DAVID GUTTENFELDER

DAVID GUTTENFELDER

David Guttenfelder is a photographer born in Iowa in 1969. He became known for his photos in North Korea.

                             

He was a freelance photographer in East Africa and is currently Asia's chief photographer for the Associated Press. Lives in Tokyo, Japan.

He has received numerous awards:

• 2009: Reader's Award (along with four others), Japan Japan International Photojournalism Awards.
• 2012: Time magazine Instagram photo of the year.
• 2012: Finalist, Pulitzer Prize 2012 in Feature Photography.
• 2013: Infinity Prize of the International Center of Photography.

His photos show the reality of the darkest places in the world: