Benjamin Lowy was born in 1979 and received a BFA from Washington
University in St. Louis in 2002 and began his career covering the Iraq War in
2003 for Time Magazine. Since
then he has covered major stories in Afghanistan, Darfur, Chad, Haiti,
Indonesia, China, and other various worldwide locations. In 2004 Lowy attended
the World Press Joop Swart Masterclass and was nominated for the ICP Infinity
Award. He was named in the Photo District News 30 and his images of Iraq were
chosen by PDN as some of the most iconic of the 21st century. Lowy has received
awards from World Press Photo, POYi, PDN, PGB, Communication Arts, American
Photography, and was a finalist for the Oskar Barnack Award. Lowy's work from
Iraq and Darfur have been collected into several gallery and museum shows,
including London's Tate Modern, and the San Francisco MoMA. The series Iraq Perspectives I is shot from within an Army Humvee.
The decision to include the actual windows in the images serves a literal and a
metaphorical purpose. Lowy wanted to create a visual technique to present Iraq
to the public that is different from the usual images and metaphorically
speaking they represent the barrier that impeds dialogue. Benjamin Lowy is
represented by Reportage by Getty Images.
All photos © Benjamin Lowy/VII Network
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