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Paola Gianturco: Documenting Incredible "Grandmother Power" Around the World
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In Her Hands
From the beginning, Paola Gianturco wanted to create a difference for the women artisans she profiles within In Her Hands. This led Paola and her collaborator Toby Tuttle to donate all author royalties from the book to organizations that benefit her subjects. Paola’s message traveled far and wide. While Paola’s appearance on the Oprah Winfrey Show and exhibition at Chicago’s Field Museum helped bring her advocacy to a mass audience, photos from the book also reached the upper echelons of US policymaking and international diplomacy. The United Nations General Assembly exhibited photos from In Her Hands at the 2000 Beijing +5 Conference in their public lobby. Two years later, another In Her Handsexhibition opened in the Rotunda of the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C. Beyond the direct contributions from her author royalties, the success of the book comes just as much from inspired readers. One reader felt moved to donate $10,000 directly to the Gujarat, India embroiderers featured in the book. “It really moved me to see what happened when the readers of the book collaborated, unbeknownst to me — I didn’t know this would happen,“ Paola says.
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Paola Gianturco: Documenting Incredible "Grandmother Power" Around the World
In this video PhotoWings speaks to photojournalist Paola Gianturco about her fifth and most recent book, "Grandmother Power: A Global Phenomenon." Paola tells us about the inspirational grandmother activists she met around the world, documenting their fight for social, economic, and political justice, breaking down the stereotypes of what it means to get older. She give us a look into her process, and the crucial relationship between text and images in her work. About Paola: Photojournalist Paola Gianturco has documented women’s lives in 55 countries and created five books, all philanthropic projects. Her images have been exhibited at the United Nations, UNESCO, The US Senate, The Field Museum/Chicago, The International Museum of Women and The Museum of the African Diaspora/San Francisco, The Norton Simon Museum/Pasadena, The Grand Rapids Public Museum, the Smithsonian Folklife Festival/Washington DC, and more. Paola’s involvement with women’s issues is long-standing. She was a principal in the first US women-owned advertising agency; co-developed and taught executive institutes on Women and Leadership at Stanford University; and served on the board of AWID (Association of Women's Rights in Development). She chaired the Board of The Crafts Center/Washington DC, which worked with low-income artisans around the world. www.paolagianturco.com
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