Bruce Haley
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Bruce Haley is the recipient of the Robert Capa Gold Medal
Robert Capa Gold Medal
The Robert Capa Gold Medal is an award for "best published photographic reporting from abroad requiring exceptional courage and enterprise". It is awarded annually by the Overseas Press Club of America . It was created in honor of the war photographer Robert Capa...

, one of the most prestigious photography awards, for his 1990 coverage of Burma‘s bloody ethnic civil war.

He began his career in 1988, in Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...

 and went on to photograph areas of conflict in Asia, Africa, Europe and the former Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

. His images of a grisly execution by stabbing in Burma were particularly noteworthy. He was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize by the Baltimore Sun in 1992, for helping to break the story of the famine in Somalia
Somalia
Somalia , officially the Somali Republic and formerly known as the Somali Democratic Republic under Socialist rule, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. Since the outbreak of the Somali Civil War in 1991 there has been no central government control over most of the country's territory...

. Later, he transitioned to non-military subjects.

Haley‘s photographs have appeared worldwide in books, magazines and newspapers, as well as in corporate publications and on CD, video and DVD covers; his clients include Time Life, U.S. News and World Report, The London Sunday Times Magazine, Stern
Stern (magazine)
Stern is a weekly news magazine published in Germany. It was founded in 1948 by Henri Nannen, and is currently published by Gruner + Jahr, a subsidiary of Bertelsmann. In the first quarter of 2006, its print run was 1.019 million copies and it reached 7.84 million readers according to...

, Paris Match
Paris Match
Paris Match is a French weekly magazine. It covers major national and international news along with celebrity lifestyle features. It was founded in 1949 by the industrialist Jean Prouvost....

, GEO, Aperture, Georgia-Pacific and the Chevron Corporation. Profiles to Haley and his work, have appeared in American PHOTO, (French) PHOTO and B&W. His portfolio, "13 Million Tons of Pig Iron," was #1 on the Photo-Eye Bestseller List.

Haley‘s exhibition prints have been shown in museums and galleries all over the world.

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