MaryAnne Golon at the 2011 Look 3 Conference

MaryAnne Golon (born December 2, 1960) is Assistant Managing Editor and Director of Photography at ''

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Biography

She received a Bachelor of Science degree in

journalism Journalism is the production and distribution of reports on the interaction of events, facts, ideas, and people that are the "news of the day" and that informs society to at least some degree. The word, a noun, applies to the occupation (profes ...

from the

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and is a distinguished alumnus.
She completed a fellowship in Public Policy Studies at

Duke University Duke University is a private research university in Durham, North Carolina. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day city of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco and electric power industrialist James ...

in 1991. Golon was

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's director of photography until June 30, 2008. She managed the photography department of the newsweekly along with Michele Stephenson for over twenty years. Among her professional contributions to Time, Golon led the photography team that produced the

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special edition and the September 11, 2001 special black-bordered edition, each winning

National Magazine Awards The National Magazine Awards, also known as the Ellie Awards, honor print and digital publications that consistently demonstrate superior execution of editorial objectives, innovative techniques, noteworthy enterprise and imaginative design. Or ...

for single issue topics. Golon has received numerous individual picture-editing awards from Pictures of the Year International and the

National Press Photographers Association The National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) is an American professional association made up of still photographers, television videographers, editors, and students in the journalism field. Founded in 1946, the organization is based in at ...

Best of Photography competitions. Golon was the on-site photography editor in Dhahran for ''Time'' magazine during the

Gulf War The Gulf War was a 1990–1991 armed campaign waged by a 35-country military coalition in response to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. Spearheaded by the United States, the coalition's efforts against Iraq were carried out in two key phases: ...

. She was directly involved in the production of scores of award-winning Time covers and special editions. She coordinated Time's photographic coverage of the

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for sixteen years.

Projects and honors

* Chair of Professional Advisory Board, NOOR photo agency, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2009-2011 * Guest Director, LOOK 3, Festival of the Photograph, Charlottesville, Virginia, June 10–13, 2009 * Jury Chair, World Press Photo foundation, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2009 * Jury, World Press Photo foundation, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2008 * Jury, CHIPP, premier edition of China International Press Photo Contest, Shenzen, China 2005, 2012 * Faculty, Joop Swart Masterclass, World Press Photo foundation, The Netherlands 2002-2005 * Jury, Visa Pour L'Image, Perpignan, France 1996–1999, 2004, 2006, 2008–2009, 2012 * Faculty,

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, 1999–2000, 2002–2008, 2012, 2014-18 * Faculty and member of Board of Directors, Eddie Adams Workshop, 1997–2000, 2008–2017 * Faculty, Summit Photographic Workshop, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2006–2009, 2012, 2015, 2018 * Jury, Pictures of the Year International competition, 1997, 1998, 2001

References

External links

PopPhoto: Torch Passed at TIME Photo Desk

Columbia Journalism Review: "Maryanne Golon on Photography as Journalism - from Iraq to Ann Coulter" by Thomas Lang

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