SHIHO FUKADA

BIO

Shiho Fukada is a freelance photographer based in Beijing, China.

She is a native of Tokyo, Japan with a degree in English literature, who worked in the fashion and advertising industries in New York before becoming a photojournalist.

Her work has been featured in numerous publications including The New York Times, Newsweek, Time, Fortune, Geo, Stern, De Spiegel, Le Monde, Figaro, New York Magazine, among others. She has also shot several television commercials, using her still images. Her commercial clients include Microsoft, Nike, Clinique, Johnson & Johnson, CBS News, MSNBC, among others. She moved to Beijing February 2009 from New York.

Recognition and Awards:

- Alicia Patterson Fellowship, 2010

- Social Documentary Network, HM, 2010

-The Pulitzer Prize nomination /

News Photography for The New York

Times, 2009

-Best of Photojournalism /News photography, HM, 2009

-Photo of the Year ,Editor& Publisher Magazine / Grand Prize, 2008

-UNICEF Photo of the Year / HM, 2008

-New York Press Photographers Association / 1st place, Feature story, 2008

-New York Press Photographers Association / 3rd place, Feature story, 2008

-New York Press Photographers Association / 1st place, Audio Slideshow, 2008