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Invisible Workforce
March 2, 2005 - San Clemente, CA - The definitive migrant worker reportage has found a home at ZUMA. Produced by our newest recruit, photojournalist. RICK NAHMIAS, "The Migrant Project: Contemporary California Farm Workers" was shot over six months in 40+ towns spanning the state from Calexico to Sacramento. The powerful combination of photographs with text give insight into the lives and struggles of California's "invisible workforce"--a segment that keeps the state's $27 billion agriculture industry afloat. Rick's reportage is garnering huge interest nation wide. Packaged as a traveling photography and bi-lingual text exhibition, The Migrant Project has shown in 10 locales (museums, universities, cultural centers, or conferences) around the country and has nearly a dozen more scheduled in the next 36 months. The project, co-sponsored by California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc., The Center for Latino Policy Research and The Kurz Family Foundation, received a U.S. Congressional Citation form Rep. Loretta Sanchez. Just this week, Rick learned that the Smithsonian is acquiring between 4-6 of his prints for the Photographic History Collection of the National Museum of American History. Since its premiere, through benefits and print sales, The Migrant Project helped raise thousands of dollars for numerous farm worker related non-profit and charitable organizations. A book project is in the works, as is the creation of a middle and high school curriculum through a partnership with the national education non-profit, Facing History & Ourselves. Two public forums covering housing, health and education issues relating to migrant farm workers are being held in conjunction with his upcoming engagements in Santa Barbara and Santa Maria, California (stay tuned for more on this later). "Aspiring photojournalists seem to think that big stories can only be found overseas," said Scott Mc Kiernan, director and founder of ZUMA Press. "But Rick's work is a perfect example of important stories that need to be told can be uncovered in our own backyard." All images from The Migrant Project are proudly represented by ZUMA Press. For editorial licensing or more information about exhibition booking, please contact Trish Murphy at 949.481.3747. zEntertainment AOL Features Aceh's Orphans This week the zReportage.com story Aceh's Orphans, by DENY/JiwaFoto, is featured in it's entirety on AOL VISIONS' In Focus. This story takes a look at the thousands of children who were orphaned by the devastating tsunami. Those left without family turn to boarding schools for help, education and spiritual guidance. zEvents
ZUMA's director and founder, Scott Mc Kiernan, just got back from a busy week of judging the Picture Editing Division of
NPPA's Best of Photojournalism contest.In addition to running ZUMA and putting together the next issue of DOUBLEtruck, he's also preparing for a cross-country tour for the American Society of Media Photographers on Digital Asset Management. The tour kicks-off in San Diego on May 19, 2005. For more information, visit http://www.asmp-sd.org/html/calendar.php3. 
Photographic exhibition of "The Migrant Project: Contemporary California Farm Workers," by ZUMA photojournalist Rick
Nahmias.Date: March 21 through May 27, 2005 Venue: Betteravia Government Center Location: 511 E. Lakeside Parkway, Santa Maria, CA For more information contact Ginny Brush, Visual Arts Coordinator, County Arts Commission at 805.568.3992. zTearsheets ZUMA images have graced numerous covers recently. Here are just a few: Billy and Franklin Graham on TIME Magazine's cover (02/07/2005), ©CATHERINE BAUKNIGHT/ZUMA Press; Ayatollah Ali Sistani on Newsweek International (02/14/2005), ©ROBERT KING/ZUMA Press; Jennifer Aniston on the cover of US Weekly (02/21/2005), ©COSIMA SCAVOLINI/La Presse/ZUMA Press. View more great ZUMA tear sheets. Chronicles of the Keystone Archive For a historical look back at New York's Wall Street, including the New York Stock Exchange trading floor, click here. zReportage Update Sisters of the Felt While elder nuns pray or knit during their single hour of recreation, a new generation of sisters practice hard for the annual world snooker competition for nuns. Started 15 years ago by a boisterous group at London's Tyburn Convent, the sisters have raised over $85,000 for their parish. Photography by, ©SHANNON TAGGART/TCS/ZUMA Press. View Sisters of the Felt. To license this or any other zReportage.com essay, please contact Anna Piccioni at 949.481.3747. |
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