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Mannie Garcia is a freelance photojournalist based in Washington, D.C., who has covered wars, the White House, Congress of the United States and a variety of other stories in his long career. His camera has been witness to history – from the fall of the Berlin Wall, wars in the Balkans, Middle East and Africa, genocide in Rwanda and civil unrest in Haiti, to recently, President Bush surveying the devastation from hurricane Katrina. His camera has even saved his life -- stopping shrapnel at the air show disaster at Ramstein, Germany.
Mannie has traveled the world on assignments for Reuters, SIPA Press, the New York Times, Newsweek and Der Spiegel. He was based in Europe for 16 years and speaks impressive German, especially for a guy from Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Mannie is always eager and generous to share his experience, knowledge and resources – once while on assignment in the jungle of the Philippines with US Special Forces on a ‘night-ops’ mission, his intuition kicked in and he pulled the plug on the story. Shortly afterwards the helicopter he and his colleague were on, blew up, killing all aboard. Mannie saved the lives of his colleague, military PAO and himself with that decision. He was the first photojournalist to fly a combat mission on a C-17 over Afghanistan. His work has been recognized by his peers with a Gold Medal from the World Press, POY/NPPA Award of Excellence, the Ernst Hass Award and the 2006 IPC WHNPA Leadership Award presented at the United Nations. He enjoys producing music CD’s, video shorts, fly fishing and is an avid golfer. Mannie’s work can be reviewed at www.manniegarciapj.com and can be reached by phone at 202-812-6733 or by e-mail at mannie@manniegarciapj.com.
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