Peter van Agtmael was born in Washington DC in 1981. His work concentrates on America, looking at issues of conflict, identity, power, race and class. He won the W. Eugene Smith Grant, the ICP Infinity Award for Young Photographer, the Lumix Freelens Award, the Aaron Siskind Grant, a Magnum Foundation Grant as well as awards from World Press Photo, American Photography Annual, POYi, The Pulitzer Center, The Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, FOAM and Photo District News. His book, Disco Night Sept 11, on America at war in the post-9/11 era was named a “Book of the Year” by The New York Times Magazine, Time Magazine, Mother Jones, Vogue, American Photo and Photo Eye. Peter joined Magnum Photos in 2008 and became a member in 2013.