Sheila McKinnon
Sheila McKinnon is a Canadian born photographer and journalist who has lived most of her life in Italy. She has worked in Africa, Asia and Europe for The New York Times, Newsweek, Die Welt, Beaux Arts Magazine, Condé Nast, the International Herald Tribune, the Los Angeles Times, the Carnegie Foundation, the Knight Foundation, Saveur magazine, the Toronto Globe and Mail and other international and Italian publications including la Repubblica, il Messaggero, Corriere della Sera, l’Espresso, Panorama, Gente, Oggi, Capital.
McKinnon has worked in collaboration with various humanitarian organizations and UN agencies such as UNICEF, the FAO, UNFPA, IDLO, La Comunità di Sant’Egidio, Africare, and others. Her photographic exhibition BORN INVISIBLE, was presented by the Fondazione Edoardo Garrone and inaugurated at the Palazzo Ducale in Genoa on February 3, 2011. A new edition of BORN INVISIBLE was presented in Rome, Italy at the Museo di Roma in Trastevere on June 5, continuing until September 28, 2014.
Photography books:
- "The Islands of Italy", photography book published by Houghton and Mifflin in 1992, text by Barbara Grizzutti Harrison.
- "Anna, Ciro & Compagnia", published by ERI - RAI - Italy 1985.
- "On Their Side – Dalla Parte dei Bambini" on the UN convention on the rights of the child 1999 for UNICEF, Italy.
- "The Sacred Fire", photo book on Indian Weddings published by Logart Press, Italy, 2002.
- "Invisible Women", sponsored by the City of Rome, Italy, 2006.
- "Born Invisible", was presented by the Fondazione Edoardo Garrone at the Palazzo Ducale in Genoa, Italy, Feb. 3, 2011.
- "BORN INVISIBLE", with English and Italian texts, published by Gangemi Editore, Rome, June 5, 2014.
External links
Press
http://www.artemagazine.it/arte-contemporanea/53905/a-roma-gli-scatti-di-shaila-mckinnon/ http://tg24.sky.it/tg24/spettacolo/photogallery/2014/06/11/_born_invisible_sheila_mckinnon_mostra_roma_condizione_femminile.html http://www.huffingtonpost.it/2014/06/04/sheila-mckinnon-born-invisible-mostra-roma_n_5445368.html?utm_hp_ref=italy http://d.repubblica.it/attualita/2014/05/15/foto/mostra_pittura_donne_delta_of_venus_roma-2143024/1/ http://www.ansa.it/lifestyle/notizie/societa/famiglia/2014/06/05/le-foto-di-born-invisible-destini-femminili-gestiti-senza-consenso_2782c4cf-525c-4ae9-8e25-5b9c6bb6efc3.html http://www.gangemi.com/scheda_articolo.php?id_prodotto=4798&isbn=9788849228687 http://www.repubblica.it/2006/05/gallerie/esteri/mckinnon/mckinnon.html?ref=search%20Photo%20Archive