Andrea Star Reese | |
Birth Date: | 14 March 1952 |
Birth Place: | Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. |
Occupation: | documentary photographer photojournalist |
Andrea Star Reese (born March 14, 1952, in Milwaukee[1]) is a documentary photographer[2] and photojournalist based in New York City who has done work in Indonesia[3] as well as the United States. Her BFA and MFA are from the California Institute of the Arts school of Film/Video and she graduated from the International Center of Photography's Documentary Photography and Photojournalism program.[4]
Reese received The Lucie Award-Deeper Perspective Photographer of the Year in 2016, the 2014 David Pike Award for Excellence in Journalism Photography, Best Social Documentary from the 2009 New York Photo Festival, and was a finalist for the 2011 POYI, World Understanding Award.
Most recently, Reese contributed to Innovation & Equality, a photography series and exhibition by United Nations Development Programme 2017. She also exhibits in Visa Pour L’Image in Perpignan, Musee de L’Elysee or Angkor Photo Festival.
Her photobook "Urban Cave", a photo reportage on unsheltered men and women living underground in New York City was published in 2015 by FotoEvidence. She has been published Internationally.