Krisanne Johnson

Krisanne Johnson (born 1976) is an American photojournalist. She is the winner of the 2011 W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography. Her work on post-apartheid South Africa and on HIV/AIDS and young women in Swaziland has been included in Time, The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Fader, and The Wall Street Journal.

Early Life

Johnson grew up in Xenia, Ohio. She received a B.A. in Journalism from University of Colorado and studied graduate visual communications at Ohio University.[1] In 1998, she studied in South Africa at Rhodes University and interned at the Cape Times newspaper in Cape Town, which fueled her later photographic interest in the region.

Career

Johnson began working as a freelance photographer in New York City in 2006.[1] Early in her career, she also worked briefly as a White House photographer.[2] Shortly after, she began working on projects about young women and HIV/AIDS in Swaziland and youth culture in post-apartheid South Africa.[1] Johnson describes how this work has shifted:

"The progression of this work has moved from traditional rites of passage to modern youth culture to an intimate look inside the homes of HIV-positive women. My insights have matured along with these young women. It has allowed me to witness fast-tracked intimacy and friends lost and gained. It has made me see that girls here are constantly on the verge––of giving birth to burying best friends, of finding love to fighting for life alone, stigmatized and heartbroken."[3]

This study of females coming of age recognizes that one of two women in Swaziland were infected with AIDS. Her project, “I Love You Real Fast," contains four chapters—two that explore coming of age narratives juxtaposed with modern youth culture, one that examines life with HIV., and the fourth explores women's daily lives after they move to cities from rural areas.[4]

Her work on Swaziland has been shown at the Visa pour l'Image festival in Perpignan, France and at the Festival of Ethical Photography in Lodi, Italy. Her photojournalism has been included in Time, The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Fader, The Wall Street Journal, CNN, US News & World Report, L’Espresso (Italy), Vanity Fair (Italy), and D La Repubblica (Italy).

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References
  1. "Design Trust for Public Space". Design Trust for Public Space. Retrieved 2018-12-05.
  2. "The Blink Interview: Krisanne Johnson | World Photography Organisation". www.worldphoto.org. Retrieved 2018-12-05.
  3. Johnson, Krisanne (October 19, 2011). "Krisanne Johnson Awarded the W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography". Time. Retrieved December 4, 2018.
  4. MacDonald, Kerri (2011-10-19). "Love and Pain in Swaziland". Lens Blog. Retrieved 2018-12-05.
  5. "Krisanne Johnson". World Press Photo. Retrieved 2019-01-18.
  6. "Award of Excellence". Pictures of the Year International. Retrieved 2019-01-18.
  7. "I Love You Real Fast". Magnum Foundation. Retrieved 2019-01-18.
  8. "2011 W. Eugene Smith Grant Recipients Named". W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund. Retrieved 2019-01-18.
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