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 BIO Lori Grinker began her photographic career in 1981 while a student at Parsons School of Design when Inside Sports published her photo-essay about a young boxer as its cover story. During that time she met another young boxer, 13 year-old Mike Tyson, who she documented for the following decade. Since then, in addition to her reportage of events such as the destruction of the World Trade Center, she has delved into several long-term projects, and published two books: The Invisible Thread: A Portrait of Jewish American Women (Jewish Publication Society, 1989, 6 editions), and Afterwar: Veterans from a World in Conflict (de.MO, March 2005. Published in major magazines, her work has earned international recognition, garnering a World Press Photo Foundation Prize, a W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund fellowship, the Ernst Hass Grant, The Santa Fe Center for Photography Project Grant, and a Hasselblad Foundation Grant, among others. Her photographs have been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions around the world and are in many private and museum collections including: The International Center of Photography (ICP), The Jewish Museum in New York City, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Between editorial assignments and personal projects, Grinker lectures, teaches workshops, and is on the faculty of the ICP in New York City, She is represented by the Nailya Alexander Gallery in New York and has been a member of Contact Press Images since 1988. RESUMÉ EDUCATION 1978-1981 AAS in Photography, Parsons School of Design, New York City (studied with Bernice Abbott, Joyce Baronio, Benedict J. Fernandez, George Tice, Lisette Model) 1976-1977 Windham College, Putney, Vermont (Photographic study with Harold Feinstein) PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Work has been featured in numerous publications around the world, including: American Photo, Audubon, Biba, Business Week, Corriere della Sera, Der Spiegel, El País, Esquire, Forbes, Fortune, Geo, Independent, Libération, Life, London Sunday Times, Los Angeles Times Magazine, Marie Claire, Men’s Journal, Ms., National Geographic Traveler, Natural History, Newsweek, New York Times Magazine, Parade, Paris-Match, People, Photo (France), Photo District News, Readers Digest, Rolling Stone, Stern, Sports Illustrated, Time, US News and World Report, Village Voice, Vogue... Clients include: Children’s Health Fund, IntraLinks, National Film Board of Canada, Open Society Institute, Plan International, Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), Target Corporation, UNA-USA (United Nations Association of the USA), United Nations Foundation Faculty International Center for Photography, New York City WORKSHOPS & LECTURES Al-liquindoi Workshops, Spain (Dubai, UAE workshop) American University, Washington, DC Columbia University School of Journalism, New York City Coppin State University, Baltimore, MD Empire State College, New York City Indiana State University, Terre Haute Maryland Art Place (MAP) Minnesota Center for Photography, Minneapolis Palm Beach Photographic Center, Delray Beach, FL Pierson College, Yale University, New Haven, CT Royal Photographic Society, London Santa Fe Center for Photography, NM School of Visual Arts, New York CityTufts University, Boston, MA GRANTS & AWARDS 2008 American Photography 24, Iraq: Scars and Exile
2008 American Photo Images of the Year competition, Iraq: Scars and Exile 2007 The Puffin Foundation 2005 Dart Society, Ochberg Fellowship The Kaplowitz Foundation, Distant Relations 2004 The Herbert Bearman Foundation, Afterwar 2002 Puffin Foundation, Afterwar 2000 Florence and John Schumann Foundation, Afterwar 1999 Hasselblad Foundation, Afterwar New York Foundation for the Arts, Catalog Grant Heathcote Art Foundation, Afterwar Mosaïque Programme Grant – Luxembourg, Afterwar 1998 W. Eugene Smith Grant, Fellowship Award, Afterwar 1997 The Ernst Haas Award, Afterwar Santa Fe Center for Visual Arts, Project Grant, Afterwar 1996 World Press Foundation, First Prize, The Arts Stories, “Blind Women’s Orchestra” PUBLICATIONS Authored Books 2005 AFTERWAR; Veterans from a World in Conflict, de.MO Publisher 1989-2006 The Invisible Thread: A Portrait of Jewish American Women, The Jewish Publication Society (text by Diana Bletter) Contributed Books (include) 2006 The Body at Risk: Photography of Disorder, Illness, and Healing, U. of California Press 2005 A Day in the Life of the American Woman, Bullfinch 2003 Pandemic Facing AIDS, Umbrage Editions 2003 America 24/7, DK Publishers 2003 A Day in the Life of the U.S. Armed Forces, HarperCollins 2002 Eleven, Witnessing the World Trade Center, Rizzoli/Universe 2002 Here Is New York: A Democracy of Photographs, Scalo 2002 A Day in the Life of Africa, Tides Foundation 2002 The Spirit of Family – Al and Tipper Gore, Henry Holt 1999 Descubrir España, National Geographic Society, RBA Publications (Spain) 1998 Women in the Material World, Sierra Club Books 1998 One Digital Day, How the Microchip is Changing Our World, Crown 1996 Jerusalem: In the Shadow of Heaven, Collins Publishers 1995 The Mission: Inside the Church of the Latter-Day Saints, Epicenter 1995 A Day in the Life of Thailand, Collins Publishers 1994 Truth Needs No Ally; Inside Photojournalism, “Women and Minorities in Photojournalism,” University of Missouri 1993 The Wall, A Day at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, St. Martins 1993 The Face of Mercy: A Photographic History of Medicine at War, Random House1991 The Meaning of Life, Little Brown Select magazines & Web publications 2008 Nieman Reports, Iraqis: Making Visible The Scars of Exile, Summer 2008 The New Yorker, ART, exhibition review, February 4 2008 Men’s Journal, “A.W.O.L”, February 2008 The New Yorker, Fiction, December 3 2008 American Photo/Pop Photo, “Lori Grinker: 15 Years Documenting War” March (online) 2007 PicturaPixel, Electronic Photo Magazine: www.picturapixel.com/english/capa.html 2006 The Los Angeles Times Book Review, By Lori Grinker: “The Other Side of War, Women's Stories of Survival & Hope”, December 24 2006 The Minneapolis Star Tribune, review by art critic Mary Abbe, November 9 2006 Time Magazine, www.time.com/time/photoessays/2006/war_veterans/ 2006 Time Out Dubai, Battle Scarred,” Lori Grinker’s arresting portraits of war veterans” August 31 2006 Chinese Photography magazine, “On the occasion of Contact’s 30th anniversary Lori Grinker and Don McCullin”, July 2006 Photographer’s Companion Magazine, China, “Lori Grinker, Afterwar” March 2006 The Washington Post, review, Afterwar exhibition, March 4 2005 The New York Times, “Picturing Some Shocks That Flesh Is Heir To” Dec. 26 2005 lens culture: www.lensculture.com/afterwar.html 2005 Photo-Eye, Survey of Best New Photography Books 2005 2005 Chronogram, Cover and review of Afterwar exhibition 2005 Sacramento Bee, “A poignant look at what happens to the injured, Afterwar” April 24 2005 The New Yorker, Afterwar exhibition, “Goings on About Town” March 28 2005 Time Out New York, Afterwar exhibition, “Don’t Miss” March 10 2005 The New York Sun, “A Photojournalist Focuses on the Lives of Veterans” May 25 2005 Revista Lateral (Spain), “Speaking for the Wounded” www.lateral-ed.es 2005 The British Journal of Photography, “After the Fighting, Surviving” May 25 2005 The Digital Journalist, “War Without End” May 2005 The Los Angeles Times Book Review, “Maimed, betrayed, forgotten” January 30 2005 The Globalist, www.theglobalist.com/DBWeb/StoryId.aspx?StoryId=5010 2005 The Financial Times, “When the battle is over” January 3 2002 Rolling Stone, “That Was Then This is Now” September 2000 Marie Claire, "Sisters in Arms” May 1998 Stern, “Für Sie Hört Kreig Niemals Auf” October 1998 Photo District News, “AfterWar” September 1998 Culturefront (magazine & on-line), “Heroes” Summer 1998 La Revista (Spain), “Guerras de Verdad y de Mentira” September 1997 Geo (France), “Combattants d'Afrique” November 1996 Atlas, “Blind Women’s Orchestra” www.atlasmagazine.com/photo/grinker_blind/ 1995 Natural History, “Sounds of Light and Hope” 1993 The New York Times op-ed page, “Disaster in the Sudan” February 12 1991 The New York Times op-ed page, “Different Wars, Same Sadness” November 11 1991 American Photo, “How Photojournalism Can Change the World” September 1989 Photo magazine (France), “The Invisible Thread” November TV, FILM and RADIO 2008 James Toback's "Tyson,” Cannes Film Festival 2008 Bill Moyers Journal, Lori Grinker on Displaced Iraqis 2006 Minnesota Public Radio, November 13, Midmorning with Kerri Miller, “Afterwar” 2006 KFAI Minnesota, Radio Catalyst: Politics & Culture with Lydia Howell, “Afterwar” 2006 Photo World, SXRTV China, “Lori Grinker, Afterwar” 2005 BBC RADIO, Night Waves with Paul Allen, “Afterwar” 2003 NOW (with Bill Moyers) - USA Public Television, “Afterwar” 2003 NOW (with Bill Moyers) - USA Public Television, “Aboard the USNS Comfort” 1999 German Public Television, “Afterwar” 1993 CNN-International Hour, “Famine in the Sudan” EXHIBITIONS (SOLO) IRAQ: Scars and Exile 2008 Nailya Alexander Gallery, NY AFTERWAR: Veterans from a World in Conflict 2008 RA Gallery, Kiev, Ukraine 2008 Look 3, Festival of the Photograph, Charlottesville, VA 2007 FOVEA Gallery, Beacon, New York 2006-2007 Minnesota Center for Photography 2006 Indiana State University Art Gallery 2006 Project 4 Gallery, Washington DC 2005 Internationale Fotoage, Manheim, Germany 2005 Nailya Alexander Gallery, NY 2005 United Nations, NY 2004 Maryland Art Place (MAP), Baltimore 2003 Pingyao International Photography Festival, China The Invisible Thread |
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