The Photographers
John Stanmeyer
John Stanmeyer is a co-founding member of VII, is a contract photographer with Time Magazine since 1998, and works regularly on assignment with National Geographic magazine.
John Stanmeyer is a co-founding member of VII, is a contract photographer with Time Magazine since 1998, and works regularly on assignment with National Geographic magazine.
Although born in the United States, the 43-year-old has spent more than 10 years focusing on Asian issues. For seven years, he has been working on a book about the AIDS epidemic throughout Asia, as well as continuing his photographic documentation on the radical changes in Indonesia since 1997. He has been the recipient of numerous honors, including the Robert Capa, Magazine Photographer of the Year, as well as World Press and Picture of the Year awards.
Although born in the United States, the 43-year-old has spent more than 10 years focusing on Asian issues. For seven years, he has been working on a book about the AIDS epidemic throughout Asia, as well as continuing his photographic documentation on the radical changes in Indonesia since 1997. He has been the recipient of numerous honors, including the Robert Capa, Magazine Photographer of the Year, as well as World Press and Picture of the Year awards.
Recent work by
John Stanmeyer
Sleeping Sickness: The Long Road
by John StanmeyerFor centuries, sleeping sickness caused havoc in isolated reaches of Africa, preying on people with no...
Fatal Neglect- Sleeping Sickness
by John StanmeyerEditors Note: In December 2012, Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), VII Photo and UNION HZ...
Books by
John Stanmeyer
Spirits are everywhere in Bali. Trees, temples, mountains,
stones, water appear sacred to the Balinese, all serving as a hand
reaching out and into the other world of ancestors and gods and the
maelstrom of good and evil. Balinese spiritual culture has its
roots