Aurora Select photographer Corey Rich captures Bear Grylls in an ad for the Discovery Channel’s Man vs. Wild. The portrait was taken during Corey’s second photo shoot for Man vs. Wild in the Patagonia range in Argentina. In theme with the nature of Man vs. Wild, Corey recalls dealing with some strenuous tough conditions during the photo shoot, including rain, snow and 100+ MPH winds.

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Aurora contributing photographer Matt Eich’s images on poverty in Chauncey, Ohio appears in the April 28th issue of Newsweek Magazine. “I was happy to see these images published because it has become a very personal project for me in the time I have been working on it and living in the area,” Eich explains. He adds, “To me, putting images forth for the public to discuss and dissect is the first step towards moving away from making certain parts of our society invisible.”

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Aurora Select photographer Bob Croslin’s portrait of 16-year-old Lakeland, Florida cheerleader Tori Lindsay appears in the April 28th issue of People Magazine. On March 30th six fellow female classmates beat up Tori and videotaped the fight to post to Youtube and Myspace. Bob recalls, “Tori was reluctant to be photographed and I was originally only supposed to photograph her parents. After leaving the Lindsay’s home I received a call from the reporter asking me to return because Tori had agreed I could take her photograph.” The video of Tori’s beating is one among 5,000 “girl fight” videos on Youtube.

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Aurora contributor Carolyn Djanolgy’s portraits appear in the April issue of Easy Living magazine. “The project is a celebration of the female form, and comprises black and white nudes of talented, dynamic women of varying ages and professions. Subjects include Kate Winslet, Judi Dench, Helena Bonham Carter, Amy Winehouse, Greta Scacchi and Sade,” Djanogly writes. Djanogly is currently, “working on a book of portraits in aid of The Lavender Trust, a charity set up specifically to support YOUNG women with breast cancer.”

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Aurora Select photographer Corey Rich spotlights the beauty of the High Sierra for the May/June issue of American Photo. Corey is featured among fellow photographers Franz Lanting, Martin Parr, and Stephanie Pfriender Stylande for “The 10 Places You Must Photograph.” Corey chose the High Sierra, explaining in the article, “there is an alpine glow before dawn and after sunset that is phenomenal. It creates something magical.”

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Aurora Select photographer John Lee captures the leaders of San Francisco’s green movement for the annual “Green Issue” of 7×7 Magazine. Among these forerunners are a 16-year-old girl who is leading the charge for teens to start using environmentally conscious makeup and a senior vice president for Safeway supermarkets who has instituted alternative fuels for the company’s delivery trucks, solar panels on store rooftops, and the use of wind energy. John’s main challenge in the photo shoot, he says, was location scouting for each of the portraits. “Despite California’s reputation as a very natural place, it can sometimes be very hard to find a natural location for shoots. Although the subjects had limited time, after a little searching, beautiful California did not disappoint in providing the perfect backdrops just outside the busy city.”

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Aurora contributing photographer James Balog has been voted the 2007 Rowell Award Recipient. The Rowell Award was created in memory of adventurers and photographers Galen and Barbara Rowell who died in a plane crash in 2002. The Award “honors that adventurer whose artistic passion illuminates the wild places of the world, and whose accomplishments significantly benefit both the environment and the people who inhabit these lands and regions.” Currently, James is working on the Extreme Ice Survey, a project to document the glacial ice melt over the next 2 years. Over 300,000 images will be gathered via satellite from 26 time-lapse cameras installed on 16 glaciers on 5 continents.

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Aurora Select Photographer Andrew Cutraro photographs for ESPN, The Magazine. Andrew followed up-and-coming Tywain McKee, a basketball player from Maryland’s Coppin State University. As McKee is expected to soon be moving from the junior college level to the bigger leagues, the editors asked Cutraro to capture him playing in the raw, unpolished grit of small venues.

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Aurora contributing photographer Justin Bailie is featured on the cover of the April/May issue of National Geographic Adventure Magazine. Originally shot as a stock photo, the cover shot is by Justin and of Justin. As he often does, Justin used himself as the model in his photo, capturing himself against the stunning backdrop of Crater Lake, Oregon. Justin’s photographs capture the essence of the story profiling “The 3 Faces of the Pacific Northwest.”

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Aurora Select photographer Katja Heinemann photographs internet sensation Randy Pausch for the cover of April 6th’s issue of Parade Magazine. The issue coincided with the publication of Pausch’s book, The Last Lecture. The Professor of Computer Science, Human-Computer Interaction, and Design at Carnegie Mellon University was diagnosed with terminal cancer a year ago. His farewell speech at CMU, “How To Achieve Your Childhood Dreams,” became an overnight hit on YouTube last fall, and led to the publication of an adapted version in book form. The photo shoot, produced by Katja at Pausch’s home in Virginia, veered wildly between posed family portraits, pillow fights with the kids, and the cover image, which Katja took at a local University.

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