Previously he was a visiting professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and the inaugural fellow with the Multimedia Photography and Design Department at Syracuse University. Taylor has worked for prestigious visual newspapers such as The Virginian-Pilot and The Hartford Courant, as well as won numerous national and international awards, including Photojournalist of the Year (Large Markets). His work in a trauma hospital in Afghanistan was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. He’s also been named Northern Photographer of the Year, Virginia Photographer of the Year and North Carolina Photographer of the Year (twice).