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KENNETH JARECKE
Kenneth Jarecke, discovered photography at age 15 in Omaha, where he began experimenting with his father’s 35 mm camera. His interest grew while attending college, leading him to move to New York City to pursue a career in photojournalism.
In New York, he studied with Gilles Peress, David Burnett, and Robert Pledge, and shortly after, became a member of Contact Press Images.
Jarecke has worked at the White House and on Capitol Hill for Time magazine, Life magazine, and U.S. News & World Report. He has covered numerous presidential campaigns, nine Olympic Games, and conflicts in China and Iraq. His work has earned him several World Press Photo Awards and the Leica Medal of Excellence.
Jarecke resides with his wife, Souad, in Montana, where he continues to publish books, limited edition magazines, and articles.
STEPHEN CROWLEY
Stephen Crowley began his career as a photographer in 1972 at a community newspaper in Jupiter, Florida. In his personal work, Crowley searches for morsels of humanity, irony, and humor, collecting images that capture the country’s character through physical structures, shifting light patterns, and happenstance.
In 2002, Crowley was named Photographer of the Year by the White House News Photographers’ Association for a portfolio that included his essays “Voices of Afghanistan” and “A Day in the Life of President Bush.”
That same year, he was part of a team at The New York Times awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography for work produced during the war in Afghanistan. He also received an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree from the Corcoran College of Art + Design in Washington, D.C. In 2005, American Photo Magazine included Crowley in its list of the 100 Most Important People in Photography.
His personal photography has been exhibited in shows at the Library of Congress, The National Geographic Society, and the Corcoran Art Museum.
WILLIAM PHILPOTT
William Philpott is a photojournalist and media professional with a diverse background. He began his journalism career as a Copy Aide at the Washington Post, then worked for Time and Newsweek magazines covering the aftermath of the Murrah Federal Building bombing in Oklahoma City. After returning to Washington, D.C., Philpott worked for Reuters, AFP, and the Associated Press, and was a member of the White House Traveling Press Corps.
William now resides in Austin, Texas, where he is an attacking midfielder for Real Macondo FC.
JEFF BUNDY
Jeff Bundy started his photojournalism career as a freelance photographer for The Associated Press while still in high school in Nebraska. At 20, he was hired as a staff photographer by the Omaha World-Herald.
Over 18 years as a photojournalist, Bundy covered high school state championships, several NCAA Final Fours, numerous presidential candidates’ stops at the Iowa Caucuses, and natural disasters throughout the Midwest. Internationally, he documented soldiers from Nebraska and Iowa during conflicts in Bosnia and Iraq.
Bundy was named Director of Photography at the Omaha World-Herald in 2007, leading a staff of 14 visual journalists. In 2011, after Warren Buffett acquired the paper, he oversaw the photo departments of 79 additional newspapers, managing approximately 200 photojournalists.
Bundy lives in Omaha with his wife, Pam, and currently publishes Huskers Illustrated, a magazine dedicated to covering Nebraska athletics.