MaryAnne Golon

MaryAnne Golon
Born	December 2, 1960
Education	University of Florida
Occupation	Photography
Children	Christian Golon

MaryAnne Golon is an independent photography editor and professional media consultant.

She is currently the consulting director of photography and multimedia for AARP, the largest non-profit association in the world providing for the needs of Americans over 50 years old. AARP has over 50 million members and is located in Washington, DC. http://www.aarp.org/

She was Time magazine's director of photography until June 30, 2008. She managed the photography department of the newsweekly along with Michele Stephenson for over twenty years. Among her professional contributions to Time, Golon led the photography team that produced the Hurricane Katrina special edition and the September 11, 2001 special black-bordered edition, each winning National Magazine Awards for single issue topics. Golon has received numerous individual picture-editing awards from the POYi (Pictures of the Year International) and the NPPA's (National Press Photographer’s Association) Best of Photography competitions.

Golon was the on-site photography editor for Time magazine during the first Gulf War in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. She was directly involved in the production of scores of award-winning Time covers and special editions. She coordinated Time's photographic coverage of the Olympic Games for sixteen years.

Recent projects & honors include

• Chair of Professional Advisory Board, NOOR photo agency, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• Guest Director, LOOK 3, Festival of the Photograph, Charlottesville, Virginia, June 10–13, 2009
• Jury Chair, World Press Photo Foundation, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2009
• Jury, World Press Photo Foundation, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2008
• Jury, CHIPP, premier edition of China International Press Photo Contest, Shenzen , China 2005
• Faculty, Joop Swaart Masterclass, World Press Photo Foundation, The Netherlands 2002-2005
• Jury, Visa Pour L'Image, Perpignan, France 1996-1999, 2004, 2006, 2008–2009
• Faculty, Missouri Photo Workshop, 1999–2000, 2002–2008
• Faculty and member of Board of Directors, Eddie Adams Workshop, 1997–2000, 2008–2009
• Faculty, Summit Photographic Workshop, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2006–2009
• Jury, POYi (Pictures of the Year International) competition, 1997, 1998, 2001

Education

MaryAnne Golon received a Bachelor of Science degree in Journalism from the University of Florida and is a distinguished alumnus. [1] She completed a fellowship in Public Policy Studies at Duke University in 1990.

Personal life

MaryAnne has a son, Christian (Ian) Golon. They live in NJ, with their dog, Dallas.

Notes

• Golon Interview
• Golon speaks with CNN

See also

• MaryAnne is passed the torch by Stephenson

External links

• Golon is honorary alumnus from UF

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