Krisanne Johnson

Time LightBox

Krisanne Johnson features in the Time LightBox

After Johnson received the W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography, TIme LightBox displayed a feature on her “I Love You Real Fast” project.  Krisanne Johnson first began documenting the Umhlanga dance, an 8 day ceremony where young female virgins cross the country to visit and honor the Queen Mother. Swaziland reports the highest percentage of HIV positive people in the world, with young women being the hardest hit.  For every two Swazi girls, one is infected.  

Over the past five years, 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.

Read Krisanne’s writing on her project and view slides from “I Love You Real Fast” on Time LightBox.

Krisanne Johnson

W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography

Krisanne Johnson received $30,000 from the W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography

EF 2010 Photographer Krisanne Johnson, 36, received the prestigious W. Eugene Smith Grant Wednesday night.  In 2006,  Johnson began photographing coming of age women in Swaziland where one in every two young women are infected with HIV/AIDS.  She has made three trips, with the support of Getty Images Grant for Editorial Photography, Magnum Foundation’s Emergency Fund, and from a Kickstarter campaign.  She will return to do a fourth and final chapter with her grant that examines the daily lives of women who seek employment. 

Please read NY Times Len Blog article, and revisit Krisanne’s Emergency Fund supported project!

http://magnumfoundation.org/emergencyfund/projects.php?code=10EF001#START

Krisanne Johnson

British Journal of Photography, Crowd-funding: With a little help from my friends

Krisanne Johnson, Emergency 2010 photographer, was featured in British Journal of Photography.

 I Love You Real Fast was a four year project started in 2006 by Krisanne Johnson.  One of the trips to Swaziland was funded by Magnum Foundation.  In an effort to help independent photographers find future funding, MF supported a Kickstarter to fundraise a follow-up trip. The British Journal of Photography writes about these new models of financing emerging for photographers such as Krisanne Johnson. 

This century, shrinking budgets and the advent of the 24-hour news cycle have forced the world of photography to change, and photographers have turned to other organisations to find the necessary funds to finance their projects.

FotoWeek

Krisanne Johnson, Cedric Gerbehaye, and Larry Towell featured in DC NIGHT GALLERY

Slideluck Potshow

New York Photo Festival XVI

EF Photographers Bruce Gilden, Krisanne Johnson, Dominic Nahr featured in slideshow

Slideluck Potshow features three Emergency Fund photographers and took place at St. Ann’s Warehouse.  The slideshow was curated by Whitney Johnson, Director of Photography at the New Yorker and was centered around the “Upheaval” theme.

http://magnumfoundation.org/emergencyfund/impact.php