TCF Ep. 346 - Lynn Johnson

The Candid Frame: Conversations on Photography

Ibarionex R. Perello

Cameras, Art, Photoshop, Visual Arts, Career, Interviews, Photographers, Arts, Photography, Photo, Digital

4.8 • 749 Ratings

🗓️ 7 November 2016

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Known for her intense and sensitive work, Lynn Johnson has been capturing the subtleties of the human condition for 35 years. A regular contributor to publications such as National Geographic, Johnson brings a fresh perspective to fearsome issues—the scourge of landmines, the erosion of threatened languages, rape in the US military ranks, the daily challenge for African women of carrying water or the dangers of global zoonotic disease. Her compassionate photographs honor everyday people and their stories. A teacher as well as a photographer, Johnson hopes to promote dialogue and ameliorate prejudice. Her Master’s thesis as a Knight Fellow at Ohio University, Hate Kills, chronicles the toll of hate crimes on American society. She works with National Geographic Photo Camps, using her medium to help at-risk youth around the world share their own voices. At Syracuse University’s Newhouse School of Public Communications, Johnson is developing a mentoring program for graduate students in the Multimedia, Photography and Design department. Her work has been honored by World Press Photo, the Open Society Institute and the RFK Center for Justice and Human Rights, among others, as well as by her fellow photographers at The Photo Society. Resources: Download the free Candid Frame app for your favorite smart device. Click here to download for . Click here to download Click here to download for Support the work we do at The Candid Frame with contributing to our Patreon effort. You can do this by visiting or visiting the website and clicking on the Patreon button.

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1:04.5	Though the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have faded from the headlines, it's a story that
1:10.1	continues for the thousands of veterans
1:11.9	who have returned home. Some contend with the physical damage of warfare, but there are tens of
1:18.2	thousands of others who suffer despite the fact that their bodies don't exhibit signs of trauma.
1:24.8	It's the lingering price paid not only by the soldiers themselves, but by
1:29.4	their families and friends, as they contend not only with PTSD, but also brain trauma, due to
1:36.1	the concussive force of explosions. It is these stories of veterans that National Geographic
1:42.3	photographer Lynn Johnson has been focusing on.
1:45.3	As a socially conscious photographer, Lynn, has often turned her camera to subject matter
1:50.0	that may be difficult, but she does it with a compassionate and insightful eye that makes
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