| Born in Jerusalem, Israel Michelle Frankfurter is a documentary photographer from Takoma Park, MD. Before settling in the Washington, DC area, Frankfurter spent three years living in Nicaragua where she worked as a stringer for the British news agency, Reuters and with the human rights organization Witness For Peace, documenting the effects of the contra war on civilians. In 1995, a long-term project on Haiti earned her two World Press Photo awards. She has worked for a number of editorial publications, including The Guardian of London, The Washington Post Magazine, Ms., Time, and Life Magazine. Her personal documentary work has been published in Shots Magazine, and the online publications, Verve Photo and Burn Magazine. She has been featured in juried exhibitions at The Washington Project For the Arts, the Arlington Arts Center, and the Photo Place Gallery in Middlebury, Vermont. She was recently accepted to Photo Eye, Photographer’s Showcase. |
