Joe McConnico (Fort Worth, Texas, 1965) studied photojournalism in Austin, while working as a photographer for The Daily Texan. He was nominated NPPA College Newspaper Photographer of the Year 1990-91. Soon after joining the Associated Press (AP) in El Salvador, he was posted to Puerto Rico as AP’s Caribbean photo editor. The news he has covered in the Caribbean and South America includes invasions, hurricanes and elections. He currently lives in Chisinau, Moldova, concentrating on in-depth features and photo essays in Europe, Africa and Asia.
