EJ Hersom is an award winning photojournalist with more than 20 years experience covering a vast array of subject matter.
His work has been recognized with 30 photojournalism awards by state and regional press associations, twice being named Photographer of the Year by the New England Press Association, and Photographer of the Year by decree of the Maine State Legislature.
He currently works as a photojournalist for the Department of Defense, and performs freelance photojournalism and sports photography for private sector media.
His career began as a military photojournalist before working as a staffer for a politically significant New Hampshire daily newspaper organization for more than a decade. His photojournalism has been published in The Washington Post, USA Today, Christian Science Monitor, and newspapers around the world, in online magazines such as The Sporting News, Rolling Stone, The Atlantic, on television crime shows, TV websites, and press wire services.