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Peter Power
Peter Power (39) is a 15-year veteran of The Toronto Star. His work at Canada's largest daily newspaper has allowed Power to document the Toronto community and area, as well as national and international breaking news, and in-depth feature stories.
For The Star he has covered important world events ranging from the Zapatista uprising in Chiapas, Mexico (1994), to the destruction of Hurricane Andrew as it swept first through Florida to Louisiana.
Power finds in-depth stories to be the most rewarding to work on. His long-term projects include a dramatic series on terminally ill cancer patients; the documentation of a young man's 18-month struggle with facial reconstruction to correct a serious lifelong disfigurement; a summer-long look at Toronto's now-razed "Tent City" and its inhabitants; and a study of the treatment, and mistreatment of mental illness in Ontario for which he and the reporter received Canada's most distinguished Governor General's Michener Award for public service journalism.
Power also thrives on variety, relishing his assignments covering Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan, the slums ("favelas") of Rio de Janeiro, and three Olympic Games for The Star.
His work has earned numerous Industry awards and accolades including
three of Canada's National Newspaper Awards (NNA)--he's been nominated
six times. Only one other photographer in Canada, now retired,
has more NNAs. He has also been named the National Press Photographer's
Association's Region Two Photographer of the Year three times,
and once earned the same honor from the Eastern Canadian Press
Photographers Association. To his credit, he has numerous Picture
of the Year honors from various professional organizations including
the Society for Newspaper Design and local emergency services.
Power also sits as a member of the Advisory Committee for Loyalist
College's Photojournalism Program--the school he graduated from
in 1989. Prior to 1989, Power spent five years in the Canadian
military under the Regular Officer Training Plan. This was a period
of his life which he largely credits for his personal discipline,
attention to detail, and problem solving skills--all of which
he says he uses on a daily basis as a photojournalist.
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