American Photography 27 Winners

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Benjamin Lowy

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Oil on Water

Gulf of Mexico, for the article "Oil on Water," June 15, 2010. Images of crude oil coating the surface of the Gulf of Mexico after the BP operated Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded and sunk, releasing the largest oil spill in American history.

GQ Magazine
Benjamin Lowy

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Oil on Water

Gulf of Mexico, for the article "Oil on Water," June 15, 2010. Images of crude oil coating the surface of the Gulf of Mexico after the BP operated Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded and sunk, releasing the largest oil spill in American history.

GQ Magazine
Benjamin Lowy

Reportage by Getty Images

Oil on Water

Gulf of Mexico, for the article "Oil on Water," June 15, 2010. Images of crude oil coating the surface of the Gulf of Mexico after the BP operated Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded and sunk, releasing the largest oil spill in American history.

GQ Magazine
Benjamin Lowy

Reportage by Getty Images

Oil on Water

Gulf of Mexico, for the article "Oil on Water," June 15, 2010. Images of crude oil coating the surface of the Gulf of Mexico after the BP operated Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded and sunk, releasing the largest oil spill in American history.

GQ Magazine
Benjamin Lowy

Reportage by Getty Images

AfghaniPhone

Afghanistan, AfghaniPhone, December 7, 2010. While the War escalates in Afghanistan 9 years after the US invasion, Afghans continue to be plagued by many of the same issues that existed under the Taliban. Using an iPhone I tried to capture the zeitgeist of Afghan society in a more subtle and perhaps technologically innovative way.
Benjamin Lowy

Reportage by Getty Images

AfghaniPhone

Afghanistan, AfghaniPhone, December 7, 2010. While the War escalates in Afghanistan 9 years after the US invasion, Afghans continue to be plagued by many of the same issues that existed under the Taliban. Using an iPhone I tried to capture the zeitgeist of Afghan society in a more subtle and perhaps technologically innovative way.
Benjamin Lowy

Reportage by Getty Images

AfghaniPhone

Afghanistan, AfghaniPhone, December 7, 2010. While the War escalates in Afghanistan 9 years after the US invasion, Afghans continue to be plagued by many of the same issues that existed under the Taliban. Using an iPhone I tried to capture the zeitgeist of Afghan society in a more subtle and perhaps technologically innovative way.
Benjamin Lowy

Reportage by Getty Images

AfghaniPhone

Afghanistan, AfghaniPhone, December 7, 2010. While the War escalates in Afghanistan 9 years after the US invasion, Afghans continue to be plagued by many of the same issues that existed under the Taliban. Using an iPhone I tried to capture the zeitgeist of Afghan society in a more subtle and perhaps technologically innovative way.
Benjamin Lowy

Reportage by Getty Images

Disaster in the Gulf

Gulf of Mexico, one for the article "Disaster in the Gulf," June 15, 2010. A contractor planes spray chemical dispersant over the oil coated Gulf of Mexico waters at the site of a massive oil spill following the sinking of the BP operated Deepwater Horizon oil drilling rig on April 27 2010.

GQ Magazine
Benjamin Lowy

Reportage by Getty Images

Fabulous Fashion 2010

New York, USA, one for the article "Fabulous Fashion 2010," November 10, 2010. Models and stylists frantically apply make-up and style hair in a backstage area prior to the 2010 Victoria's Secret Fashion show held at the 69th Regiment Armory on November 10 2010 in New York, NY.

Vogue.com, The Daily Beast
Benjamin Lowy

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Fabulous Fashion 2010

New York, USA, one for the article "Fabulous Fashion 2010," September 15, 2010. Models and stylists prepare for the Michael Kors show during the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week on September 15th 2010 in New York.

Vogue.com, The Daily Beast
Benjamin Lowy

Sharon in her tent, for the article "A Homeless City in the Woods," January 18, 2010, a crusading minister has built a forested Utopia for the itinerant and destitute. But is a social experiment what they’re looking for, or just a place to live?

New York Magazine
Benjamin Lowy

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Boom

Plane Spraying Chemical Dispersants Over the Gulf of Mexico, for the article "Boom," July 2010, coverage of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico with a focus on the rig workers and the coast guard crewmen who rescued them.

GQ Magazine
Benjamin Lowy

Reportage by Getty Images

Boom

Claude Norton, Ex-Fisherman, in New Orleans, for the article "Boom," July 2010, coverage of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico with a focus on the rig workers and the coast guard crewmen who rescued them.

GQ Magazine