Kevin Frayer
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Kevin Frayer is a Canadian
photojournalist
noted for his wartime work in the Middle East including the Gaza Strip and Iraq, and Afghanistan. Starting his career in 1991 as a photographer for the Canadian Press
, his first assignments were in Yugoslavia. From 2003-2009 he was based in the Middle East, and has recently moved to New Delhi as the AP's Chief Photographer for South Asia. His work is distributed by the Associated Press
(AP) and has accompanied countless news stories around the world.
In 2006, Frayer along with a group of colleagues were finalists for the Pulitzer Prize in news photography for their reporting from the war in Lebanon. His photographs of Palestinian protesters caught in a tear gas assault won a prize from the World Press Photo awards in 2009. He is married to the journalist Janis Mackey Frayer
, South Asia Bureau Chief for the CTV Television Network
.
He was one of several journalists threatened with loaded rifles by Afghan police during elections in Afghanistan.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
photojournalist
Photojournalism
Photojournalism is a particular form of journalism that creates images in order to tell a news story. It is now usually understood to refer only to still images, but in some cases the term also refers to video used in broadcast journalism...
noted for his wartime work in the Middle East including the Gaza Strip and Iraq, and Afghanistan. Starting his career in 1991 as a photographer for the Canadian Press
Canadian Press
Canadian Press Enterprises Inc. is the entity which "will take over the operations of the Canadian Press" according to a November 26, 2010 article in the Toronto Star...
, his first assignments were in Yugoslavia. From 2003-2009 he was based in the Middle East, and has recently moved to New Delhi as the AP's Chief Photographer for South Asia. His work is distributed by the Associated Press
Associated Press
The Associated Press is an American news agency. The AP is a cooperative owned by its contributing newspapers, radio and television stations in the United States, which both contribute stories to the AP and use material written by its staff journalists...
(AP) and has accompanied countless news stories around the world.
In 2006, Frayer along with a group of colleagues were finalists for the Pulitzer Prize in news photography for their reporting from the war in Lebanon. His photographs of Palestinian protesters caught in a tear gas assault won a prize from the World Press Photo awards in 2009. He is married to the journalist Janis Mackey Frayer
Janis Mackey Frayer
Janis Mackey Frayer is a Canadian journalist. She is currently the CTV National News South Asia Bureau Chief based in New Delhi. She was the network's Middle East Bureau Chief from 2003-2009....
, South Asia Bureau Chief for the CTV Television Network
CTV television network
CTV Television Network is a Canadian English language television network and is owned by Bell Media. It is Canada's largest privately-owned network, and has consistently placed as Canada's top-rated network in total viewers and in key demographics since 2002, after several years trailing the rival...
.
He was one of several journalists threatened with loaded rifles by Afghan police during elections in Afghanistan.