ZUMA Enters Tranquil Waters

April 1, 2004 - San Clemente, CA - Diversity and depth of content is what characterizes ZUMA Press. It's why LINDA TROELLER chose us as the agent for her decade-long exploration of spas. "Linda's work far surpasses anything ever attempted in regard to a fine-art approach to the healing power of spas," Scott Mc Kiernan said. "Her images are concept art and speak about the future of beauty, health and alternative sources of finding peace in one's life and surroundings." Her work, while focused on the subject of spas, offers an unlimited exploration of the essential elements of design and provides a jumping-off point to examine the broader question about the fundamentals of relaxation and its effects in society. Linda summarizes her work with the motto "Health is not a destination; it is a process." Troeller has won a Book Award of Merit, the Book Award for Excellence in 1999 from Pictures of the Year for the book Healing Waters (1998, Aperture), the Ferguson Award from the Friends of Photography for her photo-collage series TB-AIDS Diary and a New Jersey State Council on the Arts grant. Her book Erotic Lives of Women (1998, Scalo) received acclaim in the New York Times Book Review. Her latest publication, Spa Journeys (published by Power House Books), just hit bookstores this January. Her work is collected in the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston and published in leading publications including European Photography, Oprah, Marie Claire, GQ and Wired. To view more of Troeller's work, click here. To book her for an assignment, please contact Trish Murphy at 949.481.3747.

Please join us in congratulating ZUMA's longtime client AOL for winning an Honorary Merit award in the Web Feature Picture Story category of the NPPA's Best of Photojournalism competition for the editing and presentation of ZUMA's reportage feature on Haitian voodoo by ZUMA photojournalist LES STONE. NPPA judge Anne Conneen said, "The photojournalism by LES STONE/ZUMA in this piece was outstanding; photos were tightly edited and well-paced." "Stone is the ultimate shooter of ongoing drama that is called Haiti with more than 30 long-term assignments over the last decade. His amazing coverage of everything from bloody civil wars to sacred ceremonies in the tragic island nation tells the ultimate tale of misfortune and hope of a people. It is exciting to see it presented with grace and style by America Online and recognized for its merits by the NPPA," said Scott Mc Kiernan, director and founder of ZUMA Press. Also, please join us in congratulating ZUMA Press photographer MUKUNDA BOGATI of Nepal for winning a Commendation Prize in the first year the WACC photographic competition. The theme of the competition was communication and the media. Bogati's image "Social Victim" shows Dilbhadur Biswo Karma, a barefoot lower-caste laborer, being interviewed by Ramchandra Basyal for a radio program that was examining caste-based social discrimination--a pervasive issue in rural Nepal. For more information about WACC winners, click here. Dirty Divas Uncovered

DON'T FORGET--Dirty Divas, the most outrageous celebrity photo exhibit, debuts today! We're featuring off-guard, fully mounted and bigger-than-life-size prints of the hottest Hollywood stars from the Industry's top entertainment shooters! Exhibit runs from April 1-June 1, 2004 @ The BIG GALLERY Ocean Ave. Brewery 237 Ocean Ave., San Clemente, CA 92651 Join us for the opening reception TODAY @ 6 p.m. For more information, visit zDirtyDivas.com DIRTY DIVAS SHOWN HERE: SANDRA BULLOCK, ©GODARD/Visual/ZUMA Press; CELINE DION, ©RENA DURHAM/KPA/ZUMA Press; KELLY OSBORNE, ©DAN HERRICK/KPA/ZUMA Press; LIL'KIM, ©STEVEN TACKEFF/ZUMA Press. zReportage Update

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