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April 21, 2005 - San Clemente, CA - ZUMA's editorial clients worldwide have looked on in wonder at how far broad our Asian coverage has become. With contributors like Indonesia's JiwaFoto agency, ZUMA offers timely news and features from across the region.

Founded by longtime ZUMA Press photojournalist, Sinartus Sosrodjojo in December 2001, JiwaFoto is now well established as the only major assignment, stock and photographer's agent in Indonesia that has regional reach.

Sosrodjojo works hard at tapping his years of U.S. newspaper and wire service photography experience to give back to his country and fellow shooters. He regularly hosts workshops on captioning, transmitting pictures and ethics. He also emphasizes to his photographers the importance of brining a local perspective to stories they cover.

"I always tell my photographers that JiwaFoto does not aim to compete with the wires or bigger agencies," says Sosrodjojo. "It's more advantageous to utilize our local knowledge to cover things differently and come up with features that explore all aspects of Asian life be it politics, culture, tradition, or religion."

His approach is definitely working. When the tsunami hit Indonesia and other parts of South Asia last year, JiwaFoto was among the first to transmit not only spot news photos, but also a touching features, such as one on children left orphaned by the monster wave.

ZUMA showcased the Aceh's Orphans by DENY/JiwaFoto on zReportage.com following which it ran in it's entirety on AOL VISIONS' In Focus. Many other powerful JiwaFoto essays are available for syndication by ZUMA Press, along with their stock portraits of prominent clerics, politicians, authors, celebrities, and more.

To view simply login to ZUMApress.com and search for JiwaFoto.

zSports Honored

Please join us in congratulating ZUMA Press's Daren Fentiman for winning an Award of Excellence in Sports Shooter 2004's sports photography contest.

Pictured: Mavericks Men Who Ride Mountains champion DARYL 'FLEA' VIROTSKO (Santa Cruz, CA, USA) takes one of the most frightening wipeouts of the century, dropping down the face of a 40 foot wave at the Quiksilver Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational contest. Virotsko was transported back to shore by Jet Ski with a knee injury, forcing him to withdraw from the event.

zNews

Turn to ZUMApress.com for over 200 pictures of Pope Benedict XVI (former Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger). To view more, simply search for the keyword ZCRATZINGER.

Call for Entries

Attention all female ZUMA Press photojournalists. Our Photographer Liaison, Marianna Massey, is collecting entries to submit to the NPPA Women in Photojournalism Conference Photo Contest. The theme of this year's contest is "inspirations." There are no categories, just your interpretation of the theme.

If you're interested in entering, please email your selected photos by May 20th to Marianna@ZUMApress.com with a few lines explaining how your picture fits with the theme.

Seventy winning images will be selected by judges and will be presented as an exhibit that opens in Phoenix, Arizona at the Women's Conference on August 26-28, 2005.

We look forward to receiving your submissions. For more information on the conference and exhibition, see: WomeninPhotojournalism.org.

zReportage Update

From the Hands of Babes - ©Yusnirsyah Sirin/JiwaFoto/ZUMA Press

With parents unable to pay their tuition, many children aged nine and up are forced to drop out of school and seek work in West Java's tile factories. The youngsters earn roughly U.S. 50 cents per day.

According to UNICEF, there are 246 million child laborers around the world. In Asia-Pacific, 19 percent of children aged five to fourteen (127.3 million) work.

To license this or any other zReportage.com essay, please contact Anna Piccioni at 949.481.3747.

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