EXPERIENCE

• Los Angeles Times, staff photographer, 1994-.
• Sacramento Bee, staff photographer, 1992-94.
• Freelance photographer, Mexico City, for various publications including Los Angeles Times, Detroit Free Press, Business Week, 1990-92.
• San Francisco Examiner staff photographer 1988-90.
• El Paso Herald Post, staff photographer, 1986-88.

EDUCATION

• University of Texas, Austin. B.A., photojournalism, 1983.

PERSONAL

• Born April 24, 1961, Boulder, CO.

AWARDS

• Robert Capa Award, Overseas Press Club, for courage in photography for covering the siege at the Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem, 2003.
• World Press Photo, first place, people in the news, for Church of the Nativity. 2003.
• Pictures of the Year, University of Missouri, first place, magazine news story editing; second place, feature picture story, for Church of the Nativity, 2003.

• National Press Photographers Assn., newspaper photographer of the year, 2002.
• Associated Press, Executive News Council, Mark Twain Award for best of show, 2002.
• Pictures of the Year, University of Missouri, general news picture award of excellence, for Face of Conviction 2000.
• Pictures of the Year, University of Missouri, newspaper feature story, second place, for "In the Shadow of War"; global news picture story, award of excellence, for "No Winners in War 1999.
• Pulitzer Prize, breaking news, for Los Angeles Times team coverage of the North Hollywood shootout 1998.
• Journalist of the Year Award, Times Mirror Corp for work spanning many types of photojournalism, 1998.
• Pictures of the Year University of Missouri third place issue reporting 1998.
• Pictures of the Year University of Missouri issue reporting picture story award of excellence for California's Fragile Future, 1996.
• Los Angeles Times Editorial Award, best feature photo or photographic series, for Health Crisis in Russia,' 1995.
• Pictures of the Year, University of Missouri, first place, newspaper feature picture; newspaper feature story award of excellence, 1994.
• Associated Press News Executives Council, Mark Twain Award, first place, picture story, for "Haiti: Crisis in the Caribbean," 1994.
• Los Angeles Times Editorial Award, best spot news photo or photographic series, for "Haiti: Crisis in the Caribbean," 1994.
• California Press Photographers Assn., first place, feature picture story, for "Cadet McKeag: Wentworth Academy's Only Female," 1993.
• Texas Associated Press, first place, photojournalism, for "Third World Street Girls," 1987.
• Pictures of the Year, University of Missouri, newspaper portrait/personality award of excellence, 1986.

RECENT BOOKS and PUBLICATIONS

• Holy Lands, Life Books, Time Inc.
• The American Spirit, Life Books, Time Inc.
• Life -- The Year in Pictures, 2002, Life Books, Time Inc. Time - "A Year to Remember".