EL CENTRO FOTOGRÁFICO MANUEL ÁLVAREZ BRAVO
INVITA A LA MUESTRA DE RESULTADOS DEL
“Workshop de Fotografía Documental en Oaxaca”
impartido por Stella Johnson
10 de Enero de 2012
19:00 horas
en el Centro Fotográfico Manuel Álvarez Bravo
M. Bravo 116 esquina García Vigil
Centro, Oaxaca, Oax.
Este taller intensivo lo realiza Stella Johnson a través del Instituto de Artes de Boston, en Oaxaca, ofreciendo dos becas a fotógrafos mexicanos.
Consiste en la integración de los alumnos con familias de campesinos y artesanos, para aprender a acercarse, conocerlos, ser parte de las celebraciones, y desarrollar la capacidad de hacer fotografías con un alto contenido emocional, íntimo, visualmente impactante, que retrate la esencia del sujeto.
About Stella Johnson:
The work of acclaimed, Boston-based photographer Stella Johnson spans editorial,
corporate and documentary genres. Grounded in her photography training at
The San Francisco Art Institute and her advanced degree in journalism at Boston
University's College of Communication, Stella has gone on to work extensively in
both the U. S. and overseas. Major projects include a view book for the distinguished
Riverdale Country Day School in New York, the annual report of LYCOS, and
numerous brochures for investment banking firms and hospitals. Her work has
appeared in US News & World Report, Parenting, Time and Fortune magazines
and has been commissioned by such corporate entities as Fidelity Investments and
BankBoston.
As a Fulbright Scholar to Mexico in 2003-2004, Stella photographed and
supervised photography on the project, "Intangible Heritage of Mexico," directed by
Anthropologist Lourdes Arizpe. The work will be published this year by the National
Autonomous University of Mexico.
In 2006, Stella was a Fulbright Senior Specialist to Mexico, teaching documentary
photography and visual anthropology at the Regional Center for Multidisciplinary
Research of the National Autonomous University of Mexico, CRIM-UNAM,
Cuernavaca, Morelos.
Major New England work includes two documentary projects on homelessness and
one on midwifery. Other documentary projects include studies in urban development
(for the Ford Foundation,) photo-essays on a Mennonite settlement in Norfolk,
Connecticut, and the National Center of Afro-American Artists' annual performance of
Langston Hughes' Black Nativity, both for Yankee Magazine.
Stella has traveled on assignment to Africa, South and Central America and Mexico.
She has documented the progress of rural development programs in Mexico for
the Ford Foundation, UNIFEM, and the Inter-American Foundation. For Continental
Airlines she has photographed colonial architecture in Mexico, the ancient Mayan
City of Tikal in Guatemala, and the tropical rainforests in Costa Rica. Stella has
participated in two Earthwatch Institute projects: In Paraguay she documented
anthropologists studying an endangered indigenous culture, and in Cameroon she
recorded the attempt by medical personnel to eradicate intestinal parasites among
nomadic Muslim tribes
Stella Johnson's personal work has been recognized by a New England Foundation
for the Arts, Cultural Collaborative Artist-In-Residence Grant, and has been
highlighted in dozens of shows. She is best known for her work in developing
countries, where she has focused on the lives of women and their families. Her
photographs of the Gbaya and Fulbe tribes are displayed in a permanent exhibition
in Djohong, Cameroon. The work is showcased in the book, AL SOL. In photographs
taken over a 15-year period, Stella documented the lives of two rural families living
near Guanajuato and Oaxaca, Mexico, respectively, the Garifuna Culture and
Miskito Indians on the Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua and the Cameroons. Magnum
photographer Constantine Manos says of AL SOL, "In her photographs of Mexico,
she is creating images, each of which is a poem."
The work of acclaimed, Boston-based photographer Stella Johnson spans editorial,
corporate and documentary genres. Grounded in her photography training at
The San Francisco Art Institute and her advanced degree in journalism at Boston
University's College of Communication, Stella has gone on to work extensively in
both the U. S. and overseas. Major projects include a view book for the distinguished
Riverdale Country Day School in New York, the annual report of LYCOS, and
numerous brochures for investment banking firms and hospitals. Her work has
appeared in US News & World Report, Parenting, Time and Fortune magazines
and has been commissioned by such corporate entities as Fidelity Investments and
BankBoston.
As a Fulbright Scholar to Mexico in 2003-2004, Stella photographed and
supervised photography on the project, "Intangible Heritage of Mexico," directed by
Anthropologist Lourdes Arizpe. The work will be published this year by the National
Autonomous University of Mexico.
In 2006, Stella was a Fulbright Senior Specialist to Mexico, teaching documentary
photography and visual anthropology at the Regional Center for Multidisciplinary
Research of the National Autonomous University of Mexico, CRIM-UNAM,
Cuernavaca, Morelos.
Major New England work includes two documentary projects on homelessness and
one on midwifery. Other documentary projects include studies in urban development
(for the Ford Foundation,) photo-essays on a Mennonite settlement in Norfolk,
Connecticut, and the National Center of Afro-American Artists' annual performance of
Langston Hughes' Black Nativity, both for Yankee Magazine.
Stella has traveled on assignment to Africa, South and Central America and Mexico.
She has documented the progress of rural development programs in Mexico for
the Ford Foundation, UNIFEM, and the Inter-American Foundation. For Continental
Airlines she has photographed colonial architecture in Mexico, the ancient Mayan
City of Tikal in Guatemala, and the tropical rainforests in Costa Rica. Stella has
participated in two Earthwatch Institute projects: In Paraguay she documented
anthropologists studying an endangered indigenous culture, and in Cameroon she
recorded the attempt by medical personnel to eradicate intestinal parasites among
nomadic Muslim tribes
Stella Johnson's personal work has been recognized by a New England Foundation
for the Arts, Cultural Collaborative Artist-In-Residence Grant, and has been
highlighted in dozens of shows. She is best known for her work in developing
countries, where she has focused on the lives of women and their families. Her
photographs of the Gbaya and Fulbe tribes are displayed in a permanent exhibition
in Djohong, Cameroon. The work is showcased in the book, AL SOL. In photographs
taken over a 15-year period, Stella documented the lives of two rural families living
near Guanajuato and Oaxaca, Mexico, respectively, the Garifuna Culture and
Miskito Indians on the Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua and the Cameroons. Magnum
photographer Constantine Manos says of AL SOL, "In her photographs of Mexico,
she is creating images, each of which is a poem."