Stephanie Freid-Perenchio is an independent documentary photographer known for her work highlighting humanitarian causes and wartime. She is best known for her documentary work on the Navy SEALs, both in her publication SEAL: The Unspoken Sacrifice and subsequent work. Her work has been exhibited at the Pritzker Military Museum & Library and the Sun Valley Center for the Arts.[1]
Work
editPerenchio, along with colleague Jennifer Walton, coauthored SEAL: The Unspoken Sacrifice in 2009.[2] The book accounts and shows photographs of Navy SEALs operations during their training and service.[3] Specifically, over the course of eight years, Perenchio and Walton documented training for recruits in Alaska and California, and also spent several months working with the SEALs in Afghanistan.[4] Perenchio's work on Navy SEALs has been featured in Foreign Policy,[5] the Chicago Tribune,[4] and the Pritzker Military Museum & Library.[6][7]
Perenchio has noted that her motivation to document the service of Navy SEALs was based on a conversation she had at a dinner party with Vice Admiral Robert S. Harward. After discussing his service, she has asked frankly out of interest, "How do you kill someone in the morning and then go home and play with your wife and children?" The two continued to stay in touch and after the September 11 attacks, Perenchio contacted Harward about the project, where he allowed her and Walton access. The project was originally called "A Day in the Life of a SEAL."[4]
She has also done documentary work examining endangered animals on the African continent, and evaluating the impact of wartime on women and children living in Afghanistan.[4][8][9]
Locally, Perenchio is also co-chair of the Family of Women Film Festival in Sun Valley, Idaho.[10]
Studio
editPerenchio in based in her own Stephanie Freid-Perenchio (SFP) Studio in Ketchum, Idaho.[9]
References
edit- ^ "Home Front Exhibition Announcement" (PDF). Sun Valley Center for the Arts. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
- ^ Freid-Perenchio, Stephanie; Walton, Jennifer (2009). SEAL the Unspoken Sacrifice. Stephanie Freid-Perenchio Studio. ISBN 9780615303222. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
{{cite book}}:|website=ignored (help) - ^ Walton, Jennifer. "Navy SEAL Photos in New Book "SEAL: The Unspoken Sacrifice"". Huffington Post. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
- ^ a b c d Kogan, Rick (18 April 2014). "World of SEALs revealed in photo exhibit". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
- ^ Freid-Perenchio, Stephanie (3 May 2011). "Killer Seals". Foreign Policy. The FP Group. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
- ^ "Chicago exhibit offers close-up look at Navy SEALs". Madison.com. Associated Press. 11 May 2014. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
- ^ "SEAL The Unspoken Sacrifice". Pritzker Military Museum & Library. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
- ^ Waterfield, Ryan (9 August 2013). "An Artist of Action" (PDF). Sun Valley Property News Magazine. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
- ^ a b Tenney, Kira (Fall 2012). "Solutions: Art for a Cause". Sun Valley Home and Design. Sun Valley Mag. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
- ^ "Family of Woman Film Festival to Celebrates Women & Education in Sun Valley". Broadway World.com. Wisdom Digital Media. Retrieved 7 October 2014.