New York photographer Timothy Fadek has worked in more than 25 countries and has faced personal risk in order to bring attention to major world events such as the wars in Iraq, Lebanon, Kosovo, Macedonia, Israel and the Palestinian Territories, the civil uprising in Haiti and the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center. As an adjunct professor, he taught photojournalism at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. His photographic reporting has been published in hundreds of magazines worldwide and have been exhibited in major galleries. He has been a contributor to several photo books on the World Trade Center attack and the war in Iraq. Named a “Hero of Photography” by American Photo magazine in 2007, Fadek has earned numerous industry awards and also twice received the Best of Photojournalism award from the National Press Photographers Association.