2005      77th ACADEMY AWARDS® - Best Documentary Feature for Born Into Brothels
2005      FLYING ELEPHANTS FOUNDATION FELLOWSHIP
2005      LUCIE HUMANITARIAN AWARD
2005      IFP INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS - Truer Than Fiction Award
2004      L.A. FILM CRITICS - Best Documentary
2004      INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY ASSOCIATION - Distinguished Documentary Achievement Award
2004      SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL - Audience Award
2004      NATIONAL BOARD OF REVIEW - Best Documentary of the Year
2004      NEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS FELLOWSHIP
2002      SUNDANCE INSTITUTE - documentary film grant
2002      JEROME FOUNDATION - documentary film grant
2002      NEW YORK STATE COUNCIL ON THE ARTS - documentary film grant
2001      HOWARD CHAPNICK GRANT FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF PHOTOJOURNALISM
2000      WORLD PRESS PHOTO FOUNDATION - 1st prize, daily life stories
2000      W. EUGENE SMITH GRANT IN HUMANISTIC PHOTOGRAPHY – finalist
2000      DOROTHEA LANGE-PAUL TAYLOR PRIZE - Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University
2000      LOWER EAST SIDE PRINTSHOP - Special Editions Fellowship
2000      ALICIA PATTERSON FOUNDATION FELLOWSHIP
1999      OPEN SOCIETY INSTITUTE FELLOWSHIP
1999      W. EUGENE SMITH GRANT IN HUMANISTIC PHOTOGRAPHY – finalist
1998      NEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS FELLOWSHIP
1998      LIGHT WORK ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE
1996      WORLD PRESS PHOTO FOUNDATION MASTER CLASS
1995      NPPA - Pictures of the Year Award, global news stories
1992      EDDIE ADAMS WORKSHOP V - 1st prize, Eastman Kodak Grant
 

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