STEVEN ACHIAM
b. 1976
Photo prizes and exhibitions
2010 "GPS Warriors in DRCongo, Rainforest"
3. place POYi, Science/Natural, USA
"Face The Climate"
1. prize Multimedia production, Press Photo of the Year, Denmark.
1. prize Tv-photographer of the Year /NEWS, Press Photo of the Year, Denmark.
2009 "Sumo Boys" Group exhibition Polka Galerie, Paris.
2008 ”Sumo Boys”
Honourable Mention, Unicef Photo of the Year, Germany.
1. prize Sports Feature, Press Photo of the Year, Denmark.
1. prize Sports Story, Sportsshooter, USA.
2. prize Sports Picture Story, Best of Photojournalism, USA.
Honourable Mention, Sporting Field of Play, Best of Photojournalism, USA.
Selected for PDN Annual Photojournalism, USA.
Group exhibition "Sumo", Hannover Lumix photofestival.
2007 "Migrant Worker, Kuwait"
3. prize Daily Life, Singles, World Press Photo Awards, Holland.
Travelling group exhibition 2007-08 World Press Photo Awards.
”Insomnia – Sleepless Nation”
2. prize Visual Journalism, Press Photo of the Year, Denmark.
Selected for PDN Annual Student Category, USA.
2004 "Love and Intoxication in The Blue Lagoon"
1. prize Feature Story, Press Photo of the Year, Denmark.
Award of Excellence, Pictorial, POYi , USA.
1. prize Feature Story
(non professional), Lucie Awards, USA.
Feature Photographer of the Year
(non professional), Lucie Awards, USA.
Group exhibition "Lucie Awards" Farmani Gallery, Los Angeles.
Biography
2009- Freelance/part-time staff at Børsen
2009 Antoine D'gata workshop, Amager, DK
2008 Martin Lehmann workshop, Amager, DK
2007-08 Staff photographer at Danish Business daily and Magazine Børsen
2007 Graduated professional bachelor from Danish School of Journalism
2007 Lived in Tokyo for 3 months
2005 Eddie Adams XVIII workshop, Jeffersonville, USA
2004-06 Internship at Børsen
2003 Enrolled at the Danish School of Journalism: Photojournalist
1997-2002 Experienced video photographer and broadcast and technical director for DR TV, CNBC-Europe, S-TV, Medieproduktion 2000, TVS and Primevision.
1994-96 Trained videophotographer at Casper Thorsøe Videoproduction
1991-93 Graduated HH-level from Copenhagen Business College, Niels Brock
1991 Graducated from catholic school, Skt. Annæ Skole, Amager
1989-95 After school job at videostore Nicolin, Amager.
1976 Born Amager, Denmark.
Works
Prized multimedia storytelling about the human consequences of climate change:
www.facetheclimate.org
Published
Die Zeit, Vanity Fair, Stern and VIEW (Germany), Die Volkskrant (Netherlands), Ud&Se, Børsen and Information (Denmark), VG and Inssikt (Norway).
Represented
by Agentur Focus in Germany,
by Polka Galerie in Paris
by Ilex.com in Italy.