Photographer Feature: Joshua Zirschky

Editor Shenyah Webb, Photography, September 18th, 2017

"Bearing witness to the human condition… on a global scale."

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In pursuit of bearing witness to the human condition, Joshua Zirschky utilizes the strength of photography on a global scale. Moved and inspired by his in-depth studies of conflict photography at an early age, Zirschky began executing his process; capturing fragile moments and witnessing realities and lifestyles outside of his own.

While working with several non-profit organizations, Joshua has traveled the world witnessing the human condition and capturing the true colors of his subjects. Unlike many other photojournalists, he gets up close and personal with his subjects, listens to their back stories, connects with them, and at times spends several hours before even shooting one photograph. The result is mesmerizing, images full of substance and honesty, giving us the rare opportunity to look deep into the eyes of these beautiful human subjects from throughout the globe.

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Cecilia, a 105-year-old widow, is visited by doctors and nurses. Guatemala. 

Cecilia, living in one-room home made of mud and cardboard. Guatemala. 

Poor mothers and children wait for hours to receive medical care by volunteer doctors and nurses. Guatemala. 

Mayan woman. Gualemala. 

Garrett. Pacific Northwest Territory. 

Vietnam Vet. Southeast Asia. 

A spiritual healer burns a fire to the gods. Guatemala. 

Young men carry loads of various goods through the streets of Hanoi, Vietnam. 2013. 

Lines of lower income people wait for hours in the cold to receive medical attention. Guatemala. 

Jack Donovan. Pacific Northwest Territory. 

A woman receives a shot for arthritis in the knee by volunteer doctors. Guatemala. 

Peter Marshall. Painter. USA 

Local children living in extreme poverty in the village, Andong, search daily for clean water. Cambodia. 

Sophal, a Cambodian man, stripped of his property and human rights when displaced by the government along with 9,000 neighbors. 

El Quiche Market. Guatemala. 

A former gang member and heroin addict reveals tattoos from a former life on the streets of Hanoi, Vietnam. 

Local Construction Builder. Guatemala. 

Max Ireland. Tattoo Artist. 

Fisherman Richard Brazil rests on the galley door after a fifteen-hour day in nonstop rain. Southeast Alaska. 

Praying man. Mexico. 

Children gather late at night in search of food on the streets of Phnom Penh. 

Anthony. Hip hop dance artist. Northwest Territory. 

A homeless man rests on the steps of a church. Guatemala 

Stephen. Pacific Northwest Territory. 

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Joshua Zirschky has been practicing the art ofJoshua Zirschky Photography NAILED Magazine photography for 16 years. He received his Bachelor of Arts in Photography from Montana State University, Bozeman, MT in 2006. Through volunteer work and freelance photojournalism, he has worked alongside the United Nations, Red Cross, Habitat for Humanity, World Vision, African Leadership Partners, The Dominion Trading Co., and The Near East Foundation; each relating to foreign affairs, relief, and development issues. Zirschky has received numerous awards and his work has been published in several print publications. He is available for national and international work and can be contacted here.

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Shenyah Webb

Shenyah Webb is the Arts Editor and a Contributing Editor for NAILED. She is originally from Detroit; she studied Psychology at Michigan State University, and later finished in Industrial Design with an Art Therapy minor at The College of Creative Studies. She lives and works in Portland with her husband and son. She is a visual artist, and musician under the name Lithopedion. Her self-titled EP was released in 2013.

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