Elizabeth Herman’s Profile

Elizabeth D. Herman is a Boston-born freelance photographer and researcher currently based in New York. She spent 2011 in Bangladesh as a Fulbright Fellow, researching how politics influence the writing of national histories in textbooks.  She has spent the past three years working on A Woman’s War, taking the project to five countries on three continents. Since moving back to the U.S., Elizabeth has been freelancing for a number of national and international news outlets, and is currently the International Picture Intern at TIME Magazine. 

Elizabeth graduated from Tufts University with a B.A. in Political Science and Economics in 2010. While at Tufts she received Highest Thesis Honors in Political Science for her research on representations of 9/11 in history textbooks worldwide.  She now serves on the Student Advisory Board of Tufts Institute for Global Leadership’s new Program for Narrative & Documentary Practice, founded and directed by Gary Knight. 

Her research and photography have been featured in The New York Times, TIME, The Guardian, GlobalPost, NPR, Jezebel, The Nation, and The Daily Beast, among others. Her work has been published in War Is Only Half the Story, Vol. V, shown in various group shows across the U.S., and exhibited in solo shows at Shadhona Studios in Dhaka, Bangladesh and United Photo Industries in New York.

 

CONTACT
currently in: New York, New York
www.elizabethdherman.com
elizabethdherman@gmail.com
+1 617 271 4173

AWARDS
2013: Blue Earth Alliance, Sponsored Project
2013: Magenta Flash Forward, Winner
2013: Lucie Foundation Scholarship, Shortlist
2012: PNDP Tim Hetherington Award, Grantee
2012: OjodePez Award for Human Values, Finalist
2012: Prix Pictet, Nominee
2011: The Livingston Awards, Finalist
2011: The Aftermath Project, Finalist
2011: GlobalPost/Open Hands Initiative, Reporting Fellow
2011: FotoVisura Spotlight Grant, Top Finalist
2011: Lucie Foundation Scholarship, Shortlist
2011: Photoshelter Top Photography Project of 2011
2011: Px3 Paris Photo, Official Selection
2010: Fulbright Fellow, Bangladesh

EXHIBITIONS
2012: “A Woman's War," SOLO SHOW, United Photo Industries, Brooklyn, NY
2012: “A Woman's War," The Fence, Photoville, presented by United Photo Industries, Brooklyn, NY
2012: “A Woman's War: Bangladesh," Women in Photography Nighttime Projection, presented by FotoVisura at Photoville, Brooklyn, NY
2012: “A Woman's War: Bangladesh," FotoVisura Grant Exhibition, United Photo Industries, Brooklyn, NY
2012: “A Woman's War: Bangladesh,” Slideluck Potshow DC, Washington DC
2011: “A Woman’s War: Bangladesh,” SOLO SHOW, Shadhona Studio, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2011: “The Idea Of Home: Houston,” Tufts University Slater Gallery, Medford, MA
2011: “Women Warriors: Hue, Vietnam,” Tufts University Slater Gallery, Medford, MA
2010: “The Idea Of Home: Shifts in Houston’s Third Ward,” El Dorado Gallery, Houston, TX
2010: “The Last Village: Ajmer, India,” Tufts University Slater Gallery, Medford, MA
2009: “Education for All? Youth Education and Labor in Siem Reap, Cambodia,” Tufts University Slater Gallery, Medford, MA

PRESS
A Woman's War: Talking with Elizabeth Herman, The Nation, 28 November 2012
Brooklyn: Elizabeth D. Herman, La Journal de la Photographie, 6 November 2012
Elizabeth D. Herman's Best Photograph, The Guardian, 4 July 2012
The Jezebel 25: Kick-Ass and Amazing Women We Love, Jezebel, 22 June 2012
Tracing Present Scars to Past Scars to Past Traumas, New York Times Lens Blog, 18 May 2012
Awesome 23-Year-Old Photographer Travels Around the World Interviewing Wartime Women, Jezebel, 18 May 2012
Interview: Elizabeth Herman on Bangladesh’s Female Freedom Fighters, Asia Society, 29 February 2012
9/11 Taught Differently Around the World, Tufts Grad Finds, NPR's All Things Considered, 8 September 2011
The Lessons, The New York Times, 8 September 2011
Full Frame: Women Warriors Vietnam, GlobalPost, 16 January 2011
Elizabeth Herman: Durga Puja, The Travel Photographer, 4 January 2011

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