Joshua Hardin has been a photographer and writer since first documenting his travel experiences at an early age while camping in Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks. Today he spends an extensive amount of time exploring and photographing his home state of Colorado as well as the rest of the western United States.

In college he worked as the store manager of a professional photo lab and at The Rocky Mountain Collegian, a 11,000 circulation newspaper at Colorado State University where he earned a bachelor's degree in news-editorial journalism. During his tenure at The Collegian, Joshua served as photo editor, regional editor, editor in chief and weekly columnist. In 2002, he attended the Institute on Political Journalism at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. After graduating, he worked for The BVI Beacon a weekly newspaper in the British Virgin Islands. Currently Joshua works as the staff photographer at Regis University in Denver where he also earned a master's degree in business administration with a marketing emphasis.

In 2003, Joshua established Viewfinder Media, a company that supplies quality editorial nature, travel and entertainment content to publications worldwide. Viewfinder Media is based on Colorado's Front Range. Hardin's work, which displays a distinct mix of journalism and fine art, has earned him honors from the Society of Professional Journalists, the National Press Photographer's Association and Columbia University. Because of his versatility, Hardin's stock files and publication credits are growing fast. Don't hesitate to contact him for your editorial assignments or stock needs today!
 

• Assisted in photography and graphic design for the Regis University School for Professional Studies “In Good Company” campaign which won the 2006 American Marketing Association Admissions Advertising Awards for Newspaper Ad/Series (bronze), Direct Mail Ad (bronze) and Total Ad Campaign (merit).
• Winner of the 2005 and 2006 Best Catalog: Four Color Separation award from The Western Association of Summer Session Administrators.
• Winner of two honorable mention awards from Company Magazine's 5th Photo Contest: "The Ignatian View" (published in the summer 2006 issue).
• Society of Professional Journalists 2002 Region IX Mark of Excellence Awards: first place news reporting (third place nationally), third place sports photography. Link to the SPJ list: here.
• Society of Professional Journalists 2001 Region IX Mark of Excellence Awards: first place feature photography, third place spot news photography and honorable mention opinion column writing. Link to the SPJ list: here.
• Columbia University 2001 Gold Circle Award: certificate of merit, newspaper photo layout about Colorado's reaction to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
• Named Best Photographer at The Rocky Mountain Collegian, Fall 2001. Won several other Collegian awards for photography, page design and feature writing.

• Current member of the North American Nature Photographer's Association and the National Press Photographer’s Association.
• Frequent contributor on the Rocky Mountain Nature Photographers (Nature Photographers Online Magazine) forum and Nature Photographers of Colorado online forum.
• Attended the Mesa Verde National Park Centennial Celebration Photo Workshop III in October 2006. 
• Speaker on digital photography at the Jesuit Advancement Administrators  Conference at Saint Louis University, Mo. in July 2005.
• Attended SPJ Region IX Conference, Cedar City, Utah in April 2003.
• Attended NPPA Flying Short Course, Denver, Colo. in October 2002.
• Panel speaker at the Associated Collegiate Press College Publications Workshop, Washington, D.C. in August 2002.
• Graduate of the Fund for American Studies Institute on Political Journalism, Washington, D.C. in July 2002.
• Attended SPJ Region IX Conference, Fort Collins, Colo. in April 2002.
• Participant in the Great Colorado Shootout photo workshop at Colorado State University in August 2001.

• The Colorado Press Association
• Colorado State University
• Company Magazine
• Conversations Magazine
• The BVI Beacon, British Virgin Islands
• The BVI Property Guide
• The Denver/Boulder Better Business Bureau
• The Denver Post
• Photographer's Forum Magazine
• Regis University/Regis University Magazine
• Rockhurst University Magazine
• States News Service, Washington, D.C.

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