Aurora Select photographer Katja Heinemann went on assignment for the July/August 2010 Anniversary double issue of Smithsonian Magazine. Katja photographed MIT scientist John Ochsendorf in conjunction with his installation of an ancient vault building technique at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in New York City.  The shoot had to take place in Boston, as the installation wasn’t completed in time for the magazine deadline, and it turns out that the Boston Public Library had several historic rooms that feature traditional vaulted ceilings, so she had a great fall-back location.

To see more work by Katja Heinemann, visit Aurora Photos.

Aurora photographer Paula Lerner was recently recognized for her work on “Behind The Veil”, The Globe and Mail’s in-depth multimedia series on the plight of women in Kandahar. Reported by The Globe’s Jessica Leeder with photography by Lerner and produced by Christopher Manza and Jayson Taylor over the course of five weeks, the piece wove together a tale of women suffering and prevailing under the Taliban.

The EPpy Best Media awards, presented by news industry periodical Editor & Publisher, are considered among the highest honors for media-affiliated websites and blogs. “Behind The Veil” won Best Web Special Feature over entries from The Washington Post, CNN, MSNBC, Newsweek and USA Today. Earlier this year “Behind The Veil” was also nominated for a prestigious Webby Award as Best Documentary Series.

You can view the piece here: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/behind-the-veil/

To see more work by Paula Lerner, visit Aurora Photos.

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Aurora photographer Todd Bigelow’s image appeared in the June 14, 2010 Sports Illlustrated US Open Preview Issue. Todd was asked to shoot a portrait of Jim Langley, former golf pro at Cypress Point Golf Club in Pebble Beach, CA. Cypress Point, adjacent to Pebble Beach Golf Links, site of the 2010 US Open, is one of the world’s most exclusive, private golf clubs. Mr Langley was reminiscing about his friendship with legendary caddie Eddie Lowery.

Bigelow remarks on the assignment, “Doing the shoot in the Cypress Point locker room was like stepping into a piece of American history. Little has changed over the decades. Photographs of people from the famously rich to our nation’s presidents line the walls of the small locker room with creaky floors. I laughed as I pulled into the tiny parking lot underneath the famous Cypress trees and my rental car’s GPS announced “You have arrived.” Despite having heard that many times on many trips, this time it took on an entirely different meaning.”

To see more work by Todd Bigelow, visit Aurora Photos.

Aurora Photographer Blake Gordon was commissioned to shoot stills for an NPR short film documenting traumatic brain injury victims within the US military. The film tells the story of Sgt. Victor Medina, who suffered a traumatic brain injury during an IED explosion in Iraq in 2009. You can view the video online on NPR’s website here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=127542820

To see more work by Blake Gordon, visit Aurora Photos.

This weeks issue of TIME contains Aurora/Agence VU photographer Massimo Berruti’s photograph from his coverage of the new Afghan army. This photo and one other from Berruti’s story are also appearing in the iPad version of TIME.

To see more work by Massimo Berruti, visit Aurora Photos.

The June 7th issue of Newsweek International displays the work of Aurora/Invision photographers Dimitris Gavalas & Gerasimos Koilakos from their coverage of the recent riots in Greece. Gavalas’ image above is from a demonstration in Athens against the austerity measures applied by the Greek government.

To see more work by Dimitris Gavalas & Gerasimos Koilakos, visit Aurora Photos.

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Aurora Photographer Micahel Winokur’s portrait of Aaron Gray of Burnett and Company recently appeared in the June 2010 issue of BizTech Magazine.

The editors at BizTech were specific about not wanting to show Aaron with technology, the goal was a creative portrait. Michael faced two obstacles when he got to Burnett and Company. The building wasn’t exciting but there was a bigger issue, he was shooting at an accounting company on April 13. He couldn’t exactly make himself at home. Instead, he improvised, taking Aaron outside the office and across the street to take advantage of the day’s beautiful weather.

To see more work by Michael Winokur, visit Aurora Photos.