Paula Bronstein; wo women taking a selfie 01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, with Footnotes. #82

wo women were photographed taking a selfie on the Talo Kapo beach in Pattani, Thailand, on June 5th, during Eid al-Fitr festivities. Eid al-Fitr marks the end of Ramadan, a month of fasting, prayer, and reflection for Muslims. Artsy Magazine

Paula Bronstein is a photojournalist who entered the profession in 1982 in Providence, Rhode Island. She is now based in Bangkok where she works for Getty Images. Bronstein was a nominated finalist for the Breaking News 2011 Pulitzer Prize.

Bronstein majored in photography at the University of Colorado and at Austria’s Salzburg College before specializing in photojournalism at the Rochester Institute of Technology where she graduated in fine arts. She embarked on her career in the United States at the Providence Journal Bulletin before spending 12 years with the New Haven Register and the Hartford Courant. In 1996, she became a staff photographer at the Chicago Tribune and then worked for The Register-Guard in Oregon.

Since 1998, Bronstein has been based in Bangkok. In June 2002, she joined Getty Images where she has covered conflicts and news stories throughout the wider Asian region including Kashmir, Afghanistan, Indonesia and Pakistan. More on Paula Bronstein

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