Tag: Krisanne Johnson

Perfect Timing on the Right Side of the Tracks – NYTimes.com

Perfect Timing on the Right Side of the Tracks

A photographer who went to document New York City’s bridges and elevated train tracks discovered worlds of activity underneath them.

via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/11/21/perfect-timing-on-the-right-side-of-the-tracks/

How does a photographer drawn to intimate, personal moments capture 700 miles of elevated infrastructure for cars, trucks and trains in New York City?

“I didn’t want my photographs to just be of people crossing intersections,” said Krisanne Johnson

November 21, 2014
Visa pour l’image 2012: Krisanne Johnson

Link: Visa pour l’image 2012: Krisanne Johnson | Le Journal de la Photographie

Swaziland, a kingdom with a population a little over a million and surrounded almost entirely by South Africa, is largely ignored by the media. It has drawn the attention of a few international organization due to the ravages of AIDS. The phenomenon illustrates the complexity of a country whose paradoxes Krisanne Johnson has captured for the past six years, without cliché or overdone pathos

September 5, 2012
W. Eugene Smith Grant Awarded to Krisanne Johnson

Love and Pain in Swaziland

Krisanne Johnson received the W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography on Wednesday for her project “I Love You Real Fast,” which documents coming of age of women in Swaziland.

via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/19/love-and-pain-in-swaziland/

Krisanne Johnson, 34, has been documenting the coming of age of females in the country — where one in two women are infected with H.I.V./AIDS — since 2006. On Wednesday evening, she received the $30,000 W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography in recognition of her project.

October 20, 2011
Anatomy of a Successful Grant Proposal: Krisanne Johnson’s Coming of Age Story

Since 2006, photojournalist Krisanne Johnson has been documenting the lives of young women coming of age in Swaziland, a country which reports one of the highest percentages of HIV-positive people in the world.

Link: Anatomy of a Successful Grant Proposal: Krisanne Johnson’s Coming of Age Story

May 4, 2010
PDNPulse: Getty Announces September 2009 Grant Winners

PDNPulse: Getty Announces September 2009 Grant Winners:

Getty Images today completed its fifth annual photojournalism grants program by announcing that Krisanne Johnson, Brenda Kenneally (both from the United States) and Zalmai (from Afghanistan and Switzerland) have been selected to each receive $20,000 grants, as well as collaborative editorial support from Getty Images, to pursue their documentary photography projects.

September 4, 2009