Zak Bennett
West Palm Beach, FL, United States
Picture editor, photographer and writer. Graduate of the University of Florida and New York University with a B.S. in Journalism, specialization in photojournalism and Latin American studies, and a M.S. in Tech and Project Management. My freelance work has been published by The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, The Huffington Post, Open Democracy, TIME, The Guardian, SPIN Magazine, Vice Magazine and many others. Topics I've covered range from melting tropical glaciers in the Andes Mountains in Peru to the mass deportation of immigrant children in Israel and Palestinian Territory. From 2010-2015 I worked as a News Photo Editor at Demotix-Corbis, a Webby Award winning breaking-news street wire, and Splash News.
2011 - Webby Award Honoree 2011, 2010 - Various Scholarships, 2010 - Photo of the Week, 2009 - Ambassador of the Year, 2014 - Photo of Day - Stern Magazine, 2009 - Karl and Madira Bickel Assistantship Recipient, 2009 - Florida Fly-Ins travel grant
- Arts
- Breaking news
- Conflict
- Editorial
- Entertainment
- Environment
- Events
- Fashion
- Food
- Interview
- Landscape
- Military embed
- Portrait
- Reporting
- Still life
- Underwater
- Video capture
- Wildlife