Jessica Dimmock

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Jessica Dimmock (born June 23, 1978) [1] is a documentary photojournalist and filmmaker based in Brooklyn, New York City. Her body of work, The Ninth Floor, documented the lives of a group of young heroin users over the course of several years.

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Education and career

Dimmock is a 2005 graduate of the program in documentary photography and photojournalism at the International Center of Photography. [2] She shoots regularly for the New York Times Magazine , Fortune , Newsweek and other U.S. magazines. She has been profiled in New York magazine, Aperture , Photo District News , and the British Journal of Photography . [3] [4] [5] [6] She is a member of VII Photo Agency. [7]

She began her "Ninth Floor" project in late 2004 in Manhattan. [8] A drug dealer noticed her camera, approached her on the street, and invited her to take photographs of him. [4] He led Dimmock to a building in the Flatiron District, where Dimmock spent eight months photographing the approximately 30 heroin addicts who shared an apartment. [3] [4] In June 2005, the owners of the apartment evicted the addicts, but Dimmock continued to photograph two of the couples for more than two years after the eviction. [3] [9] The project was published as a video and as a book in 2007. [10] [11]

Publications

Publications by Dimmock

Publications with contributions by Dimmock

Films

Exhibitions

Awards

References

  1. 1 2 Flash Forward 2006: Emerging Photographers from Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States (PDF), retrieved 2012-07-31
  2. ↑ Clinton Cargill (September 11, 2005). "The Runners-Up". New York Times. Retrieved 2012-07-31.
  3. 1 2 3 Colin Moynihan (September 18, 2005), "The Heroin Den Next Door: Eight months in a Flatiron shooting gallery", New York, retrieved 2012-07-31
  4. 1 2 3 Joshua Mack (Winter 2006), "The Ninth Floor: Photographs by Jessica Dimmock", Aperture, 185: 78–83
  5. 1 2 3 Daryl Lang (July 13, 2006), "Jessica Dimmock Wins Inge Morath Prize, F Award", Photo District News
  6. 1 2 "Stills to Motion: Jessica Dimmock", British Journal of Photography, February 1, 2011, archived from the original on March 7, 2012, retrieved 2012-07-31
  7. ↑ About VII Photo Agency, VII Photo Agency, archived from the original on 2012-07-23, retrieved 2012-07-31
  8. 1 2 Robert Ayers (April 24, 2008), Jessica Dimmock in New York, ARTINFO, retrieved 2012-07-31
  9. ↑ Dylan Foley (November 11, 2007), "Hell on 23rd Street: They Slowly Kill Themselves as Manhattan Bustles On", New York Post, retrieved 2012-07-31
  10. 1 2 Jessica Dimmock: The Ninth Floor, MediaStorm, retrieved 2012-07-31
  11. 1 2 Dimmock, Jessica (2007). The Ninth Floor. Rome: Contrasto. ISBN   9788869650598.
  12. ↑ The Archive. AP, American Illustration - American Photography, retrieved 2012-07-31
  13. ↑ This Day of Change: Jessica Dimmock / Washington, DC, USA, Kodansha, archived from the original on 2011-10-18, retrieved 2012-07-31
  14. ↑ Jessica Dimmock (March 22, 2010), "Paparazzi: A Film by Jessica Dimmock", VII the Magazine, VII Photo Agency, archived from the original on January 1, 2013, retrieved 2012-07-31
  15. ↑ Edith Zimmerman (February 22, 2010), See Moby's Hypnotically Grim New Music Video, Vulture, retrieved 2012-07-31
  16. ↑ Jessica Dimmock: The Ninth Floor: April 17 - May 31, 2008, Foley Gallery, archived from the original on June 2, 2008, retrieved 2012-07-31
  17. ↑ Blake Gopnik (July 20, 2008), "Rooms With a View Of Addiction's Toll", Washington Post, retrieved 2012-07-31
  18. ↑ 022_Jessica Dimmock "The Ninth Floor" 2004-2007, Kunsthaus Dresden, archived from the original on 2013-02-06, retrieved 2012-07-31
  19. ↑ Dispatches from the Frontlines {12 Women Photojournalists} June 14 to August 3, 2008 (PDF), Fovea Exhibitions, retrieved 2012-07-31
  20. ↑ Jessica Dimmock: The Ninth Floor: 14 March - 1 June 2008, Foam Amsterdam, retrieved 2012-07-31[ permanent dead link ]
  21. ↑ Jessica Dimmock – The Ninth Floor (PDF), Locuslux Gallery, January 30 – March 8, 2009, retrieved 2012-07-31[ permanent dead link ]
  22. ↑ The Ninth Floor, International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, archived from the original on 2013-02-23, retrieved 2012-07-31
  23. ↑ Viewing restricted: [Re]presenting poverty: 27 April -14 June 2009, London School of Economics
  24. ↑ The Brothel Without Walls, Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival, retrieved 2012-07-31
  25. ↑ Jessica Dimmock (USA): The Ninth Floor, Inge Morath Foundation, archived from the original on 2013-01-26, retrieved 2012-07-31
  26. ↑ Daryl Lang (May 16, 2008), "New York Photo Awards Winners Announced", Photo District News
  27. ↑ Winners Gallery: Best Photography Book Award: Finalist: Jessica Dimmock, Contrasto: "The Ninth Floor", Pictures Of The Year International, retrieved 2012-07-31
  28. ↑ "2016 Dallas International Film Festival Award Winners". Selig Film News. 25 April 2016. Retrieved 2018-06-26.
  29. ↑ "The Convention". World Press Photo. Archived from the original on 2018-06-26. Retrieved 2018-06-26.
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