Val Mazzenga's career is one of the most storied in American photojournalism. His photographs have won more than 200 awards including 5 Beck Awards - the Chicago Tribune's highest accolade. He may be the most honored photographer in Tribune history. He has been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize six times.

Val has covered major breaking stories on just about every continent on the planet. His work has been exhibited nationwide, including a recent exhibit at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry. Among his assignments: the mass suicide in Jonestown, Guyana; the Afghan resistance fighters in Pakistan; starvation in Africa; the Sikh revolt in India; the 20th Anniversary of the fall of Saigon; the Wonders of the World; Rio's Carnivale; the Russian Invasion of Afghanistan; Ground Zero and refugee camps in Southeast Asia. He has done prize winning photo essays on the late Mother Teresa, the late President Nixon and Michael Jordan.

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