Born and raised in the United Kingdom, Amiran White began her photojournalism career in North America stringing for The Associated Press in Portland, Ore. From there she accepted a position with the News-Review, a daily newspaper in southern Oregon, where she was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. Subsequent full-time employers included The Patriot-News in Harrisburg, Pa., and The New Mexican in Santa Fe, NM.
Amiran has won a variety of awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, Associated Press, World Press and National Press Photographers’ Association. She’s also earned the Community Awareness Award from the 60th Photographer of the Year International and the 2003 Golden Light Award for her documentary work.
Amiran lives in Guatemala and freelances throughout Central America. Her work has recently appeared in The New York Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, on the Reuters International News Wire and with Zuma Press.
To contact Amiran for potential assignments, please call (502)4596 0537 or email amiran@amiranphoto.com