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{{Infobox person
| name = David Shankbone
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| caption = Shankbone in 2007
| birth_name = David Miller
| birth_date =
| birth_place =
| nationality = American
| ethnicity =
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| other_names =
| known_for = Amateur photojournalism
| education =
| alma_mater = {{ubl|]|]}}
| employer =
| occupation = Wall Street law office manager
| years_active = 2006–present
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| website = https://www.davidshankbone.com/
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'''David Miller''', better known by his pseudonym '''David Shankbone''', is an American photographer, ], and former ].<ref name=CJR/><ref name=Liphshiz/> He is described by ] as "arguably the most influential ] ] in the world"<ref name=PBS/> for his numerous ] photographs, uploaded to ] and seen in ], documenting celebrities, political officials, and events, notably the ] protests. As a ] ], he was the first to interview a sitting head of state, ] President ].<ref name=Info/> His photography has seen much use outside of Misplaced Pages, having been used by magazines and news websites such as the '']'', the '']'', and '']'',<ref name=PBS>{{cite web|last1=Ordonez|first1=Sandra|title=Shankbone’s Misplaced Pages Photo Portraits Spread Like Wildfire|url=https://mediashift.org/2011/03/shankbones-wikipedia-photo-portraits-spread-like-wildfire060/|date=2011-03-01|publisher=]|access-date=2019-09-29|archive-date=2019-09-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190930065330/http://mediashift.org/2011/03/shankbones-wikipedia-photo-portraits-spread-like-wildfire060/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=GOOD>{{cite web|last=Jefferson|first=Cord|title=The Most Important Occupy Wall Street Photographer You've Never Heard of|url=https://www.good.is/articles/the-most-important-occupy-wall-street-photographer-you-ve-never-heard-of|date=2011-10-30|publisher=]|access-date=2019-09-29|archive-date=2019-09-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190930065332/https://www.good.is/articles/the-most-important-occupy-wall-street-photographer-you-ve-never-heard-of|url-status=live}}</ref> and featured in an exhibition at the ]. In a profile of his Wikinews interviews, the ] wrote, "Miller’s work feels like a bit of a throwback to a time when ] published long transcripts of her interviews in book form and ] broadcast a six-hour sit-down with ]."<ref name="CJR"/>

==Career and coverage==
Shankbone says that he began photography as a "cheap hobby" using a ] given to him by his sister in response to a perceived lack of images on ],<ref name=GOOD/> taking advantage of the relative accessibility of prominent individuals in ]. He says that he was mentored by ] and collaborators ] and ].<ref name=GOOD/> Billy Name interviewed Shankbone for '']'' magazine about their relationship and photography.<ref>{{cite web
| url=https://bombmagazine.org/articles/david-shankbone/
| title=David Shankbone
| first=Billy
| last=Name
| authorlink=Billy Name
| date=2011-08-25
| publisher=]
| access-date=2019-09-29
| archive-date=2019-07-28
| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190728132314/https://bombmagazine.org/articles/david-shankbone/
| url-status=live
}}</ref>

Colleen Asper, writing in the '']'', described Shankbone's photographs as "incredibly wide ranging in their scope".<ref>{{cite web
| url=https://brooklynrail.org/2008/04/books/david-shankbone-with-colleen-asper
| title=David Shankbone with Colleen Asper
| first=Colleen
| last=Asper
| date=April 2008
| publisher=]
| access-date=2019-09-29
| archive-date=2019-07-21
| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190721183510/https://brooklynrail.org/2008/04/books/david-shankbone-with-colleen-asper
| url-status=live
}}</ref> Shankbone began contributing to Misplaced Pages in June 2006, and in 2007, he was noted as a "leading Misplaced Pages editor" in '']''.<ref name=Liphshiz>{{cite web
| url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/culture/1.4971432
| title=Your Wiki Entry Counts
| first=Cnaan
| last=Liphshiz
| publisher=]
| date=2007-12-25
| access-date=2019-09-29
| archive-date=2019-04-30
| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430132131/https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/culture/1.4971432
| url-status=live
}}</ref>

===Israel===
] in 2007]]

In December 2007, he became the first of ]'s ]s to interview a sitting head of state, ] ].<ref name=Info/> Miller was also profiled in the '']'' in January 2009,<ref name="Info">{{cite web
| url=https://www.informationweek.com/wikinews-gets-big-interview-israeli-president-shimon-peres/d/d-id/1063281
| title=Wikinews Gets Big Interview: Israeli President Shimon Peres
| first=K.C.
| last=Jones
| date=2008-01-14
| publisher=]
| access-date=2019-09-29
| archive-date=2019-07-21
| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190721180526/https://www.informationweek.com/wikinews-gets-big-interview-israeli-president-shimon-peres/d/d-id/1063281
| url-status=live
}}</ref> where his interviews were described as a "throwback to a time when ] published long transcripts of her interviews in book form and ] broadcast a six-hour sit-down with ]."<ref name="CJR">{{cite web
| url=https://archives.cjr.org/on_the_job/the_wikinews_ace.php
| title=The Wikinews Ace: Why Shimon Peres sat down with David Shankbone
| first=Adam
| last=Rose
| date=February 2009
| publisher=]
| access-date=2019-09-29
| archive-date=2019-07-31
| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190731042346/https://archives.cjr.org/on_the_job/the_wikinews_ace.php
| url-status=live
}}</ref> Shankbone's interview was described by '']'' as a milestone in the development of Wikinews.<ref name="Info"/>

Shankbone was invited to Israel by the Foreign Ministry and the ], as part of a delegation of technology writers, including representatives from ''BusinessWeek'', ''USA Today'', ''PC Week'', and ''Salon'', to review the ]. ], spokesman at the consulate in New York explained, "More than once we have faced editors connected to Israel that appear on Misplaced Pages in English that do not represent the reality in Israel. We decided to initiate a visit by Shankbone to describe Israeli reality as it is."<ref>{{cite web
| url=https://www.jpost.com/Israel/Leading-Misplaced Pages-editor-to-visit-Israel
| title=Leading Misplaced Pages editor to visit Israel
| first=Herb
| last=Keinon
| authorlink=Herb Keinon
| date=2007-12-08
| publisher=]
| access-date=2019-09-29
| archive-date=2019-09-30
| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190930070614/https://www.jpost.com/Israel/Leading-Misplaced Pages-editor-to-visit-Israel
| url-status=live
}}</ref> While there, he requested an interview with Israeli President Shimon Peres, which to his surprise was granted. However, Shankbone later admitted he considered it to be one of the worst interviews he had undertaken.<ref name="CJR"/>

He returned to Israel in 2009 to take photographs of the country and the ].<ref>{{cite web
| url=https://jewishweek.timesofisrael.com/photo-editing-israels-online-image/
| title=Photo Editing Israel’s Online Image
| first=Sharon
| last=Udasin
| date=2009-03-06
| publisher=]
| access-date=2019-09-29
| archive-date=2019-09-30
| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190930070613/https://jewishweek.timesofisrael.com/photo-editing-israels-online-image/
| url-status=live
}}</ref>

==See also==
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== References ==
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== External links ==
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* {{Official Website|https://davidshankbone.com}}

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