Bio

Tristan Spinski is a photojournalist based in south Florida.

After earning his master's degree in journalism from UC Berkeley, Tristan worked as a landscaper, a busboy and an oyster shucker before joining the photography staff at the Naples Daily News.

Tristan's images have appeared in the Los Angeles Times Sunday Magazine, Mother Jones, FRONTLINE/World, The Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune, the San Francisco Chronicle, and the St. Petersburg Times. In addition to being awarded the Dorothea Lange Fellowship for Documentary Photography (2005) and the Susan Meiselas Award for Photojournalism (2004 & 2005), Tristan's photography has been recognized by the National Press Photographers Association, the Florida Press Club, and the Florida Society of Newspaper Editors.

Tristan has also served as an adjunct professor at the University of Delaware.

For recent updates on work, check out Tristan's photography blog: www.tristanspinski.com/blog