Lynn Johnson (photographer) explained

Lynn Johnson
Birth Date:1953
Birth Place:Pittsburgh, PA, U.S.
Alma Mater:Rochester Institute of Technology
Occupation:Documentary photographer
Website:http://www.lynnjohnsonphoto.com

Lynn Johnson (born 1953)[1] is an American photographer known for her contributions to National Geographic, Sports Illustrated and Life among others. Johnson is known for photographing vanishing languages and challenges to the human condition, with a focus on Africa and Asia.[2]

Biography

Johnson received her bachelor's degree in photojournalism in 1975 from the Rochester Institute of Technology. Upon graduating she became the first woman staff photographer at the Pittsburgh Press, until departing in 1982 to pursue freelance work with Black Star Publishing Company and the Aurora photo agency.[3] In 1984 the University of Pittsburgh Press published her book Pittsburgh Moments.[4] She photographed Fred Rogers several times between 1980 and the early 2000s, and her photographs of Rogers were featured in the 2018 documentary Won't You Be My Neighbor? Johnson's photos of and working relationship with Rogers appeared in an NPR photo story titled "The Man Behind Mister Rogers, Away From The Neighborhood Of Make-Believe."[5]

After working for nearly 30 years as a photojournalist, Johnson attended Ohio University's School of Visual Communications in the Scripps College of Communication as a master's student and recipient of the school's Knight Fellowship, graduating in 2004.[3] In 2011 she donated her collection of analogue film photography to the Mahn Center for Archives and Special Collections at Ohio University Libraries.

Johnson is a recipient of Golden Quill awards in photojournalism[6] and World Press Photo Awards in 1985,[7] 1988[8] and 1992.[9] In 2013 she was selected by her peers to win the National Geographic Photographer's Photographer award.[10] In 2019 she was awarded the National Geographic's Eliza Scidmore Award for Outstanding Science Media, highlighting scientifically rigorous storytelling related to environmental and conservation issues.[11]

Since 2013, Johnson has been a visiting professional at Syracuse University in the multimedia photography and design department (MPD).[12]

Notable works

Winner, Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award for Coverage of the Disadvantaged, 1985[13]

Finalist, Pulitzer for Explanatory Reporting to National Geographic Magazine's Gender Revolution issue, 2017[14]

Her work has appeared in the following books:[15]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Johnson, Lynn, 1953- . id.loc.gov . April 1, 2021.
  2. Web site: Lynn Johnson Biography :: National Geographic's Women of Vision. Society. National Geographic. National Geographic's Women of Vision. en. 2018-03-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20180927213616/http://wovexhibition.org/photographers/lynn-johnson/bio. 2018-09-27. dead.
  3. Web site: Libraries . Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collections and Digital Initiatives Ohio University . 2022-03-24 . The Lynn Johnson Collection . 2022-03-30 . ArcGIS StoryMaps . en.
  4. Book: Johnson . Lynn . Pittsburgh Moments . Levinson . Joel B. . 1984 . University of Pittsburgh Press . 978-0-8229-3501-8 . en.
  5. News: Newman . Cathy . 2020-02-08 . The Man Behind Mister Rogers, Away From The Neighborhood Of Make-Believe . en . NPR . 2022-03-30.
  6. Web site: 16th annual Golden Quill Awards slide for Lynn Johnson with the Pittsburgh Press, 1979 . 2022-03-30 . Ohio University Libraries Digital Archival Collections. . en.
  7. Web site: 1985 Photo Contest, Daily Life, 3rd prize: Lynn Johnson . 2022-03-30 . World Press Photo.
  8. Web site: 1988 Photo Contest, Science & Technology, 3rd prize: Lynn Johnson . 2022-03-30 . World Press Photo.
  9. Web site: 1992 Photo Contest, Science & Technology, 2nd prize: Lynn Johnson . 2022-03-30 . World Press Photo.
  10. Web site: 2018-05-16 . Lynn Johnson . https://web.archive.org/web/20210128000112/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/expeditions/experts/lynn-johnson/ . dead . January 28, 2021 . 2022-03-30 . National Geographic Expeditions . en.
  11. Web site: 2019-07-01 . Meet Lynn Johnson, National Geographic Photographer and 2019 Eliza Scidmore Award Recipient . 2022-03-30 . National Geographic Society Newsroom . en-US.
  12. Web site: 2013-02-04 . Acclaimed Photographer Lynn Johnson Will Teach at Newhouse School Syracuse University News . 2022-03-30 . en-US.
  13. Web site: 2013-10-15 . Lynn Johnson on the Heroic Nature of Humanity . https://web.archive.org/web/20210419041315/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/article/lynn-johnson-on-the-heroic-nature-of-humanity . dead . April 19, 2021 . 2022-03-30 . Photography . en.
  14. Web site: Finalist: Maggie Steber and Lynn Johnson of National Geographic . 2022-03-30.
  15. Web site: About . 2022-03-30 . Lynn Johnson . en-US.

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