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Alison Wright

アリソン・ライト

Arison Raito

プロフィール

性別
女性
死没
2022-03-23 (Azores)
国籍
United States
言語
English

経歴

職業
Documentary photographer, Author, Public speaker
活動期間
1993年〜2022年
所属
Society of American Travel Writers

学歴

Watchung Hills Regional High School
国: United States
High school
Syracuse University
Photojournalism
学位: Bachelor's degree
国: United States
Undergraduate studies in photojournalism
University of California, Berkeley
Visual Anthropology
学位: Master's degree
国: United States
Dorothea Lange Fellow in Documentary Photography in 1993

受賞歴

Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Award
2006
主催: Society of American Travel Writers
結果: Winner
Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Award
2003
主催: Society of American Travel Writers
結果: Winner
Dorothea Lange Fellowship in Documentary Photography
1993
主催: University of California, Berkeley
結果: Fellow

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

The Spirit of Tibet: Portrait of a Culture in Exile

1998年 Photo book

A Simple Monk: Writings on the Dalai Lama

2001年 Photo book

Faces of Hope: Children of a Changing World

2003年 Photo book

Learning to Breathe: One Woman's Journey of Spirit and Survival

2009年 Memoir

Memoir of survival from bus accident in Laos

Face to Face: Portraits of the Human Spirit

2013年 Photo book

Human Tribe

2017年 Photo book

全著作

  • Human Tribe (2017)
  • Face to Face: Portraits of the Human Spirit (2013)
  • Learning to Breathe: One Woman's Journey of Spirit and Survival (2009)
  • Faces of Hope: Children of a Changing World (2003)
  • A Simple Monk: Writings on the Dalai Lama (2001)
  • The Spirit of Tibet, Portrait of a Culture in Exile (1998)

健康

  • Bus crash
    2000年1月
    Nearly killed in bus crash with logging truck in Laos; survival story featured in memoir.
  • Cardiac episode
    2022年3月
    Occurred while diving in the Azores, leading to a week-long coma and death.

評価・遺産

Renowned documentary photographer who traveled the globe capturing endangered cultures, people, and human condition issues.

豆知識

  • Twice recipient of the Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Award.
  • Survived near-fatal bus crash in Laos in 2000.