Photographer Timothy Fadek 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 magazines worldwide 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. Named a "Hero of Photography" by American Photo magazine in 2007, Fadek has received awards and recognition from Pictures of the Year (POYi), National Press Photographers Association (NPPA), Communication Arts, American Photography, among others. Fadek has spoken at many organizations and universities, and has served as an adjunct professor at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. He is represented by Polaris Images and currently lives in Manhattan.
Grants, honors
* 2008 Time Magazine Year in Pictures
* 2008 Pictures of the Year (POYi) World Understanding category
* 2007 Named a “Hero of Photography” by American Photo magazine
* 2007 Clarion Award for Press Photography
* 2006 Communication Arts: Photography Annual
* 2005 Time Magazine Year in Pictures
* 2004 Awarded CARE Prize for Humanitarian Reportage
* 2002 American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) award
* 2002 Best of Photojournalism (NPPA) award
* 2001 Time Magazine Year in Pictures
* 2005 American Photography Annual
* 2005 Best of Photojournalism (NPPA) award
* 1999 Nominated World Press Photo Masterclass
* 1998 Life Magazine Year in Pictures
* 1998 Awarded Eastman Kodak documentary photography grant
* 1998 Selected for the Eddie Adams Workshop
Visiting Artists Lecture Venues
* 2010 Baruch College, New York
* 2009 Newsday headquarters, Long Island
* 2009 International Center of Photography, New York
* 2008 Paley Center for Media, New York
* 2008 Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, Connecticut
* 2008 International Center of Photography, New York
* 2007 Foreign Press Association, New York
* 2007 New York University, New York
* 2002 Barnard College, New York
* 2002 School of Visual Arts, New York
* 2002 International Center of Photography, New York
* 2001 Columbia University, New York
Exhibitions
* 2009 Aleppo Photo Festival, Aleppo, Syria
* 2009 Polka Gallerie, Paris, France
* 2003 Centre National de la Photographie, Paris, France
* 2001 International Center of Photography, New York
* 2001 Palazzo delle Exposizioni, Rome, Italy
* 1998 Synchronicity Space, exhibition, New York
* 1995 Gallerie Engel im Thal, exhibition, Frankfurt, Germany
Teaching
Adjunct Professor, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, 2006-2007
Representation
at present: Polaris Images
2002 Gamma Press
1998 Sygma
