Heroes of Photography

A tribute to ten photographers who inspire us.

By American Photo Staff | Published Dec 17, 2008 7:13 AM EST

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*Brent Stirton*A girl fetches water, Tanzania.

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*Brent Stirton*

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*Brent Stirton*A child on a bamboo bridge over flood water in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

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*Brent Stirton*

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*Brent Stirton*Water hole, Tanzania.

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*Brent Stirton*

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*Brent Stirton*

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*Brent Stirton*A new NGO-sponsored well in Tanzania.

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*Brent Stirton*A young girl near the fence of a newly dug well in Tanzania.

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*Brent Stirton*A young refugee child suffering from cholera, Buchanan, Liberia.

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*Brent Stirton*Portrait by David Turnley

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*Brent Stirton*Brent Stirton’s shot of drought-striken Tehuacan Valley, Mexico.

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*Yunghi Kim*Miriam with three of her kids.

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*Yunghi Kim*Miriam’s family faces hardship and stigma.

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*Yunghi Kim*Mysam is the only male child of an Afghan widow, Miriam, whose husband died in a Taliban prison.

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*Yunghi Kim*

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*Yunghi Kim*

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*Yunghi Kim*

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*Yunghi Kim*

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*Yunghi Kim*Yunghi Kim’s shot of a U.S. Marine’s shadow in Baidoa, Somalia.

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*Yunghi Kim*

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*Yunghi Kim*Writer Wil Haygood (front), Bob Allen, and a relief worker in Somalia.

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*Yunghi Kim*A Somali man, looking for grain, is caught in a dust storm.

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*Yunghi Kim*Portrait by Mario Tama

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*Timothy Fadek*

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*Timothy Fadek*Crosses represent the bodies of women found in the hills.

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*Timothy Fadek*

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*Timothy Fadek*

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*Timothy Fadek*

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*Timothy Fadek*

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*Timothy Fadek*

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*Timothy Fadek*Lupe and Enca Mendoza with a picture of their sister Miriam, killed at age 14.

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*Timothy Fadek*Fadek portrait by Chris Hondros.

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*Stanley Greene*A rebel killed by Russians in Grozny is trucked off.

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*Stanley Greene*Inside a rebel stronghold, a child awaits the Russians.

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*Stanley Greene*Markha at home, Grozny.

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*Stanley Greene*Outline of a body in snow after a rocket attack.

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*Stanley Greene*A firefight breaks out on residential streets.

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*Stanley Greene*Asya, a fighting nurse.

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*Stanley Greene*

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*Stanley Greene*

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*Stanley Greene*

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*Stanley Greene*

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*Stanley Greene*

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*Stanley Greene*Portrait by Alessia Bulgari

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*Phil Borges*Yelda, 12, Kabul, Afghanistan.

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*Phil Borges*Asgeli, 52, Awash Fontale, Ethiopia.

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*Phil Borges*Humaria, 11, Kabul, Afghanistan.

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*Phil Borges*Abay, 28, Awash Fontale, Ethiopia.

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*Phil Borges*Augustina, 13, Dekoto Junction, Ghana.

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*Phil Borges*Transito, 91, Cayambe, Ecuador.

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*Phil Borges*Genesis, 4, Suipira, Ecuador.

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*Phil Borges*Gilo

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*Phil Borges*Homiara

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*Phil Borges*Laiju

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*Phil Borges*Rufo

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*Phil Borges*Portrait by Jeff Gima

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*Joseph Rodriguez*Hilda Hendriks outside her damaged New Orleans home, 2006.

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*Joseph Rodriguez*Mexico, 1996.

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*Joseph Rodriguez*New Orleans, September, 2006.

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*Joseph Rodriguez*Former New Orleans resident Kevin Scott in his new Denton, Texas, apartment, 2005.

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*Joseph Rodriguez*

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*Joseph Rodriguez*

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*Joseph Rodriguez*

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*Joseph Rodriguez*

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*Joseph Rodriguez*Portrait by Thomas Carabasi.

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*John Dugdale*Self portrait.

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*Hazel Thompson*Child prisoners in crowded jails in Metro Manila, the Philippines.

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*Hazel Thompson*Child prisoners in crowded jails in Metro Manila, the Philippines.

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*Hazel Thompson*Child prisoners in crowded jails in Metro Manila, the Philippines.

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*Hazel Thompson*Portrait by Peter Mills

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*Fazal Sheikh*Vrindavan, India.

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*Fazal Sheikh*Lakshmi

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*Fazal Sheikh*Charu Bala Devnath.

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*Fazal Sheikh*Shanti Karuna.

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*Fazal Sheikh*Kamala

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*Fazal Sheikh*Asha Rajak.

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*Fazal Sheikh*Vrindavan, India From A Camel for the Son.

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*Fazal Sheikh*Jamaa Abdullai and her brother Adan, Somali refugee camp, Mandera Kenya, 1993.

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*Fazal Sheikh*

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*Fazal Sheikh*

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*Fazal Sheikh*

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*Fazal Sheikh*Self Portrait.

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*Chris Hondros*Iraq through the window of a Humvee.

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*Chris Hondros*Muslims pray in Pakistan.

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*Chris Hondros*A girl screams after her parents were killed by U.S. soldiers in Iraq.

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*Chris Hondros*Anti-Taliban soldiers drag the body of an al Qaeda fighter in Afghanistan.

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*Chris Hondros*A U.S. Marine in Iraq.

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*Chris Hondros*Cradling comrade.

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*Chris Hondros*Liberian fighter.

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*Chris Hondros*Portrait by Jeff Swensen.

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*Hazel Thompson*Child prisoners in crowded jails in Metro Manila, the Philippines.

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*Hazel Thompson*Child prisoners in crowded jails in Metro Manila, the Philippines.

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*Hazel Thompson*Child prisoners in crowded jails in Metro Manila, the Philippines.

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*Hazel Thompson*Child prisoners in crowded jails in Metro Manila, the Philippines.

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*Hazel Thompson*Child prisoners in crowded jails in Metro Manila, the Philippines.

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*Hazel Thompson*Child prisoners in crowded jails in Metro Manila, the Philippines.