Jonathan Torgovnik is an award winning photographer currently based in South Africa. Jonathan's work has been published in numerous International magazines including Newsweek

Newsweek

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, Aperture

Aperture (magazine)

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, GEO

GEO (magazine)

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, The Sunday Times Magazine

The Sunday Times Magazine

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, Stern

Stern (magazine)

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, Paris Match

Paris Match

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, and Mother Jones

Mother Jones (magazine)

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among others. He has also published two books, Intended Consequences: Rwanda Children Born of Rape (Aperture, 2009) and Bollywood Dreams: An exploration of the Motion Picture Industry and its Culture in India (Phaidon, 2003) and has been nominated for an Emmy Award

Emmy Award

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for the short multimedia film, Intended Consequences, produced by MediaStorm. Jonathan is also the founder of Foundation Rwanda an NGO that supports the education for children born of rape during the Rwandan genocide. He is represented by Reportage by Getty Images.

Awards and honors

• PDN: 2010 Annual Competition - Aftermath of the Haiti Earthquake, originally shot for CNN.
• PDN: 2010 Annual Competition - Intended Consequences (Aperture 2009)
• duPont Journalism Award 2010, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism - Intended Consequences
• American Photography Award - Intended Consequences (Aperture 2009)
• Emmy nomination 2009 - Intended Consequences (produced by MediaStorm)
• World Press Photo Award 2009 - Amato Opera in New York, originally commissioned by German Geo Magazine
• National Portrait Gallery Prize 2007 - Intended Consequences
• Open Society Institute Fellowship Distribution Grant 2007 - Intended Consequences
• Getty Images Grant for Editorial photography, 2007 - Intended Consequences
• New York University, Arthur L. Carer Journalism Institute: Nomination - Intended Consequences

Books

• Intended Consequences: Rwandan Children Born of Rape (Aperture, 2009)

• Bollywood Dreams: An Exploration of the Motion Picture Industry and its Culture in India (Phaidon, 2003)