{"id":244773,"date":"2017-01-20T06:00:48","date_gmt":"2017-01-19T20:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=244773"},"modified":"2017-01-20T06:00:48","modified_gmt":"2017-01-19T20:00:48","slug":"mypros-meets-award-winning-photojournalist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/mypros-meets-award-winning-photojournalist\/","title":{"rendered":"MYPros meets with award-winning photojournalist"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nancy Borowick is a humanitarian and photojournalist whose series of photos depicting her mother and father battling stage four cancers was nominated by The New York Times<\/em> for a Pulitzer Prize, one of the highest awards for journalism. The project name was originally Cancer Family, Ongoing<\/em>, but was recently made into a book, The Family Imprint<\/em>, with help from a very successful Kickstarter campaign.<\/p>\n

A regular contributor to The New York Times<\/em>, her work has also been showcased on CNN, National Geographic<\/em> and The Washington Post<\/em>. Her work has been recognized many times over the past six years with some important highlights. In 2014, Borowick won the Eddie Adams Workshop Award for Innovation in Visual Storytelling as well as one of the Best ASMP featured photographers and in 2015, she won the National Geographic<\/em> + Visura contest.<\/p>\n

\"Nancy
Nancy Borowick is shown here being interviewed for CNN. (Contributed Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Graduating with a degree in Anthropology and Photography from Union College in New York, Borowick has focused her work on telling stories of illness and personal relationships with her camera. Her parents, Laurel and Howie, were married 34 years before both died within one year of each other. Her father suffered from pancreatic cancer while her mother battled breast cancer for over 17 years.<\/p>\n

By capturing her parents\u2019 most intimate moments, Borowick was able to illustrate true love despite illness and express the struggle that many families face when a loved one gets sick. \u201cOne can only truly understand and appreciate life when faced with one\u2019s own mortality. Nobody wants to talk about death, but it is one of the only things that is certain in life, so an awareness of this finitude allowed my family to take advantage of the time they had left together,\u201d she said in her website.<\/p>\n

In addition, Borowick works and contributes to many non-profit projects, including Water for Triumph, Ghana on Tap, Touch A Life Foundation to End Child Slavery, Great Oaks Foundation, and The Solitude of Nadya.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are so honored to welcome Nancy to Saipan and for her to share her journey with our young professionals. She is truly an inspiring person who embodies courage and compassion. Our MyPros event welcomes her with open arms.\u201d MYPros vice president Nola Hix stated.<\/p>\n

Borowick will be the guest speaker for the MyPros Membership Meet on Jan. 25 at Aqua Resort\u2019s poolside.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe really encourage all young professionals to come to this event, network, get more connected and listen to an amazing guest speaker,\u201d Hix added.<\/p>\n

Tickets are $40 each, which includes the annual MyPros membership fee. You can purchase tickets by emailing mypros.670@gmail.com or visit www.facebook.com\/mypros670. Companies are also encouraged to purchase tickets for their aspiring young professionals.<\/p>\n

Borowick\u2019s photos can be seen on her website: www.nancyborowick.com. (PR)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nancy Borowick is a humanitarian and photojournalist whose series of photos depicting her mother and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":244774,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[4176,21,15119,15195],"class_list":["post-244773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","tag-cnn","tag-life","tag-nancy-borowick","tag-national-geographic-visura"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244773"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244773\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/244774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}