Aurora contributor Justin Bailie’s image of a hiker appears on the cover of the July 2008 issue of Women’s Adventure Magazine. Shot while on a surfing trip on the Pacific coast, the young girl (who happens to be Justin’s sister) is hiking to a hidden waterfall in rural Mexico.

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Aurora contributor Michael Eudenbach’s image of famous J-Class Yacht, Endeavour, appears in a billboard display, located on Route 93 South in Boston. advertising Fan Pier. Eudenbach captured the image on an assignment to photograph the classic, 130 foot sailing yacht, which raced in the 1936 America’s Cup. “She is fast and huge… so keeping up in the photo boat was a challenge,” recalls Eudenbach, “but I managed to capture this frame low and wide to show a sense of scale and speed through the water.” The image can also be viewed on Fan Pier’s website.

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Michael Eudenbach

Aurora Select photographer Bob Croslin’s photo of John Ware of Ash Enterprises appears in the June/July issue of Businessweek Magazine for the SmallBiz “My Office” feature. The image was shot on location at a planetarium in Salisbury, NC. It was created by lighting John and the star projector and then turning off all of the lights and firing the proctor up for a 10 minute exposure. The images were then combined in post.

Aurora contributor Ian Shive’s image of the Rio Grande River in Big Bend National Park, Texas appears on the cover of the summer 2008 issue of National Parks Magazine; the leading publication for the US National Park Service. Ian’s image on the cover, as well as several images in the article, help to illustrate the tenuous situation taking place along the U.S. – Mexico border involving immigration, environmental and conservation efforts.

Work by Aurora Select photographer Bob Croslin appears in the most recent issue of Forbes Magazine. Bob photographed Jack Diamond in front of one of his six net-lease properties to accompany an article about a building boom in commercial real estate.

Photos of Barack Obama by Aurora photographer Callie Shell appeared in Time Magazine during the first week of June. Callie has been following the Obama campaign for two years. The first photo shows Senator Obama and Senator Clinton having a quiet discussion one day after the final Democratic primaries. The second photo shows Senator Obama and his wife, Michelle, surrounded by close aides and advisers as he prepares to go onstage before his victory speech in St. Paul, Minn.

Photos and caption information from http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1811832,00.html and http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1811857,00.html

Aurora contributor Kevin Steele’s image of Rob Raker ascending a vertical pitch of glacial ice high on the Cassin Ridge route of Denali appears on the cover of Near Death in the Mountains: True Stories of Disaster and Survival, edited by Cecil Kuhne.

This year marks 15 years of Aurora Photos. To celebrate the milestone Aurora is creating an interrelated body of work, executed in a finite amount of time that will showcase the skills and creativity of Aurora photographers.

PORTLAND, Maine – June 14, 2008  — For 15 years Aurora Photos has been representing a constantly evolving mix of new and well-known photographic talent.  To celebrate, Aurora has embarked on Aurora@15, Action-Reaction, a project that will highlight the talent and creativity of its photographers.

The project starts with one photographer who conceives, shoots and delivers a photograph to Aurora with no restrictions on what that photograph might be. The photograph is then passed on to the next randomly selected
photographer for their reaction in the form of another photograph. This creates a visual action-reaction chain that will be updated every 48 hours at http://www.aurora15.com.

Not only will this project showcase the wide variety of talent represented by Aurora, but it will also highlight the talent behind the scenes required to produce such an ambitious undertaking. This dynamic collection of
photographers have been tasked with creating a body of work that challenges and inspires.

Check out the fruit of their labor, Aurora@15:Action-Reaction: http://www.aurora15.com

Aurora photographer Heather Brand, who has been following the John McCain campaign, was published in the May 28th issue of Paris Match. She has been covering the McCain campaign since September. Additional photos of Heather’s coverage can be found at: www.mccainblogette.com.

Aurora contributor Lars Schneider is featured on the cover of Sea Kayaker magazine’s April 2008 issue. In addition to the magazine the shoot will be used in a coffee table book about some of the most beautiful kayaking trips around the world, to be published in Germany this fall. “The Lofoten islands are a place in Northern Norway where it rains a lot. We had been there eight years ago and never saw the sun during ten days,” recounts Schneider. “We came back for that book and magazine story and were afraid we would experience the same. But after the first day in rain and storm, it stayed nice for one whole week. I shot this photo on the last morning of the trip. That same evening, the weather finally changed, with a huge storm and clouds crossing over the whole chain of islands.”