Aristide E.
New York, NY, USA
$400 - $5000
2 reviewsAristide Economopoulos is freelance photographer in the New York City metropolitan area. His experience includes over two decades with NJ Advance Media / The Star-Ledger where he specialized in documentary essays and covered a variety of topics from international conflict, urban violence, natural disasters, politics to local community news and professional and prep sports. An eight-time Photographer of The Year with the New York Press Photographers Association, he has won numerous awards including World Press Photo, Sony World Photo Awards, Siena International Photo Awards, Pictures of the Year International, National Press Photographers Association’s Best of Photojournalism, NPPA Cliff Edom New America Portfolio, Casey Medals for Meritorious Journalism, The Scripps Howard Foundation National Journalism Award. In 2005 he was part of the team that won the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting. A portfolio of his work from the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in Manhattan was awarded first place in Pictures of the Year International. Photo District News magazine named one of his photos from that day to be one of the 10 best documentary photos of the decade. His work is on permanent display at The National September 11 Memorial Museum in Manhattan. His photographs have been exhibited at museums and galleries throughout the United States and internationally and are archived in the Library of Congress. He also lectured at numerous institutions and universities including the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C. A graduate of the Rochester Institute of Technology, he previously worked at the State Journal-Register in Springfield, Illinois and the Dubois County Herald in Jasper, Indiana. Economopoulos resides in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA.
- Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
- Event Photographer
- Portrait Photographer
- Digital Content Creator
- News Shooter / Video Journalist