 1933.
Miller was named Photojournalist Of The Year by the Morepraxis Organization[9] in 2006 primarily for his work documenting the conflict in Gaza.[2]
In January 2010, Miller won the PhotoPhilanthropy Activist Award for his work on famine in Africa.[10]
A humanitarian crisis is defined as a singular event or a series of events that are threatening in terms of health, safety or well being of a community or large group of people. It may be an internal or external conflict and usually occurs throughout a large land area. Local, national and international responses are necessary in such events.
In a one-hour[11] television program, as part of the In Harm's Way series about different dangerous professions produced by Warner Brothers. Miller explains in the Gaza Strip in 2008, what has motivated him to become a war photographer and to take photographs in disaster areas.[12]
In March 2010, Miller conducted a photography workshop in Haiti during a humanitarian crisis.[13][14] There was controversy over the event on forums such as Lightstalkers.org.[15]http://zoriah.com/workshops
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