Najlah Feanny | |
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Born | Najlah Feanny 1961 Kingston, Jamaica WI |
Nationality | American |
Known for | Photography |
Website | www.najlahfeanny.com |
'Najlah Feanny (1961), [1] or Najlah Feanny Hicks (born in Kingston, Jamaica) is an American photojournalist and former Newsweek Magazine contributor. [2] [3] Feanny covered politics, the American landscape, breaking news, feature stories, as well as documented stories in dozens of countries around the world. Feanny's images are represented by Corbis Images. She has set up projects and organizations to help vulnerable young people: the Heart Gallery of New Jersey, [4] Do1Thing, [5] and Design for Social GOOD. [6]
Feanny is the co-founder of the 'Heart Gallery of New Jersey' photography exhibition [7] where she brought together 150 photographers to photograph children in foster care to promote their bid for adoption, [8] photographing all 328 children who were legally eligible for adoption. [9] ABC News recognized Heart Galleries in its "Person of the Week" article. [10]
She founded Do1Thing, [11] a project where photographers donated their time to make portraits of homeless teenagers who aged out of foster care, for a traveling exhibition to inspire people to adopt. [12]
She is the founder and chief creative officer of Design for Social GOOD, [13] an organization that uses design solutions to highlight social dilemmas.
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Feanny holds a B.S. (1983) in Journalism from the University of Florida and an MFA (2009) in Design & Technology from Parsons, The New School for Design. After obtaining her MFA degree, she taught web design at Parsons, The New School for Design and York College of The City University of New York. [19] Currently, she is an adjunct assistant professor [20] in the department of art and design at Montclair State University.
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