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is an experiential multimedia exhibit about transformation. Inspired by dreams of a praying mantis, she was led around the world to collaborate with living insects, capturing their portraits in photographs and film. "My work is a tribute to insects, to their intelligence, personality and elegant
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foundation competition in the category "Daily Life stories". Briski and co-director Ross Kauffman were awarded grants from the
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Fellowship, the Alicia Patterson Journalism Fellowship in 2000 to research and photograph in the Brothels of India, a
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beauty," she says. The project raised initial funds through the crowdsourcing site
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Briski has won numerous awards and fellowships including the
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Directors of Best Documentary Feature Academy Award winners
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London
England
University of Cambridge
International Center of Photography
Born into Brothels
http://www.zanabriski.com
http://www.reverence.org
British
photographer
filmmaker
Born into Brothels
Oscar
Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature
master's degree
University of Cambridge
International Center of Photography
New York
India
infanticide
Calcutta
Reverence
Kickstarter
Open Society Institute
New York Foundation for the Arts
Howard Chapnick Grant
World Press Photo
Sundance Institute
the Jerome Foundation
New York State Council on the Arts

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