Vanessa Vick photographed Ann Pickard, Shell’s chief in Nigeria, for the November 24, 2008 issue of Fortune.

Vanessa Vick photographed patients and families waiting to see the medical team from Operation of Hope at Harare Central Hospital in Zimbabwe for the December 2008 issue of Oprah Magazine.

Vanessa Vick photographed young girls in Niger for a feature story on child marriage in the November 2008 issue of Essence.

Vanessa Vick photographed a street scene in Africa for a story on counterfeit goods being manufactured and sold in the area for the August, 2008 issue of BusinessWeek.

Vanessa Vick photographed JJ Keki, chairman of Mirembe Kawomera Coffee Cooperative in eastern Uganda for the August 2008 issue of The Oprah Magazine.

Vanessa Vick photographed Cheri Samba for the July 2007 issue of Vanity Fair.

We are thankful for the safe return from Ethiopia of Redux photographer Vanessa Vick and The New York Times’ Jeffrey Gettleman and Courtenay Morris.