Education
Bronstein majored in photography at the University of Colorado and at Austria"s Salzburg College before specializing in photojournalism at the Rochester Institute of Technology where she graduated in fine arts
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Paula Bronstein
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Career
She embarked on her career in the United States at the Providence Journal Bulletin before spending 12 years with the New Haven Register and the Hartford Courant. In 1996, she became a staff photographer at the Chicago Tribune and then worked for The Register-Guard in Oregon. Since 1998, Bronstein has been based in Bangkok.
In June 2002, she joined Getty Images where she has covered conflicts and news stories throughout the wider Asian region including Kashmir, Afghanistan, Indonesia and Pakistan.
Achievements
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Over the years, Paula Bronstein has won many prizes including awards from World Press Photo and the John Faber award from the Overseas Press Club. Among her recent successes are: 2011: Nominated Finalist together with Daniel Berehulak for the Breaking News Pulitzer Prize. 2011: FotoEvidence Book Award for her work on "Afghanistan: Between Life and War". 2010: Photographer of the year 2010, Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand, for her coverage of the Thai political crisis. 2010: Runner-up, Photojournalist of the Year (large markets), National Press Photographer’s Association, for her photograph of heroin addicts in Kabul. 2006: First prize, China’s International Press Photo contest (CHIPP) for "Earthquake victims in Kashmir".
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Awards
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Over the years, Paula Bronstein has won many prizes including awards from World Press Photo and the John Faber award from the Overseas Press Club. Among her recent successes are: 2011: Nominated Finalist together with Daniel Berehulak for the Breaking News Pulitzer Prize. 2011: FotoEvidence Book Award for her work on "Afghanistan: Between Life and War". 2010: Photographer of the year 2010, Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand, for her coverage of the Thai political crisis. 2010: Runner-up, Photojournalist of the Year (large markets), National Press Photographer’s Association, for her photograph of heroin addicts in Kabul. 2006: First prize, China’s International Press Photo contest (CHIPP) for "Earthquake victims in Kashmir".Over the years, Paula Bronstein has won many prizes including awards from World Press Photo and the John Faber award from the Overseas Press Club. Among her recent successes are: 2011: Nominated Finalist together with Daniel Berehulak for the Breaking News Pulitzer Prize. 2011: FotoEvidence Book Award for her work on "Afghanistan: Between Life and War". 2010: Photographer of the year 2010, Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand, for her coverage of the Thai political crisis. 2010: Runner-up, Photojournalist of the Year (large markets), National Press Photographer’s Association, for her photograph of heroin addicts in Kabul. 2006: First prize, China’s International Press Photo contest (CHIPP) for "Earthquake victims in Kashmir".