About: Bio

Corey Perrine is a staff photographer for The Nashua Telegraph in southern New Hampshire. He began his career at Robert E. Lee High School in Springfield, Va. as an entertainment reporter and cartoonist in 1995. Swearing off the newspaper industry, after a rigorous two-year experience, he stumbled into it again after discovering his love affair for documentary photography.

After a two-year church mission and graduating from Brigham Young University with a BFA in Photography Dec. 2003, he experienced a brief stint at the local paper in Provo. That work lead him to a group of weeklies in Kansas City, Mo. While there, he was a regular freelance photographer for the Kansas City Star. In 2006 he landed a job, relatively closer to home, where he currently resides.

Corey's work has been published in various publications around the globe and has garnered recognition along the way. In 2008 he was named the National Press Photographer Association's Region 1 Photographer of the Year. The New England Press Association honored him with the same accolade. He also was merited with a Publick Occurrences award from the New England Newspaper Association. In 2007, he was one of a hundred photographers, selected worldwide, to attend the prestigious Eddie Adams workshop.

While not chasing light or a good story, Corey spends time watching movies, running, involved with church callings, serving as NPPA's Region 1 Clip Chair, collecting trance/electronic music, blogging, exploring New England and sleeping.

"I do this profession because I love people and my community. It's coincidence there is a camera and resulting image that connects us."