Photo
"Moises On The Border" by Samantha Appleton
Item Information
Item Number 102
Item Description
Tecun Uman, Mexico February 2002
From a series Samantha did on Mexico's southern border.
Special Instructions
Samantha Appleton has worked on stories as varied as the conflict in Iraq, Malaria in Africa and fishing communities of Maine. Most of her projects are self-motivated and concentrate on the social and political consequences of conflict and neglect.
She began her journalism career as a writer and became a fulltime photographer after assisting James Nachtwey in 1999-2000. Since then she has been named one of the "30 Under 30" photographers featured in PDN, received the Kodak Professional Award, attended the 2005 World Press Master Class, and won first place from Pictures of the Year for her September 11th feature. Her primary clients are TIME magazine and the New Yorker magazine.
She lives in New York City and Portland, ME.
