Tag: Donna De Cesare

Donna De Cesare Wins The Maria Moors Cabot Prize

Donna De Cesare Wins The Maria Moors Cabot Prize

Documentary photojournalist Donna De Cesare, whose new book tells the story of the pain and grief created by El Salvador’s murderous gangs and which is the cover story of this month’s issue of News Photographer magazine, today was honored with the Maria M

via NPPA: https://nppa.org/news/donna-de-cesare-wins-maria-moors-cabot-prize

Her book, Unsettled/Desasosiego: Children in a World of Gangs, has just been published by the University of Texas Press in Austin.

September 6, 2013
Donna De Cesare’s Photos of Violence in El Salvador

The Gang Legacy of Central America’s Wars

Donna De Cesare has devoted decades to chronicling the emotional and human toll of growing up amid political and gang violence.

via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/10/the-gang-legacy-of-central-americas-wars/

She would, in time, document the overlooked legacies of those bloody proxy wars, zeroing in on how witnessing unspeakable violence scarred young minds both in Central America and in the barrios of Los Angeles.

April 10, 2013
Donna De Cesare’s Lens On Central America, Children And Civil War

Donna De Cesare’s Lens On Central America, Children And Civil War

Photographer Donna De Cesare teaches her students how to be professional — but also how to be human.

via NPR.org: http://www.npr.org/blogs/pictureshow/2013/04/05/175605536/donna-de-cesares-lens-on-central-america-children-and-civil-war?ft=1&f=97635953

As a photojournalist, De Cesare has spent decades documenting the effects of war and gang violence on youth in Central America, from former child soldiers to imprisoned gang members, as well as the war-related diaspora in Los Angeles.

April 5, 2013