Doug Klostermann is a travel, culture, and humanitarian photographer dedicated to documenting the work of international NGOs, humanitarian aid and non-profit organizations. He is based in Cambridge, MA, and is also available as a photographer of local people, places, and events.
He has photographed and contributed images to numerous NGOs, non-profits, and volunteer organizations who have used his photography for documentation, publications, outreach, and fundraising. He was recently recognized by the United Nations Development Programme - International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth for his humanitarian photography in Peru. Organizations he has worked with include:
Aldea Yanapay - Cusco, Peru
Fairplay - Cusco, Peru
Manos Unidas - Cusco, Peru
Ventanas Abiertas (Open Windows) - San Miguel Dueñas, Guatemala
West Side YMCA - New York
ArtsWestchester - New York
Get Your Guts in Gear - New York
Soy Andina - Documentary Film, marketing and publicity
One for the Books - New Jersey
Ayni - Piura, Peru
Living in Peru Online Magazine - LivinginPeru.com
Acción Ambiental - Portugal/ Cusco, Peru
GAP Adventures - New York City Store
PromPeru - Peru Tourism Commission
Photoshare - Assisting non-profits through photography
Cambridge Local First - Cambridge, MA
Doug has done extensive volunteer work in Peru with organizations dedicated to improving the lives and futures of disadvantaged children, and has worked with immigrants in the U.S. pursuing naturalization.
His photos have been published in magazines including Conde Nast Traveler, Sherman's Travel, and South American Explorer, and on travel guide and text book covers. His travel writing and photos can be seen in online magazines including Photoburst, inTravel, Living in Peru, Adventure Life, Traveling Stories, Travelmag, and Viva Travel Guides. His images were selected for the A Day in the Life - Brooklyn exhibit, have been displayed at The Times Center at the New York Times, Brooklyn Borough Hall, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the gallery at G.A.P. Adventures, and are in the permanent collection of the Brooklyn Historical Society. Doug is also a contributor to Photoshare, an organization which helps international non-profit organizations communicate health and development issues through photography. Doug holds a degree in Architecture from the University of Notre Dame, where he also pursued studies in photography, art, and art history.
Doug is a member of the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) and practices the NPPA Code of Ethics, and is a proud member of Cambridge Local First.
To learn more, discuss an assignment, license photos, purchase prints, or join the mailing list, please contact Doug at doug@dojoklo.com
Books
Doug's book, Faces of Celebration - Photographs of Peru, is available online at Blurb.
Resources
A list of mostly Peru related materials - books, movies, music - as well as volunteer related resources and digital and travel photography books. http://www.dojoklo.com/fruits
My Cusco guide for places to stay, eat, shop, and visit: CuscoPlacesToVisit.doc
My 40 Tips for Better Travel Photography - a handout from my lectures: DJKTravelPhotoTips.doc
Writing
Writing samples, including travel writing, can be read at http://www.dojoklo.com/writing/
NEWS and EVENTS - 2010
-I have relocated from Brooklyn to Cambridge, MA. I will be available for local assignments in and around Boston, and will continue to return to NYC for assignments. And of course I am always available for international assignments and projects.
-I was interviewed by Heber Vega for his series "10Q - Interviews with Humanitarian Photographers."
-My photo Boys in the Plaza de Armas - Cusco has been selected for the cover of an education book about festivals of Peru to be distributed to school children throughout Peru.
-My photo Inca King at Inti Raymi has been selected as the cover photo for the travel guidebook "Viva Travel Guide Cusco and Machu Picchu," to be released in October 2010. The Viva Travel Guide series of books are available for sale on their website, on Amazon, or in bookstores.
2009:
-My photo Women in the Plaza - Combapata was one of fifty selected by the United Nations Development Programme for their international "Humanizing Development" Global Photography Campaign, and is permanently on display at the headquarters of the International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth (IPC-IG), in Brasilia, Brazil.
The selected photos will be published in a book sponsored by the Presidency of Brazil, and will be exhibited internationally throughout 2010, including in New York, Bangkok, London, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Johannesburg, and Bonn.
-I was one of ten finalists in the Conde Nast $25,000 Dream Trip Photo Contest 2009, selected from over 19,000 entries, with my photo Boys Emerging From Church - Pisac. My photo can also be seen on page 20 of the October 2009 issue of Conde Nast Traveler magazine.
-An exhibit of my Peru photos was displayed at The Times Center in The New York Times Building in NYC, in conjunction with the Voces screening of documentary Soy Andina, in September, 2009.
-My photo Keshwa Chaca was named an "Honorable Mention" in the prestigious 2009 International Photography Awards. (shown here)
-Select Peru photos were exhibited in the gallery at GAP Adventures Travel Store in Greenwich Village, NYC, from June through July, 2009.
-I have been named to the "Jury Selection" in the Pikeo "Moments of Togetherness" Photo Competition with my photo Campesina with Vicuna.
-My photo Pucallpa - Banana Dock Boy was selected as Honorable Mention in the Peterman's Eye Travel Photo Contest
-My photo Festival de Tinajani was selected as the February 2009 "Photo of the Month" in South American Explorer magazine
-Thanks to all who attended my presentation on "Tips for Better Travel Photography" at GAP Adventures Travel Store in Greenwich Village, NYC. Let me know if you have questions. Booklist HERE
-I was selected as the Featured Artist for the Brooklyn Philharmonic's Nuevo Latino Festival in January 2009. My photo Pucallpa - Mototaxi was on the program cover for all the performances, and select Peru photos were exhibited at BAM, The Brooklyn Academy of Music.
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