Join us in welcoming Holly Wilmeth, Michael Hanson, Ryan Donnell, Coke Whitworth, Tim Klein, James Balog, Matthew Wakem, Stefen Chow, Andrew Spear, Blake Gordon, and Chris Noble to Aurora Select.

Click here to view a selection of portfolio images from each new member of Aurora Select. Once opened click on a persons name to see their work.

Afghan national police ( ANP ) during training at the army base outside Faizabad. Jan Grarup / Noor

Aurora partner agency photographers Jan Grarup (Noor) and Ad Van Denderen (Agence VU) images of the Afghan national police and Jordi Bernado (Agence Vu) work on Dubai make the March 29, 2010 national and overseas editions of Newsweek respectively.

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Aurora Select photographer Mat Szwajkos’ portrait of David Granger, head of Esquire Magazine, graces the cover of Mediaweek’s March 20, 2010 edition.

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Aurora Select photographer Katja Heinemann traveled to Los Angeles, Wyoming and Long Island to produce portraits of teenagers who had undergone elective plastic surgeries for the current issue of People Magazine. Says’ Heinemann; “The main challenge for me was to come up with compelling portraits that showed off the kids’ surgeries… In the end, subtlety won out in the editing process!” The entire article can be seen in the April 5, 2010 edition of People Magazine.

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Lifestyle Category: Laundry Day. Mother and daughter doing laundry while living in Baja California, Mexico.

Aurora photographer Woods Wheatcroft’s work captured in Mexico earned him two separate awards by Go Indie. You can see all of this year’s winners by click here. Congratulations Woods!

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Aurora Select Photographer Andrew Spear recently won a “Best of 2009″ award from American Illustration – American Photography. Over 8000 pictures were entered by over 1200 photographers, magazines, agencies and publishers. Out of these the jury selected only 304 images to appear in a book representing the best photographs from 2009. Say’s Spear’s “Glouster, Ohio is a town I drove though many times while exploring the area surrounding my school, Ohio University. I was very curious to understand the Appalachian culture, and after seeing images from Glouster in it’s heyday, the 1950′s, I decided to start documenting how it has changed in the last fifty years. It’s important that towns such as this are documented for historical record of the ever-changing American landscape.” Spear’s work, part of this elite group, will appear in full color in this year’s American Photography 26 annual. His images will also appear on THREE, American Illustration – American Photography’s web gallery. The full list of winners will be posted here.

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Register now for the ASPP Reinvention Weekend Conference to be held in Boston on April 15-18th.  Aurora Photos is a sponsor of this 3-day event, which will be the sixth educational conference held by the ASPP.  It will feature informational panels and sessions lead by industry leaders, a trade show, cocktail receptions and a field trip along with many opportunities to network with fellow professional photographers.

Aurora President Jose Azel will lead one panel, entitled Reimagine: Predicting the Unpredictable.  ”Join a panel of photography industry experts as they attempt to predict the future. From new sophisticated technologies on the horizon to the evolution of the still photographer in a wired world, these topics and more will be discussed and explored. What is new in new media? Does multimedia really have a definition? Will video still kill the photograph? Visual search, metadata perfection, smart crowd sourcing, new business models, who knows, who cares and more!”

For more information, visit the ASPP Reinvention Weekend website or download a brochure [PDF] here .  Registration can be completed here.