American photojournalist
Cassandra Giraldo (born May 4, 1989) is a photojournalist, documentary cinematographer, and producer based in Brooklyn, New York.[1]
She was staff producer and cinematographer on Vice News Tonight on HBO from 2016 to 2020.[2]
Early life and education
Cassandra Giraldo was born in 1989 in Los Angeles, California. Her parents are of Mexican-American and Colombian descent. Giraldo received her bachelor's degree in International Affairs and French from Skidmore College in 2011. In 2012, she completed the Photojournalism & Documentary Studies Program at the International Center of Photography.[3] While in the Photojournalism & Documentary Studies program, she began The After School Project.[4] After working for four years as a freelance photographer, she began her studies at the Toni Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, graduating in 2017.[5]
Photography exhibits
- The GentlePunks, Giraldo follows a group of teenage punks in St. Petersburg, Russia avoiding intimidation by the police.[6]
- The After School Project: Is a series of photojournalistic images that documents the after school lives of New York City youth. Inspired by a Brooklyn teen shooting, Giraldo wanted to highlight and contrast the intimate and playful way teens spent their afternoons, navigated a complex and unfriendly world. The series was a project featured on Instagram beginning in 2011 and garnered Giraldo recognition from the Getty Institute where she was and exception finalist in 2015.[7]
- Chutanacuy: photo documentary of a Peruvian small town in Ollantaytambo which documents the local traditions performed in honor of carnival. Chutanacuy is a tradition where teams dress themselves in traditional clothes to complete a tug-of-war. The winning team will harvest the tree of gifts at the edge of town.[8]
Awards
- Giraldo was a member of the Vice Media Group recognized with an Emmy award for Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a Newscast as part of the newsroom's team coverage of the George Floyd protests across the U.S.[9]
- 2016 Chosen Winner, American Photography 32: Photograph of the Brooklyn Technical High School football team from the series "The After School Project".[10]
- 2016 Finalist, Lucie Emerging Scholarship.[11]
- National Press Photographers Association 2016 Bob Baxter Scholarship Winner.[12]
- Named one of 30 Under 30 Women Photographers by Photo Boite in 2016.[13]
- 2015: Exceptional finalist in Getty Images inaugural Instagram grant.[14]
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