Joshua A. Bickel is currently a staff photographer at the Columbia (Mo.) Daily Tribune. Prior to this, he served as the director of photography at the Columbia Missourian and was also an adjunct instructor in photojournalism at the Missouri School of Journalism, where he taught picture editing and management.
In August 2009, he published his first book, St. James: The people of Missouri’s ‘Forest City of the Ozarks’, a compilation of documentary photo stories from the 60th Missouri Photo Workshop and University of Missouri photojournalism students, which Josh edited and designed as part of his master’s project at the University. His work has also been recognized by the National Press Photographers Association, College Photographer of the Year and Pictures of the Year International.
Based in Columbia, Mo., Josh is also available for editorial and corporate contract assignments. Contact him by phone at +1.573.823.3164 or by e-mail at josh [at] joshuabickel [dot] com.