Scott Mc Kiernan and ZUMA Press are proud to be part of the 2022 ATLANTA PHOTOJOURNALISM SEMINAR this weekend. ZUMA Press will kick things off and present ‘The Pictures Of the Month‘ (POM) on Friday and Saturday for the Eye-Opener.

Join us live and in person for this weekend’s Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar featuring epic visual symphonies of pictures that need to be seen, and stories that need to be told. The seminar takes places from Friday, November 11- Saturday, November 12, 2022, at the Sonesta Atlanta Airport North. This year marks 50 consecutive years for The Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar. It is the longest continuously operating photojournalism conference in America and this will be Scott’s 10th time as a presenter of some kind.

The 2022 Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar features an amazing list of photographers, starting on Friday with sports superstar SIMON BRUTY and a string of award winning dynamos: DANESE KENON, MATT PEARL, JUSTIN MCCRAY, SHARON FARMER, DEANNE FITZMAURICE. The day’s visual feast will close with the one, the only, the legendary: DAVID BURNETT.

On Saturday, after ZUMA’s POM Eye-Opener, the day will start with the incomparable BOYZELL HOSEY and include ALAN HAWES, the brilliant ANDREA BRUCE, MORGAN HEIM, stellar PAUL KITAGAKI JR., and closing with recent Pultizer prize winner MARCUS YAMM.

POM was recently recognized at the Lucie Awards, wining both Picture Editor of the Year Award for ZUMA Press’s POM editor, JAMES K. COLTON, and a second Lucie for SCOTT MC KIERNAN for Photography Content of the Year 2022, Print and Online for The Pictures Of the Day, The Pictures of the Month, zReportage, DOUBLEtruck Magazine.

The Friday POM showcase features the Tokyo Olympics by ZUMA Press Photographer PAUL KITAGAKI, Jr. on the cover. Paul will be a main speak at the conference. Paul’s wife, ZUMA Press photojournalist RENEE C. BYER, who won 2007 Pulitzer Feature Photography, for her stellar reportage: ‘A Mother’s Journey’ and has spoken twice, will also be in attendance.

Aug 16, 1991 – Mountainview, California, USA – Singer guitarist JERRY GARCIA of ‘Grateful Dead’ performs live Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountainview. (Credit Image: © Bob Minkin)

Scott Mc Kiernan, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, ZUMA Press

Ukraine has been grappling with power outages and disruption of water supplies since Russia started missile and drone strikes on the country’s energy infrastructure. Ukraine’s state electricity operator announced regular scheduled blackouts in Kyiv and seven other regions of the country due to Russian attacks. The move comes as Russian forces continue to pound Ukrainian cities in a grinding war that is nearing its nine-month mark. Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, described the situation as ‘really difficult’ he said more than 4.5 million Ukrainians, mostly in Kyiv and the surrounding region, were without electricity. Welcome to ‘BLACK OUT’

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November 7, 2022, Kherson, Kherson Oblast, Ukraine: 67-year-old Ukrainian woman Anna reacts as she surveys her damaged house by Russian artillery in a village close to the frontline, as the Russian invasion of Ukraine enters its 257th day. With more attacks on infrastructures reported and fights continued in Donetsk and Luhansk, blackout and suspension of water supplies and heating are likely to affect Ukrainians in certain areas including Kherson, Kyiv Kharkiv and so on. (Credit Image: © Daniel Ceng Shou-Yi/ZUMA Press Wire)

Scott Mc Kiernan, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, ZUMA Press

Scott Mc Kiernan, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, ZUMA Press

October 18, 2022, HONG KONG, CHINA: A Hong Kong woman gestures as sudden strong wind blow up her hair on the seaside promenade. Unseasonal Tropical Storm NESAT is closing in on Hong Kong, bringing strong wind gusts throughout urban areas. (Credit Image: © Liau Chung-ren/ZUMA Press Wire)

Scott Mc Kiernan, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, ZUMA Press

Scott Mc Kiernan, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, ZUMA Press

Scott Mc Kiernan, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, ZUMA Press

Another mass shooting, this time at a children’s center in Thailand, a stampede kills over 150 in South Korea, the war in Ukraine and protests in Iran continue. The October 2022 Pictures Of the Month for @ZUMApress is now published.

Very proud that the Pictures Of the Month was part of the entry that won Photo Editor of the Year for ZUMA’s James K. Colton and @ZUMApress also won Photography Content of the Year at the 2022 Lucie Awards! GO TEAM ZUMA!!!

The ZUMA photographers covered the four corners of the world to bring pictures that need to be seen! POM shows the best work of these photojournalists, documenting the most important events of the past month.

ZUMA’s talented award-winning picture editing staff of Jeremy Mc Kiernan, Jessica Cotsonas, Julie Mason, Julie Rogers, Katrina Kochneva, Mark Avery, Pat Johnson, Ruaridh Stewart, Scott Mc Kiernan, Shalan Stewart, and the POM Editor-in-Chief Jim Colton made this ZUMA show possible. Enjoy and pass the word to others.

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October 27, 2022, Athens, Greece: Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz talk at the ancient Parthenon Temple at the Acropolis hill during a visit to Athens. (Credit Image: © Aristidis Vafeiadakis/ZUMA Press Wire)

Scott Mc Kiernan, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, ZUMA Press