ABOUT

206.718.0347 | mike@mikekanephotos.com Mike Kane is an editorial, commercial, and documentary photographer in Seattle, whose mission with image-making has always been to tell stories. At age 19, teaching English in northern Nicaragua, his mom's old Nikon FG allowed him to see a world so different from home he could scarcely believe it. The magic of sharing those images, and the stories they told, was something he'll never forget. After a good run as a newspaper staffer, Mike became a freelancer in Seattle and now works with foundations, businesses, corporations, nonprofits, and award winning publications the world over. His pictures have been recognized by various national photo competitions, the Nieman Foundation at Harvard, the Poynter Institute, the Duke Center for Documentary Studies, and nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. Mike's best connections with clients happen when there's belief and authenticity in the story to be told, and trust that Mike will find it. Languages: English, Spanish

SELECT CLIENTS

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Bloomberg News Boston Globe CNN Digital Education Week Financial Times Fred Hutch The Guardian High Country News Liberty Mutual Los Angeles Times Marguerite Casey Foundation Microsoft Mother Jones

MSNBC NPR Newsweek New York Times Pike Place Market Sierra Magazine Starbucks Swedish Foundation University of Washington USA Today US News and World Report Washington Post Wall Street Journal Wired

AWARDS
2019 Society for Features Journalism, HM Video Storytelling 2018 National Federation of Press Women, 1st Place Video for Web 2018 National Federation of Press Women, 1st Place Audio Visual for Web 2017 Society for Features Journalism, 1st Place Video Storytelling 2017 Society for Features Journalism, 1st Place Diversity in Digital Features 2017 Best in the West, 1st Place Feature Photography 2016 SPJ Excellence in Journalism, 1st Place Photo Essay 2015 SPJ Excellence in Journalism, multiple awards 2015 Best of the West, 1st Place Video Storytelling 2014 SPJ Excellance in Journalism, 1st Place Photo Essay 2013 SPJ Excellence in Journalism, multiple awards 2012 NPPA BOP 1st Place Mag editing lifestyle/personality 2012 U of Denver Museum of Anthropology "Borderlines" 2011 Atlanta Photojournalism Sem., HM Picture Story 2011 Blue Earth Alliance, project sponsorship 2011 Colorado Photographic Arts Center "Borderlines" 2011 SPJ Excellence in Journalism, 1st place online video 2010 Dorothea Lange–Paul Taylor Prize, CDS, finalist 2009 Taylor Award, Nieman Foundation at Harvard, finalist 2009 Pulitzer Prize nomination, Seattle Post-Intelligencer 2005 Hearst Newspapers Journalism Fellowship 2003 Poynter Institute Visual Journalism Fellowship 2002 Eddie Adams Workshop

CONTACT

SEATTLE (206) 718-0347 mike@mikekanephotos.com