Michael Robinson Chavez: Career Beginnings and Evolution, Foundry Photojournalism Workshop 2011

Michael Robinson Chavez talks about his inspiration for becoming a photographer and the evolution of his photographic career over time.

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Michael Robinson Chávez has been a photographer at The Los Angeles Times since 2007 and lives outside of Los Angeles, California. He has covered wide-ranging national and international assignments in over 45 countries including: the Congolese Civil War, the 2010 earthquake in Chile, the revolution in Egypt, life in India’s slums, economic decline in the United States, the 2006 Hezbollah/Israeli war, the Georgian/Russian war in 2008 and the US led invasion and occupation of Iraq.