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Peter van Agtmael was born in Washington DC in 1981. He graduated from Yale University with a BA in History in 2003.

Since 2006, his work has largely concentrated on the United States and the post-9/11 wars.

He has received a Guggenheim Fellowship, the W. Eugene Smith Grant, an ICP Infinity Award, the Aaron Siskind Grant, the Lumix Freelens Award, a Pulitzer Center Grant, a Magnum Foundation Fellowship as well as multiple awards from World Press Photo.

His most recent book “Look at the U.S.A.” is a chronicle of a post-9/11 world at home and abroad.

Peter is a mentor in the Arab Documentary Photography Program, a founder of Red Hook Editions, and a member of Magnum Photos.

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