Available for Assignments: NYC/Detroit Studio 1-313-204-3636/stephenmcgee@mac.com
Travel Plans; China Oct 17-31, India Dec 26-January 20
Stephen McGee is a professional photo/video journalist who has traveled the world focusing on topics that relate to environment and human interest, from exposing human rights violations and humanitarian crises, to globalization and clean energy. His multimedia work has been shown on/in sites/magazines including nytimes.com, viiphoto.com, washingtonpost.com, freep.com, usatoday.com, npr.org, People Mag, Der Spiegel.
Throughout the 26 countries he has traveled, has lived the lives of his subjects to make certain that the stories he told were the truest to their reality. For two years he worked at the Detroit Free Press making short films on deadline where he was the photographer, producer and editor. He would shoot both stills and video for the multimedia pieces.
Building upon the 174-year history of the Detroit Free Press, he gained a new fresh approach to visual journalism. McGee focused on localizing and vocalizing stories and scenarios representing life from the smallest daily aspect to the moments that live in our memories forever because of their stature and importance. In the two years after McGee helped start the multimedia department led by Nancy Andrews, the Detroit Free Press won 3 National Emmy Awards (in catorgies including, NY Times, Newsweek, National Geographic, Washington Post, LA Times, Frontline) and 5 Regional Emmys.
McGee felt called to leave the Free Press pursue God’s will in his life. McGee utilizes his visual skills to service those who are the forefront of positive global change, the front lines of local humanitarian endeavors, those that make a difference because that is what they were called to do. McGee documents with intention to distribute the voices of the fallen, the broken, the hopeful, the helped, the beneficiaries, to make certain that the citizens of developed nations will not go on in ignorance to the actuality that exists beyond the news, beyond the black type print or LCD that lays just past their cappuccino. Those are the voices hs wants to amplify to the masses through the craftsmanship he practices.
He has worked with various non-profits in Ghana, El Salvador, Honduras (2008) Uganda (2005), Rwanda (2005), and in Vietnam (2005, 2006, 2008) and Angola (2004). In 2004 he worked with Health Care for the Homeless where a documentary he co-produced, River Haven, raised $30,000 for a local group of California homeless trying to break out of the street life in Ventura, CA. My documentary in Uganda on an orphanage that harbors child soldiers raised $50,000 for the orphanage at the opening showing in Paris, France. His most recent project focusing on an organization’s 20-year impact in Vietnam will be premiered in Ho Chi Mihn City October 16, 2008 and will be used in fund raising attempts by Petra Nemcova, Bruce Willys and Wyclef Jean.
Personal Message, “I live my life dedicated to my faith in Jesus Christ in Detroit, Michigan and I want everyone to know that Jesus Christ is my savior (hence Christ means savior) and it sounds crazy, but my life before believing in Him is nothing to what it is now. The amazing thing is that you don’t need to clean up your life in order to believe in Jesus. If you believe in Jesus, he cleans up your life for you by changing your heart to love like he has loved. “
Clients:
New York Times, Wall Street Journal, nytimes.com, npr.org, washingtonpost.com, Agence French Press, viiphoto.com, People Magazine, Der Spiegel, NBC Channel One News
Awards
2008 Best Of Photography 2nd Place Documentary Video*
2007 Emmy for NEW APPROACHES TO NEWS & DOCUMENTARY PROGRAMMING: ARTS, LIFESTYLE & CULTURE
2007 Two honorable mentions in NPPA Best of Photojournalism in TV News Editing
2007 and 2006 Monthly Best of Multimedia (8) Awards for NPPA
2007 Award of Excellence for Pictures of the Year International
2006 Emmy for Outstanding Regional News Coverage
2005 College Photographer of the Year, Gold for Team Multimedia
2004 Best Documentary at the Ojai Film Festival
*Judges Comments: The judges selected ?Band of Brothers? as its second place winner. The project documents the training and travails of Michigan Marines. In addition to the technical skills, the judges noted the commitment and creativity employed in approaching the story from multiple angles, including a focus on the training, a look at the impact on family, and a view of honoring fallen comrades. It was well-rounded, engaging serialized storytelling.
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