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 spent 10-years working as a staff photographer on various daily newspapers in Oregon, Pennsylvania and New Mexico before freelancing in photography.
Amiran has won a variety of awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, Associated Press, World Press, National Press Photographers’ Association, Editor & Publisher and was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. 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. Most recently, she won a first place in ‘Music’ with the 2009 Sony World Photo Awards.
Her work has recently appeared in The New York Times, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Oregonian, Geo Saison, on the Reuters International News Wire, MSNBC.com and with Zuma Press.
To contact Amiran, please email: amiran@amiranphoto.com