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Photojournalist Brian Sokol, born 1975, has been documenting life in Asia for more than a decade. A fluent Nepali speaker, he has covered a diverse range of stories, from armed conflict in the Himalayas to the economics of global migration.

Recent commissions include assignments for The New York Times, UNICEF, Stern, Der Spiegel, The Chicago Tribune, The Sydney Morning Herald, AFP, Bloomberg, People, l’Espresso, Outside, Getty Images, and Travel and Leisure. His work has also been published in TIME, Le Monde, Courrier International, The Washington Post, National Geographic Adventure, and the National Geographic Society’s book “Himalaya.”

He has received awards from Days Japan and Smithsonian magazines and his photography has been exhibited in the USA, Japan, Korea and Nepal. National Geographic Magazine awarded him the 2007 Eddie Adams Grant. The prize is given annually to one outstanding young photographer in his or her first 3 years of professional experience.

In 2008 Brian was named one of PDN’s 30 Emerging Photographers to Watch and is available for assignment.