Peter
van Agtmael, 26, studied history at Yale University. After graduation,
he went to China on a fellowship to photograph the areas of the Yangtze
River being inundated by the Three Gorges Dam. Peter lived in South
Africa in 2005, and worked extensively throughout sub-Saharan Africa.
He is currently working on a long-term project about the toll of America's
wars, at home and abroad. In 2006, Peter was named one of "25
under 25 - Up and Coming American Photographers" by the Center
for Documentary Studies at Duke University. And in 2007, he came second
in the General News Stories category at the World Press Photo awards
for his coverage of night raids in Iraq.