Stephen Ferry

Stephen Ferry was born September 7, 1960, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. At the age of 12 he began hanging around Ferranti-Dege, a nearby photo store and lab, where he first learned to develop and print black and white. As a child, he witnessed the “counter-culture” the riots and protests against the Vietnam War which rocked the streets of Cambridge- giving him a life-long passion for observing political and social movements first hand.

Since the mid-1980’s, Stephen has traveled to dozens of countries, concentrating on issues of human rights, social and political unrest, and environmental destruction. He is currently documenting the civil war in Colombia, while carrying out assignments for such publications as GEO, Colors, Wired, TIME, Newsweek, US News, The New York Times, and National Geographic. Stephen is the recipient of numerous awards, including two World Press Awards and several first place awards in the NPPA Picture of the Year contest. Stephen’s work on the Quechua silver miners of Potosi, Bolivia was published as a book in 1999, with the title “I Am Rich Potosi: The Mountain that Eats men” (Monacelli Press).