Lisa Kristine

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Kristine with her portrait of Kofi in 2022.

Lisa Kristine (born September 2, 1965) [1] is an American humanitarian photographer, [2] activist, and speaker. Her photography has documented indigenous cultures and social causes, such as modern slavery, in more than 100 countries. [3] Through her work, Kristine has supported charities and humanitarian organizations. She is a member of the Explorer's Club. [4]

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Kristine has published six books and has been the subject of four documentaries. Kristine is the recipient of the 2013 Lucie Humanitarian Award. In 2017, she founded Human Thread Foundation to promote human dignity through educating the public and driving awareness about social causes. In 2019, her exhibition on human trafficking was inaugurated by Pope Francis at the Vatican. [5]

Early life and education

Kristine began learning photography at age 11. She was inspired as a child while looking at images of indigenous people in her mother's anthropology. [6]

She graduated at 18 from the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising in San Francisco and immediately left for Europe. Although the two-year Fashion Institute program had taught her a lot about color, design, and graphics, she says, "I recognized that [fashion] wasn't going to be for me."[ citation needed ]

Career in photography

She traveled through Europe, North Africa, and Asia making photographs. She especially gravitated to and responded to the bold colors of Asia. Shortly thereafter, she says, her work became more purposeful. She researched ancient cultures, including how they found meaning, whether through conventional religion, philosophy, or animism.

As a professional photographer, Kristine began traveling internationally in the early 1980s. [7] She has visited countries on six continents and is focused on topics related to human rights and, in particular, modern slavery. [8] Kristine is known to spend months connecting with her subjects by traveling with a translator to ensure the subjects' permission before documenting them on film. [9]

In June 2021 Kristine was featured on CNN International. [10]

Books

In 2009, she collaborated with Free the Slaves on a body of work about human enslavement, published as Slavery (2010).

In 2017, Kristine published her sixth book, entitled Bound to Freedom: Slavery to Liberation.

Educating

When the State of the World Forum convened in San Francisco in 1999, Kristine presented her work to help inspire discussions on human rights, social change, and global security. [3] [4]

In 2017, Kristine founded Human Thread Foundation to promote human dignity through educating the public and driving awareness about social causes.[ citation needed ]

In 2018 Kristine's work inspired a worksheet for 7th to 10th graders for world history, civics and visual arts through Literacy & Empathy: Learning Activity for Ted Talks on Modern-Day slavery resulted in a worksheet created and designed with literacy strategies for understanding slavery through Kristine's TEDx talk. [11] [12]

Films

One of the films that featured her work on slavery, Sold , directed by Jeffrey D. Brown and Emma Thompson includes a character inspired by Kristine and is portrayed by Gillian Anderson.

Exhibitions

Kristine was the sole exhibitor at the 2009 Vancouver Peace Summit. [3]

In February 2015, Kristine's exhibition entitled Modern Slavery was presented at Kogart House Museum in Budapest, Hungary. The First Lady, Anita Herczegh, wife of President János Áder, the main patron of the exhibition, took part in the opening of the exhibition, which was open for two months. [13]

The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center announced the opening of Enslaved: A Visual Story of Modern Day Slavery on Saturday in 2016. The exhibit featured images by Kristine that not only document the lives endured by slaves but also their freedom. [14] In 2017, EnSlaved was shown at the Smithsonian Affiliate's, National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis. [15]

On May 10, 2019, Pope Francis officially blessed and inaugurated Kristine's exhibition, Nuns Healing Hearts, at the Vatican. The exhibition focused on the Talitha Kum nuns who combat human trafficking around the world. [16] The images were taken in more than six countries and were a culmination of a nearly two-year project. In 2019, Kristine's exhibition launched at the United Nations in New York City. The exhibition was opened by Princess Takamado of the Japanese Imperial Family that same year at the Mitsubishi Gallery in Japan. [17] [18] [19]

Reception

Her work has been endorsed by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the Queen Mother of Bhutan, and Amnesty International. [3] [20]

Her work was auctioned by Christie's New York and sponsored by the United Nations to benefit Kofi Annan's Ambassador's Ball. [3]

Publications

Films

Awards

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