World-class photographer Monica Morgan is more than just “a photographer.” She lives life through the lens.
Monica is one of Detroit’s most widely acclaimed photojournalists, and has been honored as the recipient of the 2003 SBC African American Excellence Awards. She was voted one of “Detroit’s Most Influential Women” and a “Leader of the 21st Century.” Monica has received many awards and is featured in a national 30-minute documentary.
Monica’s work has appeared internationally via Associated Press Worldwide, Newsweek-Japan and
http://Wireimage.com. With credits including, The New York Daily News, Saturday Night Live, TV Guide, Entertainment Weekly, America Online, Scholastic, MTV Networks, The Disney Channel, CBS News, Entertainment Weekly Online, Hollywood Reporter, Variety, Sports
http://Illustrated.Com, New York Post, The Detroit News, Detroit Free Press, Fortune,
http://ESPN.Com, The Hollywood Reporter, Ebony, Jet, O (Oprah) Magazine, Black Enterprise, Essence, The National Newspaper Publishers(over 200 weekly newspapers), The Michigan Chronicle and many other publications.
Though once a journalist, columnist and public relations specialist, for over a decade she has enjoyed speaking through the camera. From celebrity shots to corporate assignments, Monica’s instincts have taken her all over the world, with photographic travels to Africa, Spain, Corsica, Germany, Sicily, Italy, France, England, Israel, and Malta.
Nationally, Monica covered the aftermath of September 11 and Hurricane Katrina.
International assignments have included South Africa’s First All-Race Elections, The Inauguration and Retirement of Nelson Mandela, as well as The 30th Revolution Celebration of Libya and The Organization of African Unity Summits in various countries with over 43 African presidents in attendance.
Monica has documented lifestyles in Dakar, Senegal; Banjul Gambia; Lome, Togo; Cottonou, Benin; Abuja, Nigeria; Khartoom and Dafur, Sudan, Kumasi and Accra, Ghana and various cities in Israel. She captured the inaugural activities of Dominica’s late Prime Minister Rosie Douglass, and the memorial services for Israel’s former First Lady, Leah Rabin, the refugee camps in Dafur, Sudan and covered children with AIDs in Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya.
Although, she claims to be shy, Monica has the undeniable ability to communicate with people from all walks of life. Her strength comes in getting close enough to subjects to make them comfortable enough to allow their true essence on film.
The late Mayor Coleman A. Young cited her as Detroit’s best photographer or as he so aptly put it, “the sure shot.” Busy CEOs and celebrities respect the deftness and speed with which she works. Rock and Roll legend Chuck Berry nicknamed her “Fast Photographer.” Edsel Ford calls her “the best,” Civil Rights icon Rosa Parks called her work “great” and selected Monica to be her personal and official photographer.
Currently Monica has many Fortune 500 clients, including DaimlerChrysler, General Motors, Chrysler Financial, Ferrari, HBO, Onstar, IBM, MGM Mirage, and Coca-Cola.
She is currently represented by Wireimage.
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