Photographer Portfolio 116 Photography as Activism Stephen Dupont It's odd to think that Stephen Dupont, known today as one of the profession's best conflict photographers, began his career as a commercial photographer specializing in photographing celebrities. Dupont's documentary work, which he switched to in the late 1980s after a trip to Cambodia with fellow Australian photographer Ben Bohane to document the Vietnamese withdrawal from that country, 23 has earned him the most prestigious photography prizes, Stephen Dupont, Perpignan, France, August 31, 2010 On the importance of research: SD: I research extensively with all my projects, especially the ones I'm spending a lot of time on. In fact, research often leads to the story. My first