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Ed Kashi is an American photojournalist and member of VII Photo based in the Greater New York area. Kashi's work spans from print photojournalism to experimental film. He is most noted for documenting sociopolitical issues.
Kashi covered the plight of the Kurdish people and the impact of the oil industry upon the impoverished Niger Delta. He is known for his coverage of the Protestant community in Northern Ireland, the lives of Jewish settlers in the West Bank, and the strife between the Shiites and Sunnis in Iraq.
Kashi and his wife, Julie Winokur, are co-founders of a non-profit multimedia company called Talking Eyes Media. Talking Eyes Media was created in 2002 to deliver issue-orientated stories to the general public. Some of the stories covered by Talking Eyes Media/Ed Kashi are: Aging in America, Denied: The Crisis of America's Uninsured and The Sandwich Generation. Aging in America was also the subject of a book published by powerHouse books, which was named by American Photo Magazine as one of the best photo books of 2003 and received awards from Pictures of the Year, World Press Photo and Freddie Awards.
"Curse of the Black Gold, Hope and Betrayal in the Niger Deltaâ€, published in National Geographic Magazine, February 2007, chronicled the negative impact of oil development on the impoverished Niger Delta. This article led to a collaborative photographic and editorial essay book, Curse of the Black Gold: 50 Years of Oil in the Niger Delta, published by powerHouse books in 2008.
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