- Alison Wright (photojournalist)
Alison Wright (born Summit,
New Jersey , 1961) is an American photojournalist and writer.Alison Wright's work is represented by "National Geographic " andCorbis . Her photography of endangered cultures and documentation of the human condition has covered all corners of the globe and been published in magazines world-wide. She is a two-time recipient of the Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Award and the Dorothea Lange Award in Documentary Photography.cite web |url=http://www.satw.org/satw/index.asp?Sid=702
title=The Lowell Thomas Awards |publisher=Society of American Travel Writers |year=2005-2006
accessdate=2008-07-21] cite news |author=Bella English |title=Alison Wright: Her `Faces of Hope' shows the spirit of children facing huge obstacles |url=http://www.boston.com/news/globe/living/articles/2003/09/29/alison_wright_her_faces_of_hope_shows_the_spirit_of_children_facing_huge_obstacles/ |work=The Boston Globe
date=September 29 2003 |accessdate=2008-07-21] [cite news |author=Heather Knight
title=Intrepid Photog Captures Tibetan Culture Alison Wright's work to show at Smithsonian
url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2000/06/23/NB74761.DTL |work=The San Francisco Chronicle |date=June 23 2000 |accessdate=2008-07-21]Wright was nearly killed in a accident in
Laos , when the bus she was riding in was hit by a logging truck. Her story of survival has been featured in "Outside" magazine, "National Geographic Adventure ", and "Yoga Journal ".cite web
url=http://outside.away.com/outside/magazine/200105/200105fieldnotes1.html
title=If I Can Only Breathe
publisher="Outside"
date=May 2001
last=Wright
first=Alison] cite web
url=http://outside.away.com/outside/features/200502/alison-wright_1.html
title=The Life That Almost Wasn't
publisher="Outside"
date=February 2005
last=Wright
first=Alison] [Dan Saelinger. " [http://adventure.nationalgeographic.com/2008/08/everyday-survival/survivors-text/2 Everyday Survivors - Alison Wright: Beating the Impossible] ", "National Geographic Adventure ", August 2008. Retrieved on2008-07-21 .] [cite web|url=http://www.yogajournal.com/lifestyle/1746|title=Postcard From the Edge|publisher=Yoga Journal] She is the founder of the Faces of Hope Fund, which provides health care and education to communities in Asia. [cite web
url=http://www.alisonwright.com/main.php
title=Faces of Hope Fund]Wright attended
Watchung Hills Regional High School in New Jersey, and studied photojournalism atSyracuse University .Bibliography
* "Learning to Breathe: One Woman’s Journey of Spirit and Survival", documenting her recovery from the bus accident.
* "Faces of Hope: Children of a Changing World"
* "A Simple Monk: Writings on the Dalai Lama The Spirit of Tibet"References
External links
* [http://www.alisonwright.com Official Website]
*cite web|url=http://blogs.discovery.com/photo_journeys_wright/|title=Photo Journeys: Alison Wright|publisher=Discovery Channel
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