Paula Bronstein

[3][4][5][6] Bronstein majored in photography at the University of Colorado and at Austria's Salzburg College before specializing in photojournalism at the Rochester Institute of Technology where she graduated in fine arts.

[7] She embarked on her career in the United States at the Providence Journal Bulletin before spending 12 years with the New Haven Register and the Hartford Courant.

In June 2002, she joined Getty Images where she has covered conflicts and news stories throughout the wider Asian region including Kashmir, Afghanistan, Indonesia and Pakistan.

[8] Bronstein's camera lens was smashed and she suffered minor bruising when New South Wales Police pushed her to the ground while she was photographing protesters of the APEC Australia 2007 meetings.

[9] She was arrested by police during the 2014 Hong Kong protests on suspicion of criminal damage due to climbing on top of a private vehicle to take photos of the clashes in Mong Kok on the evening of 17 October.