Alexandra Hootnick is an American photographer based in northern California. She is a lecturer at California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt and is available for freelance assignments.
CONTACT
alexandrahootnick@gmail.com
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
The New York Times, Rolling Stone Magazine, National Geographic, The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, The San Francisco Chronicle, Bloomberg Businessweek Magazine, NBC News & more.
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EDUCATION
2015: Diploma of Advanced Visual Storytelling, Danish School of Media & Journalism
2014-present: M.A. in Photography, Syracuse University
2011-2013: M.S. in Digital Media & Investigative Journalism, Columbia University
2005-2008: B.A. in Psychology, University of Virginia
DISTINCTIONS
-American Photography 41, 2025
-San Francisco Chronicle Photos of the Year, 2024
-Time Magazine's Top 100 Photos of 2023
-Women Photograph Year in Pictures, 2023
-New York Times' Year in Pictures, 2023
-Women Photograph Year in Pictures, 2020
-American Photography 36, 2020
-PDN's 30, 2019
-New York Times' Year in Pictures, 2019
-The Guardian US's Favorite Photographs, 2019
-Rolling Stone Magazine's Year in Photos, 2018
-New York Times Portfolio Review, selected, 2017
-Ian Parry Scholarship, finalist, 2016
-British Journal of Photography Breakthrough award, runner-up, 2016
-Duke CDS Documentary Essay prize in photography, semi-finalist, 2016
-PDN Photo Annual, winner, 2016
-American Photography 32, 2016
-PDN Photo Annual, Marty Forscher Fellowship student award, winner, 2015
-New York Times Portfolio Review, selected, 2015
-Eddie Adams Workshop XXVI, participant, 2013
EXHIBITIONS, SCREENINGS
PDN 30 Exhibition, Photoville, Brooklyn, NY 2019
Women Photograph Exhibition, Gallery O, Washington, DC 2019
Women Photograph Exhibition, Photoville, Brooklyn, NY, 2017
Ian Parry Scholatship Exhibition, MOTHER gallery, London, UK, 2016
C.O.R.E. Group Exhibition, Photoville, Brooklyn, NY, 2015
A New Perspective-Juried Exhibit, NPPA Women in Photojournalism Conference, Denver, CO, 2015
Rising Waters: Photographs from Sandy, Museum of the City of New York, New York, NY, 2013-2014
New York Stories: An Evening of Documentary Shorts, The Bronx Documentary Center, Bronx, NY, 2013
BOOKS
American Photography 36, 2020
American Photography 32, 2016
Family.Life, Syracuse University & Alexia Foundation project, 2015
PERMANENT COLLECTION
Rising Waters: Photographs from Sandy, Museum of the City of New York, New York, NY