Oscar Durand is an award-winning photojournalist, and multimedia producer in New York City, whose work focuses on the human condition, with a special interest in the causes and effects of displacement and immigration.
Oscar is interested in the use of technology to enhance storytelling, fostering imagination, delight, and meaningful connections.
Between 2010 and 2019, Oscar was based in Peru and Turkey, working as a photojournalist and collaborating with news and humanitarian organizations directing short documentaries.
New York University, Tisch School of the Arts | Research Residency at the Interactive Telecommunications Program | 08/23-08/24
Yugo BAFTA Student Awards | Team Project | Shortlisted in the Games and Immersive category for “Gene’s Place”, a room-scale non-fiction VR experience | 06/23
Online Journalism Awards | Team Project | Winner in the Excellence and Innovation in Visual Digital Storytelling, Small Newsrooms category for “Living in the Unknown”, a VR documentary about Uyghur Muslims living in Turkey | 10/20
National Geographic Society | Team Project | Recipient of a Storytelling Grant for the project “After Afghanistan" | 12/18
GroundTruth Project | Recipient of a Reporting Fellowship to cover the refugee crisis in Jordan and Lebanon | 01/26
National Press Photographers Association | Team Project | Honorable mention in the Best of Photojournalism Video Contest | 04/14
Pictures of the Year International | Recipient of an Award of Excellence in the Science & Natural History category | 02/14
Missouri Photo Workshop | Nikon Emerging Professional | 09/12
64th College Photographer of the Year | Recipient of an Award of Excellence in the Individual Multimedia category | 11/09
The Eddie Adams Workshop XXII | Attendee | 10/09
The Poynter Institute for Media Studies | Fellowship for Young Journalists | 05/09
New York Times Student Journalism Institute | Attendee | 01/09
