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Glenna Gordon

Born

Nationality     American

Education       Masters in print journalism (1)

Known for      Photography

Notable Work            Mass Abduction in Nigeria

Diagram of the Heart

Aftermath Project

Awards                       World Press Award (2)

Patron(s)                   New York Times Magazine

Time Magazine

Website          www.glennagordon.com

Glenna Gordon is a documentary photographer, photojournalist, editor and educator based out of New York, New York. She is noted for her work on ISIS and Al Qaeda hostages, kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls, Nigerian weddings and Liberia after war. (1) The New York Times Magazine, Time Magazine, and The Wall Street Journal have commissioned her work. She is an adjunct professor at the New School, New York and an editor at Red Hook Editions. (2)

Contents

1  Biography

2  Works

2.1 ISIS and Al Qaeda Hostages

2.2 Mass Abduction in Nigeria

2.3 Diagram of the Heart

2.4 Aftermath Project

2.5 Liberia: Traces of American Ghosts

2.6 Nigeria Ever After

2.7 Indonesia: The End is the Beginning

3 Achievements

3.1 Grants

3.2 Awards

4 Exhibits

5 References

Biography

Gordon obtained a master’s in print journalism in 2006 (1). She then made her first trip to Africa where she photographed images of the developing world. (1) She has since taken on various projects focusing on underrepresented groups such as women of the far right. Her work has been shown in museums in locations such as New York, Washington D.C., Nigeria and London. (1) She lectures at the New School in New York for the graduate program for International Affairs. (1)

Works

ISIS and Al Qaeda Hostages

(9) The Times allowed Gordon to travel to Germany to photograph people held in captivity and the objects they kept.

Mass Abduction in Nigeria

(9)Photographs of clothing and items from some of the 250 girls kidnapped by Islamic militants Boko Haram in Nigeria. The work was given the 2015 World Press Award.

Diagram of the Heart

2016 Book entitled Diagram of the Heart, by Red Hook Editions, is a photo book of Muslim romance in Kano. Awarded photo book of the year by New York Times Magazine, Pictures of the Year International and PDN. The book was featured in Moving Walls 23: Journeys and the Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts.

Aftermath Project  

(7) Aftermath Project  – photographs of women of the far right, white supremacists, conservative extremists, racists, Klansmen and Nazis.

Liberia: Traces of American Ghosts

Examines the psychological and physical wounds from Liberia’s civil war.

Nigeria Ever After

(10) 2012, this is a collection of photographs of Nigerian weddings, exploring the stylization and cost of marriage in this country.

Indonesia: The End is the Beginning

Depiction of funeral rites and burial practices in Indonesia.

Achievements

Grants

·      2019: Aftermath project grant (7)

·      2017-2018: The New School, Faculty Research Fund (8)

·      2017: Economic Hardship Reporting Project

·      2017: Pulitzer Center Grant, Nigeria

·      2016: Indonesia, Festival PhotoReporter Grant

·      2012: Nigeria, African Artists Foundation Residency

Awards

·      2019: Winner American Women

·      2017: Finalist Eugene Smith Award(8)

·      2015: World Press Award (2)

·      2014: Grand Prize for visual storytelling, LensCulture (6)

·      First prize in portraiture, PX3

·      2017: PDN winner for personal project

·      Magenta Flash Forward

·      Communication Arts

·      American Photo

References

WEB

(1) https://www.worldpressphoto.org/person/detail/1333/glenna-gordon

(2) https://pulitzercenter.org/people/glenna-gordon

(3) https://www.rescue.org/displaced-season-2/bonus-complicating-(4) narratives-documentary-photographer-glenna-gordon

GOOGLE SCHOLAR

(5) https://revistacomsoc.pt/article/view/785 (pdf on site)

(6) https://www.lensculture.com/2014-lensculture-visual-storytelling-awards-winners

(7) http://www.theaftermathproject.org/project/american-women

(8) https://flashforwardflashback.com/

(9) https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/glenna-gordon-photographing-unphotographable

(10) https://time.com/3730631/my-most-important-photo-glenna-gordon-nigeria-2012/