ZUMA Expands Hot Middle East Coverage

April 7, 2004 - San Clemente, CA - ZUMA Press expands its coverage of Middle East affairs this week by adding hard news photojournalist OSAMA SILWADI and his agency, Vision Pix, to ZUMA's roster. Silwadi joins ZUMA from Reuters, where he spent the last five years. He was at Agence France Press for four years before that. His work has been published around the world in countless publications, including TIME Magazine, Newsweek, USA Today and the International Herald Tribune. "The Palestinian-Israeli conflict unfortunately continues to be the epicenter of terror and devastation for the world, and ZUMA is honored to represent a hard-core photographer like Osama," said Scott Mc Kiernan, director of ZUMA Press. Silwadi began his career over a decade ago during the first Intifada and has put his life in danger to document the ongoing violence and conflict with the true dedication and passion necessary of a hard news photojournalist. Of his experience in the region, Silwadi says, "To be a photojournalist in Palestine means to be a war photographer. You have to be ready at all times with your camera for any situation or unpredictable event. You are also in danger, for you can be shot, arrested or prevented from going to the site of the action just because you are a Palestinian photographer." In addition to hard news, Silwadi touches on feature photography (his images appear in the first Palestinian tourism guidebook) and documentary work. He has published Constant Giving and Creativity, a book on the lives of Palestinian women, and is working on a six-year project documenting the lives of the West Bank Bedouin "who are constantly harassed by the Israelis," he says. His work has been on exhibit at the prestigious Sony Gallery for Photography in Cairo, Egypt. Silwadi founded Vision Pix at the end of 2003. ZUMA Press represents Silwadi and Vision Pix around the world, with the exception of Israel, Palestine and Italy. To book Silwadi for an assignment, please contact Trish Murphy at 949.494.7704. To view more of his work, click here.

ZUMA Press is in the final stages of accepting picture submissions for issue two of DOUBLEtruck Magazine. With page after page of in-your-face two-page spreads, DOUBLEtruck is the ultimate showcase for high-impact photography of important issues around the world. Think your images can make the cut? Email Submissions@DOUBLEtruckMAGAZINE.com with your submission. Images must be from 2004 and be at least 300 dpi and a minimum of 10 inches in shortest length. Include your name, address, email address and phone number. Deadline for this issue is Tuesday April 13, 2004. zReportage Update

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