William Palank is a Freelance Photojournalist and FineArt Printer based out of San Francisco. He shoots with a Leica Digital M9 Camrera and Leica Summilux lenses.

What he likes best about his Leica gear is size, function and ergonomics. There is no room for status products that don't work in the bush of North Africa.

His work has been featured on the Leica Camera International site LFI and in their Blog:

blog.leica-camera.com/photographers/interviews/william-pa...

When in the field Palank will often use a Broncolor Mobilite Travel system and was featured on the Broncolor Blog for his work:

blog.bronimaging.com/2011/04/shooting-on-location-in-ethi...

He recently won the 2012 Planet Magazine's Grand Prize Award for Travel Portraiture. A contest with over 10,000 submissions:

www.planet-mag.com/2012/art/editors/william-j-palank/

He also received co-winner First Place in PDN's 2012 "World In Focus" Travel Photo Contest, Travel Portrait Category (with over 15, 000 submissions for 20 spots):

www.worldinfocuscontest.com/gallery/winners2012/?contest=am

All images are available for sale as Prints. Palank prints all his own work on an Epson 7900 HDR Wide-Fromat Printer. Prints can be as large 22 inches on the short side and are available in all traditional sizes as Limited Editions.

All work is copyrighted by William Palank Photography and is available for specific usage for web, brochures, etc. Please send an email query for prices on the above. Be as specific as possible please.

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