About flip holsinger

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Philip “Flip” Holsinger is an American photojournalist and writer reporting in the immersive style of the Gonzo tradition. He has worked in some of the world’s most volatile regions observing conflict and human peril; including the aftermath of war in Bosnia, the war on drugs in southeast Asia, and the plight of fringe peoples such as Nicaragua’s Miskito Indians once at the heart of the Iran-Contra conflict. For three years he called Cite Soleil, Haiti home. He has made five extended expeditions with the shepherds of Tusheti in the Republic of Georgia, in 2014, 2018, 2021-2023 . His work is primarily displayed in mixed-media, immersive exhibitions, in original works of journalism, and through mostly private contract reporting.

He is currently on assignment documenting the nation of El Salvador.

He is the author of four books of photojournalism: The Hands of the Prime Minister (foreword by Sean Penn); Stories I Tell My DaughterA Tourist of Saints (afterword by Petra Nemcova); and Unembraced; and two collections of poetry: Five Poems for My Mother and Father; Winter Fragments.

He lives in a treehouse in Tennessee, USA.

Contact: flipholsinger@gmail.com

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