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“In this world you will have trouble.
But take heart! I have overcome the world.” John 16:33
About Genesis
Genesis Photo Agency is a group of professional photographers who have a dream of elevating the effectiveness of photography in evangelical publications around the world. We understand the power of the image, how it can touch people emotionally, how it can transcend the essence of the story beyond the printed page. We seek to be used by the Lord, to speak for those, whose voices cannot be heard.
We believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. And that He willingly gave His own life as a payment for the sins of man. “For God so loved the world, that he gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life.” (John3:16) NAS
Gary Fong is the founder of Genesis Photo Agency. He is the former Director of Editorial Graphics Technology at the San Francisco Chronicle. Before that he was the Director of Photography, responsible for the photographic direction and coordination of award winning photographers. He implemented the electronic picture desk, graphic archive server, electronic workflow, and brought digital photography with wireless transmission to the San Francisco Chronicle years before it became commonplace in newspapers across the country.
As a staff photographer, Fong has been awarded the San Francisco Bay Area Photographer of the Year five times, the California Press Photographer of the Year two times, the San Francisco Press Club Picture of the Year twice, and numerous awards with the National Press Photographers Association.
His work has appeared in Time Magazine, Newsweek Magazine, Life Magazine, Decision Magazine, Moody Monthly, Life@Work, Associated Press, United Press International, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, and the San Francisco Chronicle.
Fong has served as judge for the Pulitzer Prize in Photography, the National Press Photographers Association POY, and a host of other professional and collegiate photographic competitions across the country. He's been an instructor of photojournalism at UC Berkeley and San Francisco State University.
Fong is the President and co-founder of Christians in Photojournalism.