Born and raised in the United Kingdom, Amiran White began her photojournalism career in North America stringing for The Associated Press in Portland, Ore. From there she spent 10-years working as a staff photographer on various daily newspapers in Oregon, Pennsylvania and New Mexico.
Amiran is now freelancing and has spent the last couple of years in Central America and India.
Awards include a Pulitzer Prize nomination, the POYi Community Awareness Award, the Golden Light Award for documentary work and most recently, a first place with the 2009 Sony World Photography Awards.
Amiran's work has recently appeared in The New York Times, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Oregonian, Geo Saison, on the Reuters International News Wire, MSNBC.com and with Zuma Press.