BioBio

Krisanne Johnson (b. 1976) grew up in Xenia, OH.

Degree in journalism from the University of Colorado, and postgraduate work in visual communications at Ohio University

Awards: 2009 W. Eugene Smith Fellowship 2009 Getty Images Grant for Editorial Photography 2008 Cassa Lombarda Prize (Italy), 2nd place 2008 OjodePez Photography Award for Human Values, Finalist 2005 World Press Photo, 2nd place, Daily Life Single; POYi, 2nd

place, Magazine Feature Story

“I believe you can learn many things about a country by the way youth live—from fashion to music to home environments,” Johnson

wrote. “And this is a recurring theme in most of my work, whether in the United States or

southern Africa.”

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South Africa

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The ConundrumThe Young, Bright Face of the US AIDS

crisis

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Old German Baptist

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