Marissa Roth Explained

Marissa Roth
Occupation:Photojournalist
Awards:Pulitzer Prize for Spot News

Marissa Roth (born 1957) is a photojournalist who was part of the Los Angeles Times team that won a Pulitzer Prize for Spot News for their coverage of the 1992 Los Angeles riots. She is the subject of a one-woman show, Finding the Light written and performed by Lisa Hayes.[1] [2]

In addition to the Los Angeles Times, Roth has worked for Newsweek, The New York Times, and Entertainment Weekly. She is a graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles[3] and a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.[4]

Photography

The child of Holocaust survivors, much of Roth's work has focused on those affected by violence.

Her project Witness to Truth was commissioned by The Museum of Tolerance/Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles; it features her photos of 95 Holocaust survivors who volunteered at the center and is a permanent exhibit there.

Her 2012 exhibit One Person Crying features photos from 28 years of Roth's report, specifically showing wars' effects on women around the world, including Bosnia, Cambodia, Ireland, Poland, and Vietnam.[5] One Person Crying inspired playwright and actor Lisa Hayes to develop her one-woman show, Finding the Light, which includes images from the exhibit and addresses women's struggles for survival in times of conflict.[6] The show premiered at the 2014 meeting of the European Association for American Studies in the Hague.[7] [8]

In 2016, Roth curated an exhibit of wartime photos by Vietnam War veterans entitled My War: Wartime Photographs by Vietnam Veterans.[9]

Exhibitions

Books

As photographer

As editor

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: One Person Crying: Women and War - Museum of Tolerance Los Angeles, CA. www.museumoftolerance.com. 2018-12-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20160728195952/http://www.museumoftolerance.com/site/c.tmL6KfNVLtH/b.8129411/k.4284/One_Person_Crying_Women_and_War.htm. 2016-07-28. dead.
  2. October 6, 2015. Photographer Marissa Roth Portrayed in 'finding the Light' at Arts Barn. US State News.
  3. Weaver. Jennifer. October 1999. Marissa Roth's Places of the Heart. Photo District News. 19. 10. 193–196.
  4. Web site: Marissa Roth. Bilcock. Megan. 2018-08-14. RPS Hundred Heroines. en-GB. 2018-12-11.
  5. News: Marissa Roth donne à la guerre un visage féminin. Chatain. Georges. 2014-02-24. Le Monde.fr. 2018-12-10. fr.
  6. Web site: United Solo » Finding the Light. United Solo. 2018-12-11.
  7. Web site: EAAS Women's Network. Birkle. Carmen. women.eaas.eu. 2018-12-11.
  8. Web site: America: Justice, War, Conflict [conference program]]. 2018-12-11.
  9. Web site: How Young Soldiers Saw Life in Wartime Vietnam. Berger. Joseph. 2016-06-28. Lens Blog. en-US. 2018-12-10.
  10. Web site: Exhibit features witnesses to truth. Hawkes. Marilyn. 2016-03-23. www.jewishaz.com. 2018-12-11.
  11. Web site: Inside/Out: Downtown Los Angeles Los Angeles Public Library. Roth. Marissa. 2000. www.lapl.org. 2018-12-11.
  12. Book: Infinite Light: A Photographic Meditation on Tibet. Roth. Marissa. Woeser. Tsering. Marquand Books. 2014. 978-0615909158. Seattle.
  13. Book: Come the morning. Harris. Mark Jonathan. Roth. Marissa. 2005. 9780814332412. 56421904 . en.
  14. Book: Real city: downtown Los Angeles inside/out. Roth. Marissa. Waldie. D. J. 2001. Angel City Press. 9781883318079. Santa Monica, Calif.. 47126667 . en.
  15. Book: Burning heart: a portrait of the Philippines. Roth. Marissa. Hagedorn. Jessica Tarahata. 1999. Rizzoli. 9780847821693. New York. 41322717 . en.
  16. Book: My War: Wartime Photographs by Vietnam Veterans. Roth. Marissa. Berg. June. 2016. 995852512 . en.

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