BIO
Peter DiCampo is a Visuals Editor at ProPublica. Before turning to editing, he worked for more than a decade as a freelance photojournalist, primarily in sub-Saharan Africa, with publications in National Geographic, The New York Times, Time and many more. He was a 2019 JSK Journalism Fellow at Stanford University, and he is the recipient of grants and awards from Brown Institute for Media Innovation, Code for Africa, Magnum Foundation, Open Society Foundations, PhotoWings, Pictures of the Year International and the Pulitzer Center, among others.
DiCampo is also a co-founder of Everyday Africa, a collective of photographers using social media to broaden coverage of Africa beyond the headlines, and The Everyday Projects, a global community of photographers and visual literacy nonprofit.
He is a co-author of the photo book “Everyday Africa: 30 Photographers Re-Picturing a Continent” and the graphic novel “Flying Kites: A Story of the 2013 California Prison Hunger Strike.” DiCampo holds a B.S. in journalism from Boston University and was a Peace Corps volunteer in Ghana.
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EDUCATION:
Stanford University, John S. Knight Fellowship, 2018-2019
Brown Institute for Media Innovation at Columbia University + Magnum Foundation, Photography Expanded Fellowship, 2015
World Press Photo, Joop Swart Masterclass, 2013
VII Mentor Program, 2010-2012
Eddie Adams Workshop, 2009
Boston University, BS, Journalism, 2005
VISUAL EDITING:
Visuals Editor – ProPublica, 2023 - Present
International Visual Editor (contract)– NPR, 2022
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
Musea da Republica (Rio de Janeiro, 2012)—Life Without Lights
The Strand Gallery (London, 2012)—Life Without Lights
VII Gallery (New York, 2011)—Life Without Lights
Vienna International Centre (Vienna, 2011)—Life Without Lights
AOP Gallery (London, 2010)—Life Without Lights
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
A Retrospective: Northern Ghana Life (Tamale, 2023)–What Went Wrong?
Schloss Oldenburg (Oldenburg, Germany, 2020)–Everyday Africa (also as curator)
Northern Ghana Life (Tamale, 2018)–What Went Wrong?
LianzhouFoto (Lianzhou, 2017)—Everyday Africa
The Square / Uganda Press Photo Awards (Kampala, 2017)—Everyday Africa (also as co-curator)
Alliance Français (Nairobi, 2017)—Everyday Africa (also as co-curator)
AddisFotoFest (Addis Ababa, 2016)—Everyday Africa
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam DOCLAB (Amsterdam, 2016)—The Everyday Projects
FotoIstanbul (Istanbul, 2015 + 2016)—The Everyday Projects
BredaPhoto (Breda, The Netherlands, 2016)—Everyday Africa (also as co-curator)
OBSCURA Festival of the Photograph (George Town, Malaysia, 2016)—Everyday Africa (also as co-curator)
LOOK3 Festival of the Photograph (Charlottesville, USA, 2016)—Everyday Africa: A Look Ahead (also as co-curator)
Rencontres Internationales de la Photo de Fes (Fes, Morocco, 2015)—Everyday Africa
Annenberg Space for Photography (Los Angeles, 2015)—Emerging
Articulture Biennial (Pennsylvania, 2015)—CHANNELS: Media, Culture, and Representation
Photoreporter Festival (Baie de Saint-Brieuc, France, 2014)—What Went Wrong? Perspectives on Failed Aid
Photoville (New York, 2014)—The Everyday Projects
Air Circulation gallery (New York, 2014)—Appetite, the Culture of Food
Neubacher Shor Contemporary (Toronto, 2013)—Magenta Foundation Flash Forward
Photofusion (London, 2013)—Magenta Foundation Flash Forward
Frieda and Roy Furman Gallery, Lincoln Center (New York, 2013)—Everyday Africa
Photofest (Querétaro, Mexico, 2013)—Everyday Africa
Lumix Festival for Young Photojournalism (Hannover, Germany, 2012)—Life Without Lights
VII Gallery (New York, 2012)—Everyday Africa (also as co-curator)
The Griffin Museum of Photography (Boston, 2012)—iSee: The eyes of VII in the hands of Hipstamatic
Fotoweek DC (Washington DC, 2012)—Global Goods / Local Costs
VII Gallery (New York, 2012)—Liberty & Justice (For All)
Lagos Photo (Lagos, 2011)—Life Without Lights
KUD France Preseren Gallery (Ljubljana, 2010)—Global World: Through the Lens of Human Rights
Triennale Bovisa Gallery (Milan, 2009)—Woodstock: The After Party
PROJECTIONS:
Just Another Photo Festival (Delhi, 2015, 2016, 2017)—Everyday Africa
Slideluck Potshow (Dhaka, 2014)—Life Without Lights
Slideluck Potshow (San Francisco, 2014)—The Everyday Projects
Athens Photo Festival (Athens, 2012)—Life Without Lights
Visa Pour l’Image (Perpignan, France, 2010)—Life Without Lights
Slideluck Potshow (New York, Washington DC, Oslo, Stockholm, London, Ottawa, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Austin, all 2010)—Life Without Lights
SELECT AWARDS + GRANTS:
NPPA Best of Photojournalism, Editor of the Year, Team, National, First Prize (2024)—ProPublica Visuals Team
Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, Grants (2009, 2011, 2012, 2018)
Town Hall Seattle Artist in Residence (2018)
Code for Africa / International Center for Journalists, ImpactAFRICA grant (2017)—What Went Wrong?
Magnum Foundation, Emergency Fund Grant (2015)—What Went Wrong?
Photoreporter Festival, Grant (2014)—What Went Wrong?
Open Society Foundations, Audience Engagement Grant (2013)—Everyday Africa
POYi, World Understanding Award, Finalist (2013)—Life Without Lights
PDN30 New & Emerging Photographers to Watch list (2012)
PDN Photo Annual, Finalist (2011)—Life Without Lights
Anthropographia Award for Human Lights, Shortlisted (2011)—Life Without Lights
The British Journal of Photography IPA, Winner (2010)—Life Without Lights
Editor and Publisher Photos of the Year, 1st Prize (2008)—Life Without Lights
Boston University, Photojournalism Student of the Year (2005)
SELECT PUBLICATIONS:
Africa is a A Country, Aperture magazine, BBC World Service, Bloomberg Businessweek, The Boston Globe, BRIGHT Magazine, The British Journal of Photography, CNN.com, Departures, Esquire, Foreign Policy Magazine, GEO, Global Post, GOOD Magazine, Huck Magazine, HuffPo, Guernica, Internazionale, Jeune Afrique, Le Monde, Mother Jones, National Geographic, The National (UAE), Newsweek, NBCNews.com, The New Yorker Photo Booth, The New York Times, PDN, Salon.com, TIME, Vantage, Vanity Fair, Vrij Nederland, The Wall Street Journal, Wired RAW File
BOOKS:
Flying Kites: A Story of the 2013 California Prison Hunger Strike. Stanford Graphic Novel Project, 2019. (Cowriter, coeditor)
Everyday Africa. Kehrer, 2017. (Contributing photographer, coeditor, cofounder)
Monograph:
(The Place Where I Always Begin). 10(X) Editions, 2016.
in the collection of The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Other books that include my work:
Northern Ghana Life. Noorderlicht and Nuku Studio, 2019.
Photographers’ Sketchbooks. Thames & Hudson, 2014.
Flash Forward 10th. Magenta, 2014.
Hungry Still. QUAD / FORMAT and SLIDELUCK London, 2014.
Next #03. World Press Photo and Schilt Publishing, 2013.
Flash Forward. Magenta, 2013.
WRITING + SELECT INTERVIEWS:
“The Road to Hell Is Paved With Good Intentions — And Broken Toilets,” Bright Magazine, March 2018
“Lessons from reviewing applications to the Native and Everyday Projects Mentorship Program,” Re-Picture, January 2018
"An Open Letter to the Contributors of The Everyday Projects", Re-Picture, September 2016
“Instagramming Africa”, interview, Africa is a Country, March 2014
“Introducing Africa to the OMG Crowd”, Salon.com, February 2013
“Photographing Everyday Life in Africa”, Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, May 2012
TALKS + PANELS + TEACHING + CONTEST JURIES:
NPPA Northern Short Course Photo and Multimedia Contest (2024)—contest judge
Overseas Press Club (2023)—photography awards jury (Robert Capa Gold Medal, Olivier Rebbot Award, Feature Photography Award)
Diversify (2022)—selection committee
The Aftermath Project (2022)—grant jury
The Everyday Projects (Various, 2013 to present). The Everyday Projects, in partnership with PhotoWings and the Pulitzer Center, created a visual literacy curriculum that we have used in classrooms with thousands of middle and high school students across the USA
PhotoNOLA (online, 2020)—The Everyday Projects panelist
ONA (online, 2020)—Artists Against an #Infodemic panelist
Palm Springs Photo Festival (online, 2020)—Symposium: Diversity & Inclusion panelist
Photo Bill of Rights Salon (online, 2020)—panelist
Stanford Medicine & the Muse storytelling retreat (Stanford School of Medicine, 2019)—guest instructor
The Catchlight Visual Storytelling Summit (San Francisco, 2019)—portfolio reviewer
Berkeley Haas Africa Business Forum (UC Berkeley, 2019)—Homegrown Creatives panel
Center for African Studies (Stanford University, 2019)—The Imagined Africa: Where Did We Go Wrong in Visualizing a Continent? lecture
Doing Visual Politics (Kathmandu, 2018)—workshop mentor
Becthel International Center (Stanford University , 2018)—Journalism and Foreign Aid: What Can We Learn From Reporting on Failure? lecture
Town Hall Seattle (Seattle, 2018)—Reframe: Photographers on the Power of the Everyday panel
CAP Prize (2018)—contest jury
Magenta Foundation Flash Forward (2018)—contest jury
Northwest African American Museum / Town Hall Seattle (Seattle, 2017)—Everyday Africa panel
Everyday Africa w/ Foreign Correspondents’ Association of East Africa (Nairobi, 2017)—Rethinking Creation in the Digital Age panel
World Press Photo / Pakhuis de Zwijger (Amsterdam, 2017)—Visions of Africa panel
AddisFotoFest awards (Addis Ababa, 2016)—contest jury
World Press Photo Photojournalism Workshop (Nairobi, 2016)—Workshop instructor
Foundry Photojournalism Workshop (Cape Town, 2016)—Workshop instructor
Wales International Development Summit (Swansea, 2016)—What Does Modern Africa Look Like? lecture
LOOK3 Festival of the Photograph (Charlottesville, USA, 2016)—Instagram as a Tool for Social Engagement lecture
World Press Photo Awards Days (Amsterdam, 2016)—Diversity: Gender, geography and how can we better represent the world? panel
The Wharton School at The University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 2016)—Artist Talk
Photographic Center Northwest (Seattle, 2015)—Social Advocacy, Photography and Beyond workshop instructor
Photographic Center Northwest (Seattle, 2015)—Artist Talk
Magnum Foundation (New York, 2015)—Photography, Expanded Symposium presenter
The New School (New York, 2015)—Media, Culture, and International Affairs Seminar
Annenberg Space for Photography (Los Angeles, 2015)—Iris Nights lecture: Reimagining Africa
PhotoStories Multimedia Conference (Amsterdam, 2015)—Keynote
University of Washington (Seattle, 2015)—Global Health Seminar
VII Evolution Tour (Washington DC, 2015)—Balancing Advocacy, Journalism, and Funding panel
Photoreporter Festival (Baie de Saint-Brieuc, France, 2014)—Are Humanitarian NGO Programs Sustainable? lecture
Collaborations for Cause (Seattle, 2014)—The Everyday Projects lecture
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism (New York, 2014)—The Everyday Projects panel
Photoville (New York, 2014)—The Everyday Movement and the Uphill Battle Against Media Stereotypes panel
Future of Learning Institute, Harvard University (Cambridge, 2014)—Global Journalism & Contemporary Learning lecture
The Image Deconstructed Workshop, University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill, 2014)—Everyday Africa lecture
The Tiziano Project (Colombo, 2013)—Everyday Sri Lanka mobile journalism workshop instructor
Flash Forward Festival (Boston, 2013)—Operator, Get Me Instagram panel
George Washington University (Washington DC, 2012)—Global Goods Local Costs panel
VII Gallery (New York, 2012)—Why Are We Talking About Smartphones? panel
The Griffin Museum of Photography (Boston, 2012)—Everyday Africa artist talk
VII Gallery (New York, 2011)—A Conversation on Energy Poverty: Problems and Solutions panel