Cassandra M. Zampini | |
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Born | 1983 |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Boston University |
Known for | Photography Digital art |
Website | https://www.cassandrazampini.com/ |
Cassandra M. Zampini (born 1983) is a New York City based American photographer and digital artist.
While at high school Zampini took portrait photographs of graduating seniors. [1]
Mostly self-taught in photography, [2] Zampini did study at Boson University when she took on a summer internship with New World Outlook she was sent to South America to write about and photograph on poverty and globalization. [1] Zampini realized the impact that photography could have and that internship has shaped her work. [3]
After the internship Zampini became the principal photographer for the parent company of New World Outlook where she managed campaign shoots. [1] Her next job was as a photojournalist for a local newspaper in Connecticut, while also undertaking freelance work for companies at events, doing corporate events, and photo shoots. [1]
Zampini's 2016 photographic essay The Commute appeared in the Atlantic magazine. [4]
In 2018, the Facebook–Cambridge Analytica data scandal prompted Zampini to pivot her focus towards digital media. [2] Also in 2018, her first show in New York City focused on her ongoing project, Data Mine. [5] In 2020, she received critical attention for her 25-minute film Media Warfare, which condensed clips of fake news and conspiracy theories. [6]
Her work is included in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, [7] the University of Arizona's Center for Creative Photography, [8] the Arnot Art Museum, the Griffin Museum of Photography in Winchester. She has exhibited her work at ArtYard in Frenchtown, as well as at various art galleries in Boston. [9] [2] Zampini was part of A Yellow Rose Project; a 2020 artistic reflection on the 100 year anniversary of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. [8] [9]
In 2022, Zampini was selected as a National Arts Club fellow, which provides an eighteen month residency. [10] [8]
Zampini is based in New York City. [11] [4] She is married, and has a brother who is an anthropologist. [12]
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