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Max Becherer is a freelance photojournalist, represented by Polaris Images since 2004, dedicated to covering international news and the Middle East. He is widely published with images appearing on the cover of Time Magazine, the New York Times and a variety of other newspapers. Since working with Polaris, Becherer has covered Africa and the war in Iraq. In 2006, Max was awarded First Place in the main category of People and Events in the 2006 Poland Press Photography Contest, for his images of Iraqi mourners during the funeral of a man killed during the national elections of 2005.
During the invasion of Iraq in 2003, Becherer was embedded with Marine and Army units to report on local military members for the Arizona Daily Star, a newspaper for which he worked for three years. While working at the Arizona Daily Star, Becherer covered the American Southwest including issues involving the U.S./Mexico border for which he won several awards.
Becherer earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Photojournalism from California's San Jose State University in 2000. He interned at several newspapers, including The Boston Globe, the Minneapolis Star Tribune and the Concord Monitor. He attended the Eddie Adams workshop in 1999 and for his performance there, won a scholarship from the Los Angeles Times and an assignment from Life Magazine. | | |
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