Discover Top Editorial Photographers / Photojournalists in Des Moines, Iowa, USA

Eric Benson founded Bus-Stop Productions and graduated from the the University of Northern Iowa majoring in Electronic Media Production, Electronic Media Leadership with a Minor in Journalism. Eric also has a degree in Visual Communication from Hawaii Pacific University. Eric served for twelve years in the United States Navy as a Photojournalist and Mass Communications Specialist serving in over 35 countries. His primary service was in Asia and the Middle East and has experience working with various news agencies to include CNN, MSNBC, The Associated Press, and Reuters. During his twelve years of service Eric has learned that wearing a number of hats, has given him an intricate understanding of how mass media and corporate public affairs work. Eric has experience with photography (both film and digital), directing, producing, editing, lighting, and audio. He has worked on Nikon and Canon platforms for photography with Canon and Sony in his experience as a filmmaker.

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Commercial DP
• Documentary DP
• Video Editor - News
• Sound Mixer
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Reporter / Journalist
• On-Air Reporter / Host
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial

Don Shepard (USA b.1959) is an award winning photographer living and working in the United States. He's a visionary and an explorer. A photographer of people, places and things. He's rapt with the desire to create honest imagery that transcends time. Educated in forensic and medico-legal photography, Don developed his craft during a career as a law enforcement detective, producing thousands of images used in the prosecution of violent crimes. ​ He retired in 2009. ​ Don is a vetted member of the Kansas City chapter of the American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP) and the Chicago chapter of the American Photographic Artists (APA), both of which hold their members to the highest creative and professional standards. He has produced images for national publications including Million Dollar Round Table, Golf Digest, Scientific American and others.

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• Event Photographer
• Portrait Photographer
• Fashion Photographer

I’m a Mexican photographer, visual, multimedia, and storytelling artist, based in Iowa. With the mission to foster a sustainable, and inclusive world. I began making photographs as a teen. In 2002 I emigrated to Iowa, with the intention of studying photography, where I began to document the work of musicians and performance artists. In 2017, received a grant from the Iowa Arts Council to work on “Immigrant Luchadores”, a photo documentary, to give voice to Latino immigrants. This has become my long-term personal work, center on highlighting the life and struggles of Latinos, immigrants, and minorities in the US.

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Documentary DP
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Event Photographer
• Portrait Photographer
• Art Director
• Fixer
• Field Producer

I am an independent documentary filmmaker, video producer and photographer living in Iowa City, Iowa. I work on a wide variety of projects in the Midwest around the world. I have a B.S. in Environmental Science and a professional background as a photojournalist and documentary photographer. In my work, I try to combine a strong visual sense with intimacy and bit of humor.

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Commercial DP
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Documentary DP
• Video Editor - News
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Non-Fiction Film Director

KC McGinnis is a photographer, videographer, and 360° videojournalist based in the Upper Midwest (Chicago - Minneapolis - Omaha - St. Louis). I also blog about religion in photojournalism.

• Documentary DP
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Video Editor - News
• Field Producer
• Production Company
• Immersive/Spatial Video Capture
• Sound Mixer
• Reporter / Journalist
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Production Assistant
• Commercial DP
• Creative Director
• Drone Operator
• Corporate Videographer

Commercial/Portrait Photographer based in Cedar Rapids, IA.

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• Fashion Photographer
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• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist

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I'm a freelance photographer, videographer, designer, and editor located in Iowa, USA. I'm also working on my M.A. in photojournalism at the School of Visual Communication. Previously, I was the Photographer, Videographer, Editor and Designer at Ohio University's Russ College of Engineering. As a DAAD internXchange fellow, I interned at the Potsdamer Neueste Nachrichten, a Tagesspiegel paper covering Brandenburg, Germany's capital city. For several years before that I worked in Berlin, where I first traveled on a Fulbright Fellowship. I received my B.A. in German and Literature, Science and the Arts from the University of Iowa. My research interests are focused on immigration, justice, history and public policy. My work has appeared in publications such as Archaeology, The Athens News, The Cedar Rapids Gazette, The Daily Mail, The Houston Chronicle, Ohio Today, PBS NewsHour Online, Smithsonian Online, The Texas Tribune. It has been recognized by Photo Philanthropy, as well as the NPPA.

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Commercial DP
• Documentary DP
• Video Editor - News
• Sound Mixer
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Translator
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial