Zoriah Miller (born January 27, 1976), or simply Zoriah, is an American photojournalist and war photographer. He claims to have worked for international aid organizations such as the Red Cross"Welcome Zoriah", BagNewsNotes, November 2008. Although claiming to have contributed photos to photo agencies World Picture News, The Image Works, Reporters Agency, and Rapport Press, Miller remains independent and produces his photo stories on a freelance basis.
Miller's images of conflict in Iraq have been published in relation to a controversy where he was kicked out of embed with US forces when he was accused of violating the terms of his embedding by taking pictures of dead and injured soldiers and thereby "[providing the] enemy with an after-action report on the effectiveness of their attack and on the response procedures of U.S. and Iraqi forces".Michael Kamber and Tim Arangom, "4,000 U.S. Deaths, and a Handful of Images", New York Times, June 26, 2008. Accessed March 13, 2009. Photographs that he took in Iraq of dead US Marines after a suicide bomber in Al-Karmah that he posted on his website were discussed on the online forum 'Lightstalkers' followed by a mention in a couple of articles. Robert Fox, "Truth and other casualties of war", Guardian, 25 July 2008. Accessed 26 June 2010.Thomas Hofnung, "Irak: ces morts que l'Amérique ignore", Libération, 31 July 2008, pp. 6–7.
Publication A photograph of his showing one result of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami was published by Newsweek.Newsweek, 11 January 2006, p. 73.
Photography Miller says he specializes in documenting humanitarian crises
In a one-hour television program, as part of the In Harm's Way series about different dangerous professions produced by Warner Brothers. Miller explains in the Gaza Strip in 2008, what has motivated him to become a war photographer and to take photographs in disaster areas.War Photographer Zoriah - In Harm's Way, YouTube, November 2008. Retrieved 6 February 2010.
In March 2010, Miller conducted a photography workshop in Haiti during a humanitarian crisis. , Independent Humanitarian Photographer Kasper Nybo. There was controversy over the event on forums such as Lightstalkers.org.Brendan Seibel, "Photo Workshops Face Online Backlash Haiti". Wired, 9 February 2010. Retrieved 10 February 2010. http://zoriah.com/workshops
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External links Zoriah.net – Miller's primary website National Public Radio story about Journalists and Fixers Alumni Interview of Miller 2006 (archived 21 October 2007)
Video Miller interview on Democracy Now! program, July 14, 2008.
Audio PhotoNetCast Interview" – with Miller on the radio program PhotoNetCast