About

 

 

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 

-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