Peter van Agtmael

Peter van Agtmael (born 1981) is a documentary photographer based in New York. Since 2006 he has concentrated on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and their consequences in the United States.[1][2][3][4][5] He is a member of Magnum Photos.[6]

Van Agtmael's photo essays have been published in The New York Times Magazine,[7][8] Time,[9][10] The New Yorker[11] and The Guardian.[12] He has published three books.[13][14][15] His first, 2nd Tour Hope I Don't Die, was published by Photolucida as a prize for winning their Critical Mass Book Award.[16][17] He received a W. Eugene Smith Grant from the W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund[18] to complete his second book, Disco Night Sept. 11. His third, Buzzing at the Sill, was published by Kehrer Verlag in 2016.[19] He has twice received awards from World Press Photo,[20][21] the Infinity Award for Young Photographer from the International Center of Photography[22] and a grant from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting,[23]

Life and work

Van Agtmael was born in Washington D.C.[24] and grew up in Bethesda, Maryland.[25] He studied history at Yale,[24] graduating in 2003. He became a nominee member of Magnum Photos in 2008, an associate member in 2011, and a full member in 2013.[6][26][27]

After graduation he received a fellowship to live in China for a year and document the consequences of the Three Gorges Dam.[28] He has covered HIV-positive refugees in South Africa;[3] the Asian tsunami in 2005;[3] humanitarian relief efforts after Hurricane Katrina's effects on New Orleans in 2005[28] and after the 2010 Haiti earthquake,[29] the filming of the first season of TV series Treme on location in New Orleans in 2010;[12] the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010,[9] Hurricane Sandy in 2012 and its aftermath,[11] Nabi Salih and Halamish in the West Bank in 2013[8] and the 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict[7] and its aftermath.[10]

Since 2006 he has concentrated on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and their consequences in the United States.[1] He first visited Iraq in 2006 at age 24 and has returned to Iraq and Afghanistan a number of times, embedded with US military troops.[1] Later he continued to investigate the effects of those wars within the US.[13] In 2007 his portfolio from Iraq and Afghanistan won the Monograph Award (softbound) in Photolucida's Critical Mass Book Award.[16][17] As part of the prize Photolucida published his first book, 2nd Tour, Hope I Don’t Die. With work made between January 2006 and December 2008,[30] this "is a young photojournalist’s firsthand experience: the wars’ effects on him, on the soldiers and on the countries involved."[1] The 2012 W. Eugene Smith Grant for Humanistic Photography provided $30,000 to work on his second book,[30] Disco Night Sept. 11, which "chronicles the lives of the soldiers he has met in the field and back home."[13]

Publications

Publications by van Agtmael
  • 2nd Tour Hope I Don't Die. Portland, OR: Photolucida, 2009. ISBN 978-1934334072.
  • Disco Night Sept. 11. Brooklyn: Red Hook, 2014. ISBN 978-0984195428.
  • Buzzing at the Sill. Heidelberg, Germany: Kehrer Verlag, 2016. ISBN 978-3868287363.

Publications with contributions by van Agtmael
  • 25 Under 25: Up-and-Coming American Photographers, Volume 2. New York: powerHouse, 2008. ISBN 978-1-57687-192-8. Edited by Iris Tillman Hill, preface by Lauren Greenfield, introduction by Tom Rankin.
  • A Year in Photography: Magnum Archive. Munich: Prestel; New York, Paris, London, Tokyo: Magnum, 2010. ISBN 978-3-7913-4435-5.
  • The Contact Sheet. Pasadena, CA: Ammo, 2012. ISBN 9781934429082. Edited by Steve Crist.
  • Photographs Not Taken. New York: Daylight, 2012. ISBN 9780983231615. Edited by Will Steacy.
  • Photojournalists on War: The Untold Stories from Iraq. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2013. ISBN 9780292744080. Edited by Michael Kamber, foreword by Dexter Filkins.
  • Photographers' Sketchbooks. London: Thames & Hudson, 2014. ISBN 9780500544341. Edited by Stephen McLaren and Bryan Formhals.

Awards
  • 2006: 25 Under 25: Up and Coming American Photographers, The Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, Duke University, Durham, NC.
  • 2007: Second prize, General News stories category, World Press Photo Awards, World Press Photo, Amsterdam,[20] for a series depicting night raids in Iraq.
  • 2007: Monograph Award (softbound), Critical Mass Book Award, Photolucida.[16][17]
  • 2008: Grant from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, Washington, D.C.[23]
  • 2011: Infinity Award, Young Photographer category, International Center of Photography, New York.[22]
  • 2012: W. Eugene Smith Grant from the W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund.[18]
  • 2014: Second prize, Observed Portraits category, World Press Photo Awards, World Press Photo, Amsterdam.[21]

Exhibitions with others
  • 2009: Battlespace, Prix Bayeux-Calvados, Bayeux, France, 5 October – 1 November 2009.[31] Named after the military term Battlespace.
  • 2010: Bringing the War Home, Impressions Gallery, Bradford, England, 17 September – 14 November 2010. Curated by Pippa Oldfield. Also included photographs by Sama Alshaibi, Farhad Ahrarnia, Lisa Barnard, Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin, Edmund Clark, Kay May, Asef Ali Mohammad and Christopher Sims.[32]
gollark: Sure!
gollark: I mean, death won't happen forever.
gollark: Also taxes.
gollark: At least at some levels.
gollark: A lot of it is based on memorizing random information rather than thinking.

References
  1. Koppel, Niko (3 November 2009). "Showcase: '2nd Tour, Hope I Don't Die'". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  2. Herbert, Bob (24 August 2009). "The Ultimate Burden". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  3. Bayley, Bruno (15 May 2013). "Peter van Agtmael Won't Deny the Strange Allure of War". Vice. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  4. Glaviano, Alessia (30 May 2014). "Peter van Agtmael". Vogue Italia. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  5. Jacobs, Harrison (4 August 2014). "These Photos show the Harsh Reality of War in Iraq and Afghanistan". Business Insider. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  6. "Magnum Photos appoints new full members – British Journal of Photography". www.bjp-online.com. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  7. Rudoren, Jodi (28 August 2014). "On the Ground in Israel and Gaza: Two photographers capture scenes from the most recent outbreak of war". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  8. "The Resisters". The New York Times. 17 March 2013. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  9. "Exclusive Photos: The Oil Spill Spreads". Time. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  10. Vick, Karl (24 November 2014). "Inside Gaza with Photographer Peter van Agtmael". Time. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  11. Curtis, Elissa (5 February 2013). "Staten Island in the Wake of Sandy". The New Yorker. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  12. Simon, David (4 May 2010). "Behind-the-scenes photographs of David Simon's new drama, 'Treme'". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  13. Laurent, Olivier (13 May 2014). "Peter van Agtmael's Disco Night Sept 11". British Journal of Photography. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  14. "Peter van Agtmael's Journey Through War". Time. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  15. Rosenberg, David (17 June 2014). "Life through the Eyes of a War Photographer". Slate. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  16. "Critical Mass Books: 2nd Tour Hope I Don't Die". Photolucida. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  17. "Critical Mass Winners: Findings, Cage Call & Perfectible Worlds". Photo-Eye. 1 October 2008. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  18. "2012: Peter van Agtmael". W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  19. "Peter van Agtmael - Fotografie - Bücher - Kehrer Verlag". Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  20. "2006, Peter van Agtmael, 2nd prize, General News stories". World Press Photo. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  21. "2014, Observed Portraits, 2nd prize stories, Peter van Agtmael". World Press Photo. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  22. "Peter van Agtmael". International Center of Photography. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  23. "Peter van Agtmael". Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  24. Hedges, Chris (4 January 2010). "The Pictures of War You Aren't Supposed to See". Truthdig. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  25. "A Photographer's Unfiltered Account of the Iraq War". The New York Times. 15 May 2013. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  26. Popham, Peter (9 December 2012). "Young Magnum: The hotshots ready to take their place in history". The Independent. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  27. Murg, Stephanie (9 July 2013). "Magnum Photos Adds Olivia Arthur and Peter van Agtmael as Full Members". Adweek. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  28. Lindley, Robin (17 March 2010). "Interview: The human face of war". Real Change. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  29. Staff writer (28 January 2010). "The Convoy to Nowhere". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  30. "2nd Tour, Hope I Don't Die". Mother Jones. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  31. "Battlespace - Unrealities of war: Photographs from Iraq and Afghanistan Archived 2015-01-19 at the Wayback Machine", Prix Bayeux-Calvados. Accessed 17 January 2015.
  32. "Bringing the War Home Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine", Impressions Gallery. Accessed 3 December 2014.
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