I am a staff photojournalist for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, where I focus on general news and politics. My personal work often examines complexity, tension and hope in a multiracial, multiethnic America. Before I became a photographer I was a newspaper reporter and magazine editor.
My photography has appeared in The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, TIME, BuzzFeed, NPR, and NBC. My writing has appeared in The Washington Post, Associated Press, BuzzFeed, Boston Globe Magazine, Forbes, Food & Wine, Quartz, and USA Today.
I have a BA in communication from Boston College, an MS in magazine writing from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, and an MFA in creative writing from the University of San Francisco.
Contact me at arvin@arvintemkar.com. You can also check out my newsletter and connect with me on LinkedIn and Instagram.
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Recognition
New York Portfolio Review Participant - 2024
Washington Post and CNN Best Photos of the Week, March 29 - 2024
American Photography 39 Chosen Winner - 2023
Missouri Photo Workshop Participant - 2022
Diversify Photo Member - 2022
American Photography 38 Chosen Winner - 2022
Hambidge Cross-Pollination Art Lab Fellow - 2021
Eddie Adams Workshop Participant - 2020
National Press Photographers Association Michel du Cille Scholarship - 2020
VII Academy Scholarship to Sara Terry’s Visual Voice Workshop - 2019
BuzzFeed’s 9 Photo Stories That Will Change Your View of the World - 2019
Exhibitions
Atlanta Celebrates Photography - Atlanta, Georgia - The Phoenix - 2021
Kennedy Gallery - Cincinnati, Ohio - America Reimagined - 2021
SXSE Gallery - Molena, Georgia - Seeing Ourselves, Seeing Others - 2021
Atlanta Beltline - Atlanta, Georgia - Photoville Fence - 2020
International Center of Photography in New York, New York - #ICPConcerned - 2020
Interviews
WABE (NPR) - Radio interview on “POC: Punks of Color”
Arts ATL - Q&A on “POC: Punks of Color”