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Jim Lo Scalzo
Washington, D.C., USA
Jim Lo Scalzo joined epa in 2010 after 16 years shooting for the news magazine US News & World Report. He has had assignments in more than 60 countries, won numerous Pictures of the Year International Awards, and is the author of the memoir Evidence of My Existence.
When not photographing, he loves to teach, to cook, to travel. He has a master's degree in photojournalism from the University of Missouri, Columbia, and lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife and two children.
Dead tilapia float in the Salton Sea near Salton Sea Beach, California, USA, 19 January 2011. Erosion and high toxicity levels from farm runoff has left the Salton Sea increasingly contaminated, causing massive fish die-offs, and lake-side towns to become all but deserted. EPA/JIM LO SCALZO
The trunks of dying palm trees rise from from the shores of Salton Sea Beach, California, USA, 19 January 2011. Erosion and high toxicity levels from farm runoff has left the Salton Sea increasingly contaminated, and lake-side towns like this one all but deserted. EPA/JIM LO SCALZO
