Erik Unger
Erik Unger is a Chicago-based photojournalist who has been published in newspapers and magazines worldwide, including the The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune Magazine, Forbes, London’s Daily Telegraph, Italy’s Panorama magazine. Unger was also part of The Oregonian team that won the 2001 Pulitzer Prize in Service Journalism for a project on immigration. He is currently a staff photographer at Crain’s Chicago Business.
Unger has work permanently on display at Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium Amazon Rising exhibit, and with the Chicago In The Year (CITY) 2000 museum tour that spent almost two years traveling through Europe. He has also worked with philanthropic groups and relief organizations, such as the American Red Cross, Shriner’s Hospital and World Relief, documenting their efforts.
Unger has worked in more than 15 countries, including Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Italy, Spain, Morocco, the Middle East, Haiti, India and China. He has covered such stories as the Arab-Israeli conflict in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, outbreaks of religious violence in India, the Indian-Pakistani dispute in the Kashmir region and the 2004 coup d’etat of Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
Unger began his journalism career more than 15 years ago as a reporter covering crime, public education and City Hall for the City News Bureau of Chicago.