Tag: Glenna Gordon

  • Glenna Gordon: Winner of the 2019 Aftermath Grant | LENSCRATCH

    Glenna Gordon: Winner of the 2019 Aftermath Grant | LENSCRATCH

    Glenna Gordon: Winner of the 2019 Aftermath Grant We must face our past and examine our present. We must look people in the eye, and engage with those with whom we disagree. The only way out is through, and the only way to reconcile our nation is to understand both the forces that are tearing…

  • Glenna Gordon’s “American Women” Wins Aftermath Grant | PDNPulse

    Glenna Gordon’s “American Women” Wins Aftermath Grant | PDNPulse Glenna Gordon has won the $25,000 Aftermath Grant 2019 for her project “American Women.” The Aftermath Project supports post-conflict documentary photography. via PDNPulse: https://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2018/12/glenna-gordon-american-women-wins-aftermath-grant.html Glenna Gordon has won the 2019 Aftermath Grant for her project “American Women,” the non-profit Aftermath Project announced today. Gordon plans to…

  • A Photographer Explores the Space Between Images and Words — Vantage — Medium

    A Photographer Explores the Space Between Images and Words — Vantage — Medium

    A Photographer Explores the Space Between Images and Words In conversation with Glenna Gordon via Medium: https://medium.com/vantage/a-photographer-explores-the-space-between-images-and-words-758131c3d557#.uww0qycul Photographer Glenna Gordon started out as a reporter. She knows some stories rely on visuals, others on writing. Photos tell great stories, but not all stories: when do they deliver and when should photos take a back-seat? Gordon’s…

  • Photographing the Unphotographable – The New Yorker

    Photographing the Unphotographable – The New Yorker

    Photographing the Unphotographable An interview with Glenna Gordon about her work as a photojournalist covering Boko Haram, ISIS, and the Ebola outbreak. via The New Yorker: http://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/glenna-gordon-photographing-unphotographable Glenna Gordon has been photographing objects—school uniforms, or a pair of medical gloves—and somehow getting them to express their latent energies and their uncanny ability to divulge more…

  • Bringing the Nigerian Schoolgirls Into View

    Bringing the Nigerian Schoolgirls Into View Glenna Gordon covered some of those protests in Lagos and Abuja, Nigeria, but still felt she was missing something. She realized that although she could not photograph the girls, she could photograph their personal possessions and present the items — dresses, notebook, letters — as nicely as possible

  • Worth a look: Glenna Gordon’s Harper, southeast Liberia

    Looking through her site, I was struck by Gordon’s work from Harper, southeast Liberia. It’s a quiet and intimate portrait of a community, photographed beautifully and thoughtfully. Link: Worth a look: Glenna Gordon’s Harper, southeast Liberia | dvafoto