Community engagement, Economic inequality, Film - Directing, Cinematography., Marginalized communities, Photography, Social justice, Storytelling, Traveling Abroad, Writing
2011
France
University of Iowa; NOOR IMAGES; Jon Lowenstein Photography; Columbia College Chicago
Jon Lowenstein is a documentary photographer who specializes in long-term, in-depth explorations focusing on power, poverty, and social violence. His work includes projects such as documenting the impact of deportations on Central American and Mexican migrants, examining social violence in the South Side community of Chicago, and shedding light on issues like modern-day slavery and the experiences of undocumented immigrants in the United States. Lowenstein's commitment to social justice is evident in his extensive body of work, challenging perceptions and giving voice to marginalized communities. He has received numerous awards and fellowships for his impactful storytelling through photography, moving images, and personal narratives. // Jon Lowenstein is an American documentary photographer, filmmaker, and visual artist whose work focuses on addressing issues such as wealth inequality, structural racism, and violence. He is a member and owner of the NOOR photo agency and has been recognized internationally for his extensive body of work, which has been featured in exhibitions, museums, and media outlets like The New Yorker, The New York Times, and NewsWeek. Lowenstein has covered various events globally, including elections in Afghanistan, the aftermath of the 2010 Haiti earthquake, and social violence in Mexico and Central America. He has engaged in large-scale documentary projects, one focusing on Chicago's South Side community and the other documenting the experiences of undocumented Latin Americans in the United States. His work aims to challenge perceptions of community, poverty, segregation, power, and hope. Additionally, Lowenstein has given a TEDSummit speech outlining his career and projects, including "Shadow Lives USA," which delves into the stories of migrants from Central America to the United States. // Jon Lowenstein is an American documentary photographer. He is a member and owner of NOOR photo agency, a cooperative photojournalist agency located in the Netherlands and owner of NOOR IMAGES photojournalist agency based in the United States.
Lowenstein has spent the past decade engaging his adopted community on Chicago’s South Side through photography.
During this time Lowenstein has also traveled, studied and documented the experiences of undocumented Latin Americans living throughout the United States. Shadow Lives USA follows the migrant trail from Central America, through Mexico and throughout the United States in an effort to tell the real stories of the men and women who make up the largest transnational migration in world history. This project, unique in its breadth and intimate scope, forces the viewer to engage with the impact of America’s punitive immigration and economic policies on some of the United States’ most vulnerable populations.
His international assignments have included covering elections in Afghanistan to the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti to social violence in Guatemala. He completed a project about the impact of inhaled nitric oxide on cerebral Malaria in Ugandan Children. He has also worked in countries like Brazil, El Salvador, South Africa, Mexico and Germany. // Jon Lowenstein specializes in long-term, in-depth documentary explorations that confront the realms of power, poverty, and violence. Through the combination of filmmaking, photography, experiential writing and personal testimonials, he strives for unsparing clarity by revealing the subjects of history that lack voice. Lowenstein’s commitment to social justice through community engagement runs both deep and long. // Noor is a collective uniting a select group of highly accomplished photojournalists and documentary storytellers focusing on contemporary global issues. // Driving down Martin Luther King Boulevard on Chicago's South Side change is evidence everywhere. Signs advertising new condominiums dot the landscape and city blocks that once stood vacant are being completely replaced with new prefabricated housing and recently open chain stores. To the outside eye this infusion of housing appears wholly positive, but the truth behind neighborhood transformation is far more grim. Poor communities across the country are going through similarly wrenching change as their once isolated neighborhoods are being rapidly gentrified, and few longtime resides will remain when the change is complete. // University of Iowa; NOOR IMAGES; Jon Lowenstein Photography; Columbia College Chicago // Jon Lowenstein is an American documentary photographer known for his extensive work in capturing the realities of marginalized communities and social issues. With a focus on power dynamics, poverty, and violence, Lowenstein's projects delve deep into the lives of those often unheard. He is a member and owner of NOOR photo agency, a cooperative agency based in the Netherlands, and NOOR IMAGES, located in the United States. Lowenstein's portfolio includes projects such as "Shadow Lives USA," which sheds light on the experiences of undocumented Latin Americans in the U.S., and international assignments covering events from elections in Afghanistan to social violence in Guatemala. His commitment to social justice and community engagement is evident in his long-term explorations that aim to give a voice to those affected by global issues. // My goal with my work is to build significant bridges of understanding between our fellow humans, in particular in communities that are often overlooked by the dominant society. // Jon Lowenstein is an American documentary photographer and visual artist known for his impactful work focusing on power dynamics, poverty, and social violence. Through long-term projects, he sheds light on marginalized communities and addresses issues such as wealth inequality and structural racism. Lowenstein's commitment to social justice is evident in his extensive body of work, which challenges perceptions and gives voice to those often unheard. He is a member and owner of the NOOR photo agency and has received international recognition for his projects, including "Shadow Lives USA" and coverage of events like elections in Afghanistan and social violence in Central America. Lowenstein's work aims to bridge understanding and advocate for those affected by global issues. // JON LOWENSTEIN – DOCUMENTARIAN
Jon Lowenstein has been a professional photographer for more than ten years. He specializes in long-term, in-depth projects that confront the realms of power, poverty, and violence. As a documentary photographer, he strives for unsparing clarity, and believes images make a critical contribution by revealing the subjects of history that lack voice. At the core of the work, and by his own admission, is a lighted love of people. An equally intractable believer in the art, he asks those who consider photography unessential to picture a world with no pictures.
For more than a decade Jon Lowenstein has traveled, studied, and documented the experiences of undocumented Latin Americans living throughout the United States. Shadow Lives USA follows the migrant trail from Central America, through Mexico and throughout the United States in an effort to the real stories of the men and women who make up the largest transnational migration in world history. He has also spent the past decade documenting and working with folks in his community on the South Side of Chicago. This project asks important questions like what does South Side mean? Told by the community with fewer filters, more raw, real, honest and still with an aesthetic that’s a personal collaboration between himself and the community where he lives and works South Side becomes a true integrative expression of a uniquely American time and place. This participatory media project seeks to open a new dialogic space in a place that Jon has been documenting for more than a decade.
Lowenstein was recently named a 2011 Guggenheim Fellow. He is also currently a 2011 TED Global Fellow and was just named a 2012 Hasselblad Master. In 2008 he was named the Joseph P. Albright Fellow by the Alicia Patterson Foundation and also won a 2007 Getty Images Grants for Editorial Photography. He also won a 2007 World Press Award and was named as a USC Annenberg Institute for Justice and Journalism Racial Justice Fellowship. he 58th National Press Photographer’s Pictures of the Year Magazine Photographer of the Year Award and Fuji Community Awareness Award.
His international assignments include covering elections in Afghanistan to the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti to social violence in Guatemala. Most recently, he began a project about the impact of cerebral Malaria in Children in Uganda.
He is member and owner of the NOOR Images cooperative and photo agency.
Lowenstein’s work can be seen at www.jonlowenstein.com.
// Jon Lowenstein has been a professional photographer for more than ten years. He specializes in long-term, in-depth projects that confront the realms of power, poverty, and violence. As a documentary photographer, he strives for unsparing clarity, and believes images make a critical contribution by revealing the subjects of history that lack voice. At the core of the work, and by his own admission, is a lighted love of people. An equally intractable believer in the art, he asks those who consider photography unessential to picture a world with no pictures.
For more than a decade Jon Lowenstein has traveled, studied, and documented the experiences of undocumented Latin Americans living throughout the United States. Shadow Lives USA follows the migrant trail from Central America, through Mexico and throughout the United States in an effort to portray the real stories of the men and women who make up the largest transnational migration in world history.
He has also spent the past decade documenting and working with folks in his community on the South Side of Chicago. This project asks important questions like what does South Side mean? Told by the community with fewer filters, more raw, real, honest and still with an aesthetic that's a personal collaboration between himself and the community where he lives and works South Side becomes a true integrative expression of a uniquely American time and place. This participatory media project seeks to open a new dialogic space in a place that Jon has been documenting for more than a decade.
Lowenstein was named a 2011 Guggenheim Fellow in Photography and recently was awarded the 2014 Center for Documentary Studies Dorothea Lange/Paul Taylor for his photography and writing. He is currently a 2014 TED SENIOR Fellow. Recently, he was named a 2012 Hasselblad Master. In 2008 he was named the Joseph P. Albright Fellow by the Alicia Patterson Foundation and also won a 2007 Getty Images Grants for Editorial Photography. He also won a 2007 World Press Award and was named as a USC Annenberg Institute for Justice and Journalism Racial Justice Fellowship. He won the 2005 NPPA New America Award, a 2004 World Press photo prize, 2003 Nikon Sabbatical Grant, the 58th National Press Photographer Pictures of the Year Magazine Photographer of the Year Award and Fuji Community Awareness Award.
His international assignments include covering elections in Afghanistan to the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti to social violence in Guatemala. Most recently, he completed a project about the impact of cerebral Malaria in Children in Uganda.
He is the founder of the NOOR Documentary Foundation USA.
// For the past 20 years, photographer and TED Fellow Jon Lowenstein has documented the migrant journey from Latin America to the United States, one of the largest transnational migrations in world history. Sharing photos from his decade-long project "Shadow Lives USA," Lowenstein takes us into the inner worlds of the families escaping poverty and violence in Central America -- and pieces together the complex reasons people leave their homes in search of a better life. // Jon Lowenstein is an American documentary photographer and visual artist known for his impactful work focusing on power dynamics, poverty, and social violence. Through long-term projects, he sheds light on marginalized communities and addresses issues such as wealth inequality and structural racism. Lowenstein's commitment to social justice is evident in his extensive body of work, which challenges perceptions and gives voice to those often unheard. He is a member and owner of the NOOR photo agency and has received international recognition for his projects, including "Shadow Lives USA" and coverage of events like elections in Afghanistan and social violence in Central America. Lowenstein's work aims to bridge understanding and advocate for those affected by global issues. // Documentary photographer, filmmaker, visual artist // film - directing, violence, empathic, economic inequality, immigration, writing, infectious disease, marginalized communities, urban, traveling, authentic storyteller, participatory, photography, race, justice, community engagement, traveling abroad, journalist, women, migration, racism, marginalized, humane, documentary, artist, social justice, malaria, children, cinematography., life, housing, urban poor, poverty, vulnerability, inequality, racial justice, photographer // USA|Alberta|Chicago|Calgary|Canada|Illinois
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