Craig Walker’s POYi-Winning Photographs

POYi: Shooting Close to Home

Who says you have to go halfway around the world to find gripping images? Craig Walker spent a year covering assignments in Denver, and in between shot an award-winning series on an Marine vet grappling with post-traumatic stress disorder.

via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/29/poyi-awards-shooting-close-to-home/?pagewanted=all

Despite the convulsions of the Arab spring, the Japanese Tsunami and the continuing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Denver Post photographer Craig Walker stayed home in 2011. He covered daily assignments — and in between produced a wrenching story on an Iraq war veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder.