Lynn Johnson (photographer)

Lynn Johnson
Born1953
Pittsburgh, PA, U.S.
Alma materRochester Institute of Technology
OccupationDocumentary photographer
Websitehttp://www.lynnjohnsonphoto.com

Lynn Johnson (born 1953)[1] is an American photographer known for her contributions to National Geographic, Sports Illustrated and Life among others. Johnson is known for photographing vanishing languages and challenges to the human condition, with a focus on Africa and Asia.[2]

Biography

Johnson received her bachelor's degree in photojournalism in 1975 from the Rochester Institute of Technology. Upon graduating she became the first woman staff photographer at the Pittsburgh Press, until departing in 1982 to pursue freelance work with Black Star Publishing Company and the Aurora photo agency.[3] In 1984 the University of Pittsburgh Press published her book Pittsburgh Moments.[4] She photographed Fred Rogers several times between 1980 and the early 2000s, and her photographs of Rogers were featured in the 2018 documentary Won't You Be My Neighbor?[3] Johnson's photos of and working relationship with Rogers appeared in an NPR photo story titled "The Man Behind Mister Rogers, Away From The Neighborhood Of Make-Believe."[5]

After working for nearly 30 years as a photojournalist, Johnson attended Ohio University's School of Visual Communications in the Scripps College of Communication as a master's student and recipient of the school's Knight Fellowship, graduating in 2004.[3] In 2011 she donated her collection of analogue film photography to the Mahn Center for Archives and Special Collections at Ohio University Libraries.[3]

Johnson is a recipient of Golden Quill awards in photojournalism[6] and World Press Photo Awards in 1985,[7] 1988[8] and 1992.[9] In 2013 she was selected by her peers to win the National Geographic Photographer's Photographer award.[10] In 2019 she was awarded the National Geographic's Eliza Scidmore Award for Outstanding Science Media, highlighting scientifically rigorous storytelling related to environmental and conservation issues.[11]

Since 2013, Johnson has been a visiting professional at Syracuse University in the multimedia photography and design department (MPD).[12]

Notable works

Winner, Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award for Coverage of the Disadvantaged, 1985[13]

Finalist, Pulitzer for Explanatory Reporting to National Geographic Magazine's Gender Revolution issue, 2017[14]

Her work has appeared in the following books:[15]

  • Women of Vision: National Geographic’s Female Photographers, 2013
  • Through the Lens: National Geographic Greatest Photographs, 2003
  • Edward Curtis: Coming to Light, 2002
  • John Muir: Nature’s Visionary, 2001
  • Nature’s Medicines: Plants that Heal, 2000
  • Women Photographers at National Geographic, 2000
  • Women in the Material World, 1996
  • Power to Heal, 1990
  • Men’s Lives, 1984

References

  1. ^ "Johnson, Lynn, 1953-". id.loc.gov. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
  2. ^ Society, National Geographic. "Lynn Johnson Biography :: National Geographic's Women of Vision". National Geographic's Women of Vision. Archived from the original on 2018-09-27. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
  3. ^ a b c d Libraries, Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collections and Digital Initiatives | Ohio University (2022-03-24). "The Lynn Johnson Collection". ArcGIS StoryMaps. Retrieved 2022-03-30.
  4. ^ Johnson, Lynn; Levinson, Joel B. (1984). Pittsburgh Moments. University of Pittsburgh Press. ISBN 978-0-8229-3501-8.
  5. ^ Newman, Cathy (2020-02-08). "The Man Behind Mister Rogers, Away From The Neighborhood Of Make-Believe". NPR. Retrieved 2022-03-30.
  6. ^ "16th annual Golden Quill Awards slide for Lynn Johnson with the Pittsburgh Press, 1979". Ohio University Libraries Digital Archival Collections. Retrieved 2022-03-30.
  7. ^ "1985 Photo Contest, Daily Life, 3rd prize: Lynn Johnson". World Press Photo. Retrieved 2022-03-30.
  8. ^ "1988 Photo Contest, Science & Technology, 3rd prize: Lynn Johnson". World Press Photo. Retrieved 2022-03-30.
  9. ^ "1992 Photo Contest, Science & Technology, 2nd prize: Lynn Johnson". World Press Photo. Retrieved 2022-03-30.
  10. ^ "Lynn Johnson". National Geographic Expeditions. 2018-05-16. Archived from the original on January 28, 2021. Retrieved 2022-03-30.
  11. ^ "Meet Lynn Johnson, National Geographic Photographer and 2019 Eliza Scidmore Award Recipient". National Geographic Society Newsroom. 2019-07-01. Retrieved 2022-03-30.
  12. ^ "Acclaimed Photographer Lynn Johnson Will Teach at Newhouse School | Syracuse University News". 2013-02-04. Retrieved 2022-03-30.
  13. ^ "Lynn Johnson on the Heroic Nature of Humanity". Photography. 2013-10-15. Archived from the original on April 19, 2021. Retrieved 2022-03-30.
  14. ^ "Finalist: Maggie Steber and Lynn Johnson of National Geographic". Retrieved 2022-03-30.
  15. ^ "About". Lynn Johnson. Retrieved 2022-03-30.


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