Michelle Frankfurter’s Profile

Destino By Michelle Frankfurter: 15Dec2012; The epic migrant journey by rail across Mexico to el sueño Americano.; Tags: Documentary, Immigration, Mexico, Migration, Photography

Born in Jerusalem, Israel Michelle Frankfurter is a documentary photographer from Takoma Park, MD. She graduated from Syracuse University with a bachelor’s degree in English. 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. Since 2000, Frankfurter has concentrated on the border region between the United States and Mexico and on themes of migration. She was a finalist for the 2011 Aftermath Project for her personal project Destino, documenting Central American migrants and a 2011 Top 50 Critical Mass winner.

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DESTINO

The inexorable journey by rail across Mexico to El Sueño Americano 2009 – present

Destino/Kickstarter March – April 2012

Fundraising campaign 153% successful to finance completion of project, documenting the migrant journey along the U.S. – Mexico border (currently in progress).

BORDERLANDS

Inspired by the bleak prose of Cormac McCarthy’s border trilogy, Borderlands explores themes and issues pertaining to the frontier-like region between the Unites States and Mexico 2000 – 2008

HAITI

Documented life in Haiti during international embargo and United States-led invasion to restore exiled President Jean Bertrand Aristide 1993 - 1995

REUTERS NEWS SERVICE

Managua, Nicaragua

Co-managed photography department of Managua bureau January – December 1990

Witness For Peace

Managua, Nicaragua

Documented effects of Contra war on civilians 1988 - 1989

AWARDS

2012 FotoEvidence Book Award finalist

2011 Critical Mass Top 50

Aftermath Project 2011 finalist