Alison Wright (photojournalist)

Alison Wright (born 1961 in Summit, New Jersey) is an American photojournalist and writer. Her photography of endangered cultures and documentation of the human condition has covered all corners of the globe and been published in magazines worldwide. She has twice received a Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Award from the Society of American Travel Writers [1] [2] [3] and became a Dorothea Lange Fellow in Documentary Photography at the University of California, Berkeley in 1993. [4]

In January 2000 Wright was nearly killed in an accident in Laos, when the bus she was riding in was hit by a logging truck.[5] Her story of survival has been featured in Outside magazine, National Geographic Adventure, and Yoga Journal.[2][6][7][8][9] She is the founder of the Faces of Hope Fund, which provides health care and education to communities in Asia.[10]

Wright attended Watchung Hills Regional High School in New Jersey, and studied photojournalism at Syracuse University.[2]

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  1. ↑ "The Lowell Thomas Awards". Society of American Travel Writers. 2005–2006. Retrieved July 21, 2008.
  2. 1 2 3 Bella English (September 29, 2003). "Alison Wright: Her `Faces of Hope' shows the spirit of children facing huge obstacles". The Boston Globe. Retrieved July 21, 2008.
  3. ↑ Heather Knight (June 23, 2000). "Intrepid Photog Captures Tibetan Culture Alison Wright's work to show at Smithsonian". The San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved July 21, 2008.
  4. ↑ "Dorothea Lange Fellowship : the Fellows". Berkely University of California. UC Regents. Retrieved August 14, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Alison Wright". National Geographic. National Geographic Society. Retrieved August 13, 2015.
  6. ↑ Wright, Alison (May 2001). "If I Can Only Breathe". Outside.
  7. ↑ Wright, Alison (February 2005). "The Life That Almost Wasn't". Outside.
  8. ↑ Dan Saelinger. "Everyday Survivors - Alison Wright: Beating the Impossible", National Geographic Adventure, August 2008. Retrieved on July 21, 2008.
  9. ↑ "Postcard From the Edge". Yoga Journal.
  10. ↑ "Faces of Hope Fund".
  11. ↑ "Face to Face: Portraits of the Human Spirit". American Society of Picture Professionals. American Society of Picture Professionals, Inc. Retrieved August 14, 2015.

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