VII Photo Agency
VII (pronounced "seven") is a photo agency representing 30 photojournalists, known for its focus on conflict photography. The collective is owned by ten member photographers and represents an additional thirteen members plus a number of emerging talents in the Mentor Program. In the fall of 2011, VII underwent a restructuring after deciding to dissolve the VII Network to give all members equal access to the agency’s services and offering clients full-service support for all photographers on the VII roster.
VII derives its name from the number of founding photojournalists who, in September 2001, formed this collectively owned agency. The original seven founding members, Alexandra Boulat (Boulat died on October 5, 2007), Ron Haviv, Gary Knight, Antonin Kratochvil, Christopher Morris, James Nachtwey (Nachtwey left in 2011) and John Stanmeyer, were joined by Christopher Anderson in 2002 (Anderson left in 2005), Lauren Greenfield in 2002 (Greenfield left in 2009), Joachim Ladefoged in 2004, Eugene Richards in 2006 (Richards subsequently left in 2008), Marcus Bleasdale and Franco Pagetti in 2007, Stephanie Sinclair moved up from the VII Network in 2009, and Ed Kashi joined directly as a full member in 2010.
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