Najlah Feanny

Najlah Feanny
Born Najlah Feanny
1961
Kingston, Jamaica WI
Nationality American
Known for Photography
Website www.najlahfeanny.com

'Najlah Feanny (1961),[1] or Najlah Feanny Hicks (born in Kingston, Jamaica) is an American photojournalist and former Newsweek Magazine contributor.[2][3] Feanny covered politics, the American landscape, breaking news, feature stories, as well as documented stories in dozens of countries around the world. Feanny's images are represented by Corbis Images. She has set up projects and organizations to help vulnerable young people: the Heart Gallery of New Jersey,[4] Do1Thing,[5] and Design for Social GOOD.[6]

Projects

Feanny is the co-founder of the 'Heart Gallery of New Jersey' photography exhibition[7] where she brought together 150 photographers to photograph children in foster care to promote their bid for adoption,[8] photographing all 328 children who were legally eligible for adoption.[9] ABC News recognized Heart Galleries in its "Person of the Week" article.[10]

She founded Do1Thing,[11] a project where photographers donated their time to make portraits of homeless teenagers who aged out of foster care, for a traveling exhibition to inspire people to adopt.[12]

She is the founder and chief creative officer of Design for Social GOOD,[13] an organization that uses design solutions to highlight social dilemmas.

Selected Group Exhibitions

Awards and honors

Private collections

Books with contributions

Education and academic career

Feanny holds a B.S. (1983) in Journalism from the University of Florida and an MFA (2009) in Design & Technology from Parsons, The New School for Design. After obtaining her MFA degree, she taught web design at Parsons, The New School for Design and York College of The City University of New York.[19] Currently, she is an adjunct assistant professor[20] in the department of art and design at Montclair State University.

Press coverage

References

  1. ↑ http://prosrc.corbisimages.com/photographer/najlah-feanny-hicks
  2. ↑ Newsweek. "Newsweek".
  3. 1 2 Gustafson, Krystina. "Picturing a Home". University of Florida. College of Journalism and Communications. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
  4. ↑ "Heart Gallery of New Jersey". heartgallerynj.org.
  5. ↑ "Do 1 Thing". do1thing.org.
  6. ↑ http://designforsocialgood.org/
  7. ↑ "NJ.com: Heart Gallery". nj.com.
  8. 1 2 Brown, Bob (12 August 2005). "Photographers capture spirit of kids in need of homes". ABC News. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
  9. ↑ Brzowsky, Sara (17 April 2005). "Your Hearts Reached Out". Toledo Blade. Parade. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  10. 1 2 "Person of the Week: Heart Galleries". ABC News. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
  11. ↑ http://updates.mainetoday.com/blogs/nxt-next-generation/facing-teen-homelessness-do1thing-at-salt
  12. ↑ "About Us". Do 1 Thing. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
  13. ↑ "Najlah Feanny Hicks Archive", York College, City University of New York. Accessed 24 July 2014.
  14. 1 2 3 4 http://www.do1thing.org
  15. ↑ "Past Winners", Ramapo College of New Jersey. Accessed 12 August 2014.
  16. ↑ "Home - William J Clinton Presidential Library". clintonlibrary.gov.
  17. ↑ America 24/7
  18. ↑ "York College".
  19. ↑ "CUNY York College".

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