Jenn Whitney

about

"To take photographs means to recognize--simultaneously and within a fraction of a second--both the fact itself and the rigorous organization of visually perceived forms that gives it meaning. It is putting one's head, one's eye, and one's heart on the same axis."

-Henri Cartier-Bresson

Honors

Jennifer's work has been recognized by the National Press Photographer's Association, the Texas Associated Press Managing Editors, the Missouri Press Associaion, the American Sociological Association, Mental Health America, and the Wedding Photojournalist Association. She has also had the privilege of attending both the Eddie Adams Workshop and the Missouri Photo Workshop.

Experience

San Antonio Express-News

Naples Daily News

Columbia Missourian

Orange Photography

San Francisco Bay Guardian

Education

University of Missouri Columbia

MA photojournalism

Spring 2009

Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

Fall 2004

University of Colorado Boulder

BFA photography BA American studies

August 2001

Syracuse University Florence, Italy

Spring 2000