Annie Griffiths Explained

Annie Griffiths
Other Names:Annie Griffiths Belt
Birth Date:1953
Birth Place:Minneapolis, MN, US
Occupation:Photographer

Annie Griffiths (born 1953) is an American photographer known for her work at National Geographic and a founder of Ripple Effect Images.[1]

Biography and career

Griffiths was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota.[2] Hired at National Geographic in 1978,[3] she was one of the first female photographers for the magazine. She is a fellow of the International League of Conservation Photographers (ILCP). She was one of the founders of Ripple Effect Images, a collective dedicated to providing storytelling resources to groups who wish to improve the lives of women worldwide.[4] [5]

Griffiths, a mother of two, would take her kids on worldwide assignments, one of her children visited 13 countries in utero. In 2008 she authored a book on the experiences that included such details as using diapers for packing her camera lenses.[6] Griffiths teaches photography classes and workshops and was a visiting professor of photography at Ohio University.[7]

She lives in Reston, Virginia, she has two kids, Lily and Charlie, and three grandkids.She is no longer married to her former husband Don Belt.[8]

Education

Griffiths graduated with a bachelor's degree in photojournalism from the University of Minnesota.[9]

Awards

Griffiths has received awards from the National Press Photographers Association, the Associated Press, the National Organization of Women, The University of Minnesota and the White House News Photographers Association.[10] She was named one of the "Best of the Best Speakers" by the World Presidents' Association.[11]

Books

Griffiths' collaboration with Barbara Kingsolver produced a book called Last Stand: America's Virgin Lands, in 2002. Publishers Weekly, while critical of Griffiths' infrared photography, applauded the book for "capturing the essence of America the way we imagine it used to be," and continued saying "the book offers quiet evidence that there is still something better than a world where "children's adventures and glimpses of fox dwell only in books."[12]

In 2008, she published her photo memoir, A Camera, Two Kids and a Camel, which described her life as a traveling mother with her two children. Publishers Weekly called the book, "charming and wise."[13]

In October 2010 she edited National Geographics archive under the theme of beauty, to create the book, Simply Beautiful Photographs.[14]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Annie Griffiths. https://web.archive.org/web/20101023143830/http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photographers/photographer-annie-griffiths/. dead. October 23, 2010. National Geographic. October 3, 2013.
  2. Web site: Annie Griffiths Belt supports International League of Conservation Photographers on Art for Conservation. www.artforconservation.org. 2015-11-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20151211103631/https://www.artforconservation.org/find/artist_bio_detail.php?a_id=251. 2015-12-11. dead.
  3. Web site: Photographer's Peripatetic Life Is a Family Affair. NPR.org. 2015-11-19.
  4. Web site: What We Do. rippleeffectimages.org. 2015-11-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20151211095128/http://rippleeffectimages.org/about-us/what-we-do/. 2015-12-11. dead.
  5. Web site: Ripple Effect Images: Annie Griffiths. MediaStorm. 2015-11-19.
  6. Web site: A Camera, Two Kids, and a Camel. NPR.org. 2015-11-19.
  7. Web site: Annie Griffiths - Expert National Geographic Expeditions. www.nationalgeographicexpeditions.com. 2015-11-19.
  8. Web site: Star photographer never loses sight of bigger picture . The Sydney Morning Herald . 2015-11-19.
  9. Web site: 2006 Annie Griffiths Belt - Sutton Center. Sutton Center. 2015-11-19. en-US.
  10. Web site: Photographer Annie Griffiths Biography -- National Geographic. https://web.archive.org/web/20101023143830/http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photographers/photographer-annie-griffiths/. dead. October 23, 2010. National Geographic. 2015-11-19.
  11. Web site: National Geographic Events - A Camera, Two Kids, and a Camel. https://web.archive.org/web/20150218041442/http://events.nationalgeographic.com/speakers/2015/04/14/camera-two-kids-mad/. dead. February 18, 2015. events.nationalgeographic.com. 2015-11-19.
  12. Web site: Nonfiction Book Review: Last Stand: America's Virgin Lands by Barbara Kingsolver, Author, Annie Griffiths Belt, Photographer National Geographic Society $40 (192p) ISBN 978-0-7922-6909-0. PublishersWeekly.com. 2015-11-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20151211163157/http://reviews.publishersweekly.com/978-0-7922-6909-0. 2015-12-11. dead.
  13. Web site: Nonfiction Book Review: A Camera, Two Kids, and a Camel: My Journey in Photographs by Annie Griffiths Belt, Author, Annie Griffiths Belt, Photographer National Geographic Society $35 (223p) ISBN 978-1-4262-0245-2. PublishersWeekly.com. 2015-11-19.
  14. Web site: Amazon.com: Annie Griffiths Belt: Books, Biography, Blog, Audiobooks, Kindle. www.amazon.com. 2015-11-19.

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