RJ Mickelson is a documentary photographer based in New York City. He is currently Senior Staff Photographer/Photo Directer at amNewYork Newspaper, Manattan's most widely circulated newspaper.
RJ completed the one-year photojournalism program at the International Center of Photography in 2005 and became a founding member and eventual Director of Veras Images, a photography collective.
In September of 2007, RJ received an Honorable Mention for Jen Bekman's “Hey, Hot Shot” Contest. His personal projects have included the reverent landscape of New York cemeteries; decay and hope in Atlantic City and the final season at Yankee stadium from a fan's perspective. In October 2009, RJ attended the prestigious Eddie Adams Workshop for emerging documentary photographers.
Prior to becoming a photographer, RJ worked as a Social Worker with gang-related youth in East San Jose, California, and following his move to New York City he worked with families who lost loved ones on 9/11.
His work has been featured in dozens of national and international publications, including:
The Baltimore Sun; The Chicago Tribune; Los Angeles Times; New York Daily News, New York Magazine; New York Observer; New York Sun; The New York Times; Newsday; and Seed Magazine.
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