Help Support a Great Photojournalist and Friend
By Brian Auer • March 30th, 2009I’m a big fan of independent journalism and I have a great respect for the folks making it happen. One such person is Zoriah. I’ve mentioned him in the past (and also interviewed him) and I hope that some of you have picked up an interest in his work. This man is very much living a life dedicated to everyone but himself.
Zoriah travels to some of the most extreme locations and situations on earth, with the sole intent of documenting the events taking place. He is often alone in his travels and he covers stories that are too severe and/or non-profitable for mainstream media. He puts himself in situations that most of us would never hope to see with our own eyes.
And because of his ways, Zoriah is forced to support his own work without the aid of corporate media. His blog is a major outlet for the work he does basically in real-time, and it is supported by the audience that follows him. Recently, his financial support has been dropping and Zoriah has been forced to cut back on his blogging. Again, this is his main outlet for uncensored media coverage, and it would be a major disappointment to let it go.
I’m asking that each of you consider donating what you can to Zoriah’s cause. Epic Edits has over 5000 subscribers — if even half of us donated just $10, that would result in over $25,000 to support a true visionary. This amount of money would help to finance several more important stories that the world might otherwise not see. Please do consider helping out a friend.
And to end this post, here are a few of my favorite photos from Zoriah…
Brian Auer is a photography enthusiast from North Idaho. He's also the guy behind the Epic Edits Weblog. As a hobbyist photographer since 2003, his passion has been to constantly improve his photography skill set, to share his own knowledge with others, and to become an integral part of the photographic community.
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A donation well worth it. Thanks for bring his amazing work to my attention.
It’s good of you to spread the word Brian. Hope people donates, I really do.
Thanks for bringing this to my attention Brian! I just sent him $25 to help him continue his work
It is a bad month for me and I’m unable to do the donation for now. I’m sure he can get some good money from news channels with those pics. It looks awesome!