Paula Bronstein

Paula Bronstein is an American frontline news and documentary photographer based in Bangkok, who has worked across the globe. Bronstein, a dedicated humanitarian and visual war correspondent, has photographed subjects as diverse as presidents and kings, natural disasters, political turmoil and conflict, and the most impoverished and vulnerable people on this earth, from Mongolia to Afghanistan and Africa. Formerly a staff member of the Hartford Current and the Chicago Tribune, Bronstein currently contributes to Getty Images and her work has appeared in numerous publications worldwide. Her work was the subject of the solo exhibition Afghanistan: Between Life and War which traveled from Perpignan, France to Hong Kong and Bangkok; she has also contributed work to group shows that have toured the world. Bronstein has been nominated for and the recipient of numerous awards including: Days Japan, National Press Photographer Association (NPPA), Pictures of the Year-International (POY-I), Pulitzer Prize finalist -2011- Breaking News “Pakistan Floods,” The John Faber Award – The Overseas Press Club (OPC), “Photographer of the Year” – Asia, Leica – Oskar Barnack Award- finalist, China International Press Photo (CHIPP) – Photo Of The Year. A book of Bronstein’s photograph entitled Afghanistan between Life and War will be published in 2015 by University of Texas Press.