Self-taught photographer Jason P. Howe was born in Ipswich, England in 1971. His passion for photography began at school and survived 10 years working in photographic retail. During these years he expanded his technical knowledge and made his first visits to Latin America. After a decade of travel in the region varying from a few weeks up to a year at a time, Jason has had opportunity to work in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru and Venezuela.
In late 2001 Jason had began concentrating on reportage and documentary assignments. In late 2002 he was invited to join World Picture News one of their original contract photographers.
Between December 2003 & February 2005 Jason spent over 13 months in Iraq covering daily news and features for World Picture News clients.
He documented the war in Lebanon in 2006 and has also made visits to Afghanistan, most recently in 2007 to cover combat operations against the Taliban in the volatile Helmand province. Other assignments and stories have taken him to the Middle and Far East as well as S.E Asia. Jason is currently spending 6 months of the year based in Kabul, Afghanistan and splitting the remaining time between Europe and SE Asia.
Jason has worked extensively for: The New York Times, The Times of London, The Daily Telegraph & The Sunday Telegraph, he has worked on assignments for: Newsweek, US News & World Report, The Telegraph Magazine, Le Figaro Magazine, ARENA Magazine, Monocle, The Financial Times magazine, Rolling Stone Magazine, Marie Claire Magazine, The Sunday Times, The Guardian & The Observer, The Independent and Independent on Sunday, USA Today, The San Francisco Chronicle, People Magazine (US) and Science et Vie.
His images and photo essays have been published around the world in magazines & newspapers including:
TIME International, The Sunday Times Magazine, The Sunday Times, The International Herald Tribune, Financial Times, The Sunday Herald, The Express and Daily Mail, El Tiempo (Colombia), GQ, Esquire, Dazed & Confused, MAX magazine (France), La Repubblica (Italy), O Estadao de S. Paulo (Brazil), De Morgen, The Johannesburg Star, Panorama, Expressen, SEMANA magazine, Flair, LAW, The Readers Digest, Epsilon Magazine (Greece), Amnesty International, NACLA (North American Congress on Latin America), New York Magazine, British Journal of Photography - Profile of Jason P. Howe, Digital Photographer - "Shooting War Workshop", Soldier Magazine "Trouble-shooter".
Images from his project on Conflict in
Colombia were entered in the 60th annual Pictures of the Year
International contest. Jason was given an Award of
Excellence for this submission.
Amnesty International exhibited a selection of images in Spain and he was also honoured with a screening of his finished project at the 19th annual International Festival of Photojournalism ‘Visa Pour L’Image 2007 in Perpignan, France and in the ‘City of Gijón’ 11th annual Festival of Photojournalism in Spain.
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