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Guttenfelder, David

BiographyWhen the Associated Press founded its Pyongyang bureau in 2011—the only Western news agency to have an office in the otherwise isolated country—American photojournalist David Guttenfelder became one of the first foreign photographers based in the city. Although shepherded by official guides, Guttenfelder’s sustained presence in North Korea, to which he has made more than 40 trips to date, allowed him to see beyond the secretive, hermetic facade of the totalitarian state. Opening an Instagram feed live from North Korea, Guttenfelder shared ordinary and intimate scenes with the world: a school playground, off-duty traffic policemen at a skating rink, workers at a seafood factory, men waiting at the barbershop, a dressmaker’s window and a maternity hospital, a pediatric nurse studying for her exams, and the pyramid-shaped Ryugyong Hotel, under construction since 1987. His photographs of daily life, street scenes, and still-life details reveal a North Korea that had not been seen by outsiders before.

David Guttenfelder is a photojournalist focusing on geopolitical conflict, conservation, and culture. He is an eight-time World Press Photo Award Winner, seven-time finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, and recipient of numerous other awards. A photograph of his made in North Korea was named among TIME Magazine’s “100 Most Influential Photographs Ever Taken.” His work has been exhibited at the Annenberg Space for Photography, Los Angeles; Council on Foreign Relations, New York; El Valor del Momento, Havana, Cuba; Visa pour l’Image, Perpignan, France; Encuento International de Foto Periodismo, Spain; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; and the Brooklyn Museum. He graduated from the University of Iowa majoring in Journalism, Cultural Anthropology, and African Studies, and was named among the university’s Notable Alumni.

http://www.davidguttenfelder.com