Alison Wright (photojournalist)
Alison Wright is a photographer, author and public speaker. Alison travels the globe documenting endangered cultures, people and issues concerning the human condition. She has twice received a Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Award from the Society of American Travel Writers[1][2][3] and became a Dorothea Lange Fellow in Documentary Photography at the University of California, Berkeley in 1993.[4]
In January 2000 Wright was nearly killed in an accident in Laos, when the bus she was riding in was hit by a logging truck.[5] Her story of survival has been featured in Outside magazine, National Geographic Adventure, and Yoga Journal.[2][6][7][8][9]
Wright attended Watchung Hills Regional High School in New Jersey, and studied photojournalism at Syracuse University.[2] UC Berkeley, Berkeley, California- Master's degree in Visual Anthropology
Bibliography
- Learning to Breathe: One Woman's Journey of Spirit and Survival, documenting her recovery from the bus accident.
- Faces of Hope: Children of a Changing World
- A Simple Monk: Writings on the Dalai Lama The Spirit of Tibet
- Face to Face: Portraits of the Human Spirit[10]
References
- ↑ "The Lowell Thomas Awards". Society of American Travel Writers. 2005–2006 Alison is a contributor to National Geographic and her photography is represented by National Geographic Creative. http://www.nationalgeographic.com/contributors/w/photographer-alison-wright/ She is the founder of the Faces of Hope Fund, which helps support women and children in the communities that she photographs. www.Facesofhope.org. Retrieved July 21, 2008. Check date values in:
|date=(help) - 1 2 3 Bella English (September 29, 2003). "Alison Wright: Her 'Faces of Hope' shows the spirit of children facing huge obstacles". The Boston Globe. Retrieved July 21, 2008.
- ↑ Heather Knight (June 23, 2000). "Intrepid Photog Captures Tibetan Culture Alison Wright's work to show at Smithsonian". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved July 21, 2008.
- ↑ "Dorothea Lange Fellowship : the Fellows". University of California, Berleley. Retrieved August 14, 2015.
- ↑ "Alison Wright". National Geographic Society. Retrieved August 13, 2015.
- ↑ Wright, Alison (May 2001). "If I Can Only Breathe". Outside.
- ↑ Wright, Alison (February 2005). "The Life That Almost Wasn't". Outside.
- ↑ Dan Saelinger. "Everyday Survivors - Alison Wright: Beating the Impossible", National Geographic Adventure, August 2008. Retrieved on July 21, 2008.
- ↑ "Postcard From the Edge". Yoga Journal.
- ↑ "Face to Face: Portraits of the Human Spirit". American Society of Picture Professionals. American Society of Picture Professionals, Inc. Retrieved August 14, 2015.
External links
- Official Website
- "Photo Journeys: Alison Wright". Discovery Channel.