[citation needed] In 2005 Princeton Architectural Press published Jennifer New's book Drawing From Life, which featured Owerko's journals as well as those of Mike Figgis, David Byrne, Carol Beckwith and Maira Kalman.
[5] In 2006 Owerko traveled to Africa as part of Dr. Jeffrey Sachs’ Millennium Promise initiative, documenting the lives of the Lau people of Sauri, Kenya.
Owerko shot the photograph featured on the cover of Time on September 11, 2001, the day of the 9/11 attacks, which showed the impact of United Airlines Flight 175.
[18] A portion of Owerko’s personal work as a photographer can be viewed in the self-published book And No Birds Sang, featuring images he took from September 11, 2001.
He also worked with Compound shooting live action elements for the 1999 IBM e-culture campaign that led to a Grand Prix at the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival.