Shawn Rocco is an award winning photojournalist with a bit of a fine-art and commercial background thrown in for good measure. Originally from upstate New York, he lives in Raleigh, North Carolina where he’s a staff photojournalist with the News & Observer and an adjunct professor in the Journalism School at UNC-Chapel Hill.
Since 2007 he has pursued a style and produced a body of personal documentary work, coined cellular obscura, which is done with a Motorola E815 cellphone camera.
In March 2011 he was named Photographer of the Year for 2010 by the North Carolina Press Photographers Association.
For inquiries regarding purchasing, licensing, and editorial, corporate and portrait assignments please contact us at:
919-812-8291
shawnrocco@gmail.com
Since 2007 he has pursued a style and produced a body of personal documentary work, coined cellular obscura, which is done with a Motorola E815 cellphone camera.
In March 2011 he was named Photographer of the Year for 2010 by the North Carolina Press Photographers Association.
For inquiries regarding purchasing, licensing, and editorial, corporate and portrait assignments please contact us at:
919-812-8291
shawnrocco@gmail.com