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Based in Istanbul, American photographer Carolyn Drake is best known for her work examining the history, topography, cultures, and geopolitical borders of Central Asia. Situated between China, Russia, Iran and Afghanistan, this is a region where cultures have intersected and collided for millennia. It is a place where our simplistic assumptions about East and West, Ancient and Modern, Islam and other faiths, become complicated and begin to unravel. Drake is the recipient of a Fulbright fellowship, the Lange Taylor Documentary Prize, and a Guggenheim fellowship, as well as awards from the POYi and World Press Photo competitions. Her work is widely published in outlets such as The New Yorker, National Geographic, The New York Times, Newsweek, Orion, and Time. Recent exhibitions include solos shows at the The Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford, UK, The Third Floor Gallery in Cardiff, Wales, and The Half King Gallery in New York, USA.

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Publications

Newsweek, until 2011, USA
Time, until 2011, USA
New Yorker, until 2011, USA
Sunday Times, until 2011, UK
National Geographic, until 2011, USA
Economist, until 2011, USA
The Fader, until 2011, USA
Orion, until 2011, USA
Walrus, until 2011, Canada
New York Times, until 2011, USA
Marie Claire, until 2011, USA
GEO, until 2011, Germany and International
Discover, until 2011, USA
Ventiquattro, until 2011, Italy
Internazionale, until 2011, Italy

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Exhibitions

Moving Walls, Soros Foundation, 2011, New York, NY
The Half King, 2011, New York, NY
Pitt Rivers Museum, 2010, Oxford, UK
The Third Floor Gallery, 2010, Cardiff, Wales
FotoWeek DC, Washington DC , 2009 , Washington DC
Festival of the Photograph , 2008, , Charlottsville, VA
This Day of Change , 2009 , no link
Revela , 2008 and 2009 , Oleiros, Spain

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Grants

Fulbright Fellowship, 2006, Fellow
Lange Taylor Prize, 2008, First Prize
Guggenheim fellowship , 2010 and 2011 , Guggenheim
Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting grant 2009 ,  2009 , Pulitzer
Ohio University Graduate Student Enhancement Award , 2004 , Ohio University

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Awards & Prizes

World Press Photo, 2008, Second Place Daily LIfe Stories
POYi, 2010, Science/Natural History, First Place
Finalist , 2009 , Santa Fe Prize
Magazine Feature Story, First Place , 2008 , POYi
Feature Picture, Honorable Mention , 2008 , POYi
Prize of Prague , 2008 , Prague
PDN 30 , 2006 , PDN
Community Awareness Award, First Place , 2005 , POYi
Flash Forward , 2007 , Selected

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Agency

Panos
Prospekt