📸 Who is John Taggart?

• A photographer and videographer living in Manhattan, New York : John Taggart has years of experience covering national breaking news and events such as natural disasters, fashion week, national politics, food, tech, business, culture and lifestyle.

• Journalism clients include The New York Times, New York Mag, The Washington Post, NBC Art Department, The Times of London, The Wall Street Journal to name a few and recent commercial work for Columbia Records

• Archive syndication by Redux Pictures and a Member and Educator at The New York Street Photography Photography Collective / Contact Photo a non-profit photo lab, gallery and educational center based in Brooklyn, New York.

• Photography and Journalism

• 2024 American Photography 40

• 2020 Pictures of the Year International

• 2002 - 2012 Multiple awards from the NPPA and NYPPA for outstanding journalism and news coverage

• 2020 - New York Times pictures of the year

• 2023 Time top 100 photos of the year

• 2015 New York Times pictures of the year

• 2016 The Year in Pictures - Bloomberg

• a few things I have photographed:

  • New York City’s Subway Meltdown

  • Gas prices surge across the country

  • Loneliness

  • Aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico

  • Crime wave hits New York City

  • Zombie malls, America’s retail transformation

  • New York’s Immigrant Bicycle Couriers are Coming Together

  • COVID‑19 pandemic in NY subway and streets

  • Harvey Weinstein’s #MeToo trial in Manhattan

  • Am I in Manhattan or another version of Blade Runner

  • A night out with the old Jewish Men

  • A new place to have loads of fun, the laundromat

  • Reactions to a divided election

  • WNBA fandom is shifting

  • The hotel guest who wouldn’t leave

  • New York Men’s fashion week