Timothy Fadek is a photojournalist living in New York City. He has worked in more than 25 countries and has faced personal risk in order to bring attention to major world events such as the wars in Iraq, Lebanon, Kosovo, Macedonia, Israel and the Palestinian Territories, the civil uprising in Haiti and the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center.

His photographic reporting has been published in hundreds of major magazines worldwide. These photographs have earned him numerous industry awards and have been exhibited in major galleries. He has been a contributor to several photo books on the World Trade Center attack and the war in Iraq.

Professional Recognition:

* 1998 Selected for the Eddie Adams Workshop
* 1998 Awarded Eastman Kodak documentary photography grant for photo essay on children in foster care
* 1999 Nominated for the World Press Photo Masterclass
* 2002 Best of Photojournalism (NPPA) award: 9/11 terror attack in New York, for Time Magazine
* 2002 American Institute of Graphic Arts award: 9/11 photographs published in Time Magazine
* 2004 Awarded CARE Prize for Humanitarian Reportage: photo essay on poverty in Haiti
* 2005 American Photography Annual: uprising in Haiti
* 2005 Best of Photojournalism (NPPA) award: uprising in Haiti
* 2006 Communication Arts: Photography Annual 47 competition
* 2007 Clarion Award for Press Photography: Israel/Lebanon conflict
* 2007 Named a “Hero of Photography” by American Photo magazine
* 2008 POY (Pictures of the Year) special recognition, World Understanding category

Exhibitions, projections, presentations

* 1995 Gallerie Engel im Thal, exhibition, Frankfurt, Germany
* 1998 Synchronicity Space, exhibition, Soho, New York
* 2001 Palazzo delle Exposizioni, exhibition, Rome, Italy
* 2001 International Center of Photography, exhibition, window display, New York
* 2001 Columbia University, projection and presentation, New York
* 2002 International Center of Photography, projection and presentation. New York
* 2002 School of Visual Arts, projection and presentation, New York
* 2002 Barnard College, panel discussion and projection, New York
* 2003 Centre National de la Photographie, exhibition, Paris, France
* 2007 New York University, projection and panel discussion, New York
* 2007 Foreign Press Association, projection and presentation, New York

Represented by Sygma 1998-2000
Gamma Press 2000-2002
Polaris Images 2002-present
Lecturer, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, 2006-2007