Bio

Dana Romanoff combines her passion for photography, cultural studies, social issues and multimedia to produce intimate and compelling stories. She believes these stories have the power to break down barriers and build new bridges, whether they span oceans or connect backyards.

As a freelance photographer and multimedia producer, Dana’s work has appeared in numerous magazines, newspapers, and anthologies. Dana’s documentary video “No Man’s Land: the Women of Mexico” was short-listed for the 2010 Anthropographia Multimedia & Human Rights Award and is currently being screened at film festivals around the globe. Dana has received many honors including being part of a team at The Charlotte Observer newspaper named a Pulitzer Prize Gold Medal Finalist in Public Service in 2008. Dana’s work has been exhibited in cities including New York, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Boston, Charlotte, Charlottesville and Fort Collins.

Dana holds a B.A. in Cultural Studies/Anthropology from the University of Rochester and an M.A. in Photojournalism and Visual Communication from Ohio University. Raised in upstate New York and based in Boulder, Colorado, Dana is an avid outdoor adventurer and has lived and worked around the U.S., South and Central America and West Africa. Dana is fluent in English & Spanish and can exchange greetings, order a beer, and negotiate taxi prices in a few African dialects.

CLIENTS/PUBLICATIONS
National Geographic Magazine, GEO, New York Times, Virginia Quarterly Review, XL Semanal, Latina, National Geographic Traveler, Der Spiegel, USA TODAY, The Associated Press, The Denver Post, Nova Nordisc, Cochlear America, Women's Foundation of Colorado, America 24/7, Obama's Mile High Moment, Presbyterian Today, Reed Business, E/The Environmental Magazine

AWARDS/RECOGNITION
2010 Anthropographia Multimedia & Human Rights Award
2010 LOOKbetween Featured Artist, Charlottesville, VA
2009 Center’s Review Santa Fe
2008 Pulitzer Prize Finalist - Part of The Charlotte Observer team for story: Sold a Nightmare
2007 LOOK3 Festival of the Photograph presentee
2007 Young Photographer Award -VISA Pour L'Image, Nominee
2006 Virginia National Photography Association (VNPA), Various awards
2006 Photographic Resource Center, exhibition of 30 artists changing the future of photography
2006 Magnum's Inge Morath Award, Finalist
2006 National Geographic Magazine Internship
2005 Society for News Design, Award of Excellence
2005 Atlanta Photojournalism Contest, 2nd place: Portrait
2005 Eddie Adams Workshop
2004 cPOY 1st place: Pictorial; Honorable Mention: Pictorial
2004 Student Enhancement Award, Ohio University
2004 Graduate Student Senate Grant, Ohio University
2003 POYi 3rd place editing in papers under 75,000.
2003 NPPA Women in Photojournalism Juried Exhibition
2002 - 2004 Club Rotario Juried Exhibition, Guatemala
2000 National Conference for Undergraduate Research

EXHIBITS
2010 November: Kniznick Gallery at the Women's Studies Research Center at Brandeis University, “No Man’s Land: The Women of Mexico” solo exhibit
2010 May New York Photo Festival, New York
2010 March Festival Du Film Et Forum International Sur Les Droits Humains , Geneva
2010 March Festival De Films Sur Les Droits De La Personne De Montrйal, Montreal
2009 Sept- January The Light Factory, Charlotte, NC - “No Man’s Land: The Women of Mexico” exhibit
2009 Center For Photography, Fort Collins, CO - “Documentary” Juried exhibit
2007 Novo Nordisk “The Face of Change of Diabetes” LA, NY, Boston, Atlanta
2006 Photographic Resource Center - “30 - Ones to Watch” Juried Exhibit
2003 NPPA Women in Photojournalism, Charlotte, NC - Juried Exhibit