Marissa Roth (born 1957) is a photojournalist who was part of the Los Angeles Times team that won a Pulitzer Prize for Spot News for their coverage of the 1992 Los Angeles riots. She is the subject of a one-woman show, Finding the Light written and performed by Lisa Hayes.[1][2]
Marissa Roth | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1957 (age 66–67) |
| Occupation | Photojournalist |
| Awards | Pulitzer Prize for Spot News |
In addition to the Los Angeles Times, Roth has worked for Newsweek, The New York Times, and Entertainment Weekly. She is a graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles[3] and a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.[4]
Photography
editThe child of Holocaust survivors, much of Roth's work has focused on those affected by violence.[1][5]
Her project Witness to Truth was commissioned by The Museum of Tolerance/Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles; it features her photos of 95 Holocaust survivors who volunteered at the center and is a permanent exhibit there.[4]
Her 2012 exhibit One Person Crying features photos from 28 years of Roth's report, specifically showing wars' effects on women around the world, including Bosnia, Cambodia, Ireland, Poland, and Vietnam.[6][1] One Person Crying inspired playwright and actor Lisa Hayes to develop her one-woman show, Finding the Light, which includes images from the exhibit and addresses women's struggles for survival in times of conflict.[7] The show premiered at the 2014 meeting of the European Association for American Studies in the Hague.[8][9]: 15
In 2016, Roth curated an exhibit of wartime photos by Vietnam War veterans entitled My War: Wartime Photographs by Vietnam Veterans.[10]
Exhibitions
editBooks
editAs photographer
edit- Infinite Light, 2014[12]
- Come the Morning, 2005[13]
- Real city : downtown Los Angeles inside/out, 2001[14]
- Burning Heart: a Portrait of the Philippines, 1999[15]
As editor
edit- My War : Wartime Photographs by Vietnam Veterans[16]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "One Person Crying: Women and War - Museum of Tolerance | Los Angeles, CA". www.museumoftolerance.com. Archived from the original on 2016-07-28. Retrieved 2018-12-10.
- ^ "Photographer Marissa Roth Portrayed in 'finding the Light' at Arts Barn". US State News. October 6, 2015.
- ^ Weaver, Jennifer (October 1999). "Marissa Roth's Places of the Heart". Photo District News. 19 (10): 193–196.
- ^ a b Bilcock, Megan (2018-08-14). "Marissa Roth". RPS Hundred Heroines. Retrieved 2018-12-11.
- ^ a b Hawkes, Marilyn (2016-03-23). "Exhibit features witnesses to truth". www.jewishaz.com. Retrieved 2018-12-11.
- ^ Chatain, Georges (2014-02-24). "Marissa Roth donne à la guerre un visage féminin". Le Monde.fr (in French). Retrieved 2018-12-10.
- ^ "United Solo » Finding the Light". United Solo. Retrieved 2018-12-11.
- ^ Birkle, Carmen. "EAAS Women's Network". women.eaas.eu. Retrieved 2018-12-11.
- ^ "America: Justice, War, Conflict [conference program]" (PDF). Retrieved 2018-12-11.
- ^ Berger, Joseph (2016-06-28). "How Young Soldiers Saw Life in Wartime Vietnam". Lens Blog. Retrieved 2018-12-10.
- ^ Roth, Marissa (2000). "Inside/Out: Downtown Los Angeles | Los Angeles Public Library". www.lapl.org. Retrieved 2018-12-11.
- ^ Roth, Marissa; Woeser, Tsering (2014). Infinite Light: A Photographic Meditation on Tibet. Seattle: Marquand Books. ISBN 978-0615909158.
- ^ Harris, Mark Jonathan; Roth, Marissa (2005). Come the morning. ISBN 9780814332412. OCLC 56421904.
- ^ Roth, Marissa; Waldie, D. J (2001). Real city: downtown Los Angeles inside/out. Santa Monica, Calif.: Angel City Press. ISBN 9781883318079. OCLC 47126667.
- ^ Roth, Marissa; Hagedorn, Jessica Tarahata (1999). Burning heart: a portrait of the Philippines. New York: Rizzoli. ISBN 9780847821693. OCLC 41322717.
- ^ Roth, Marissa; Berg, June (2016). My War: Wartime Photographs by Vietnam Veterans. OCLC 995852512.
External links
edit- Marissa Roth Photography website
- About Finding the Light - one-woman show about Marissa Roth
- About Infinite Light - book and exhibition
- Photos with her bio at RPS 100 Heroines