The following excerpt is from a June 11, 2010 article published by NBCMiami.com. To read the article in its entirety, please click here.
He wades through garbage dumps on a regular basis.
Food for the Poor photographer Benjamin Rusnak is just that dedicated to his craft. For at least one week each month, Rusnak visits a developing country to tell its tragic story through images.
“Very often images are lost and stories are lost in the huge wealth of visuals that we have. This is one way of stopping people and getting them to think,” said Rusnak, who began his photojournalism career at the Fort Meyer’s News Press.
Rusnak won the prestigious Gordon Parks award, as well as Photo of the Year, from Interaction, the nation’s largest coalition of U.S.-based government organizations devoted to the world’s poor…
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