Sheila McKinnon
Sheila McKinnon is a Canadian-born photographer and journalist who has lived most of her life in Italy. She has worked in Africa, Asia and Europe for The New York Times, Newsweek, Die Welt, Condé Nast, the International Herald Tribune, the Los Angeles Times, the Carnegie Foundation, the Knight Foundation, Saveur magazine, The Globe and Mail and other international and Italian publications including la Repubblica, il Messaggero, Corriere della Sera, l’Espresso, Panorama, Gente, Oggi, Artribune, Arte.it, Skytg 24, La Sapienza, Quotidiano di Sicilia, photographers.it, Kyotoclub.it, Mywhere.it. McKinnon has worked in collaboration with various humanitarian organizations and UN agencies such as UNICEF, the FAO, UNFPA, IDLO, La Comunità di Sant’Egidio, Africare, and others.
Sheila McKinnon
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- Born
- 1941 · Toronto.
- Nationality
- Canada
- Occupation
- photographer · journalist · photojournalist
- Education
- Wellesley College · University of Toronto
- Languages
- English
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Sheila McKinnon is a Canadian-born photographer and journalist who has lived most of her life in Italy. She has worked in Africa, Asia and Europe for The New York Times, Newsweek, Die Welt, Condé Nast, the International Herald Tribune, the Los Angeles Times, the Carnegie Foundation, the Knight Foundation, Saveur magazine, The Globe and Mail and other international and Italian publications including la Repubblica, il Messaggero, Corriere della Sera, l’Espresso, Panorama, Gente, Oggi, Artribune, Arte.it, Skytg 24, La Sapienza, Quotidiano di Sicilia, photographers.it, Kyotoclub.it, Mywhere.it. McKinnon has worked in collaboration with various humanitarian organizations and UN agencies such as UNICEF, the FAO, UNFPA, IDLO, La Comunità di Sant’Egidio, Africare, and others.
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Sheila McKinnon (born 1941) is a journalist, photographer and photojournalist, of Canadian nationality. The journalist was born in Toronto. Sheila McKinnon was educated at University of Toronto and Wellesley College. Languages used include English.
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For 20 years her photography focused on the rights of children, of girls and of women. More recently the subject of her work has been Climate Change.
• 1999 - On Their Side, a photographic exhibition created with UNICEF, Italy, on the rights of the child was first presented in Rome in 1999 at the Palazzo delle Esposizioni and later was seen in cultural institutions and civic spaces throughout the peninsula. • 2006–2008 - Invisible Women, an exhibition of women in the developing world was inaugurated in Rome and presented in various Italian cities 2006 – 2008. • 2009 - Invisible Women and the Environment, hosted by the Italian Ministry of the Environment on the occasion of the pre G8 meetings in Syracuse, Sicily, in April 2009. • 2011 - Born Invisible, at the Doge's Palace, Genoa, Italy, 4-20 February 2011. • 2014 - Invisible Women, at the FAO Gender network conference, Rome, March 4, 2014. • 2014 - Born Invisible, at the Museum of Rome in Trastevere, June 5 – September 28, 2014. • 2015 - Born Invisible, at the Robert F. Kennedy Int House, Florence, May 2015. • 2018 - Invisible Light, at the Sala del Cenacolo, Camera dei Deputati, Italian Govt. Rome, 2018.
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Sheila McKinnon is recorded with the occupation photojournalist. Recorded as photographer, journalist and photojournalist.
Sheila McKinnon in 2010.
Cariddi McKinnon Nardulli · Contributed by the photographer, Cariddi McKinnon Nardulli.
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1941
Sheila McKinnon was born on 17 December 1941.
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• 1985 - Anna, Ciro & Compagnia, published by ERI – RAI – Italy 1985. • (Photographer). * • (Photographer). * • 2011 - Born Invisible, was presented by the Fondazione Edoardo Garrone at the Palazzo Ducale in Genoa, Italy, February 3, 2011. *
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- 1.More invisible women. ITSLIQUID. 2007-09-01.
- 2.Capozzo, Désirée Paola. Born invisible: la mostra fotografica di Sheila McKinnon. ELLE. 2011-02-03.
- 3.BORN INVISIBLE mostra di Sheila McKinnon – Genova 4-20 febbraio 2011. Aidos.
- 4.Newsletter settimanale. Palazzo Ducale di Genova.
- 5.BORN INVISIBLE. Mostra fotografica di Sheila McKinnon, Museo di Roma in Trastevere. www.museodiromaintrastevere.it.
- 6.Italia, HuffPost. "Più di un miliardo di bambine sono nate invisibili" (FOTO). HuffPost Italia. 2014-06-05.
- 7.Sheila McKinnon. Born Invisible. Meer. 2015-04-24.
- 8.Sheila McKinnon: Invisible Light. Wanted in Rome. 2018-02-06.
- 9.«Luce invisibile», nell'obiettivo di Sheila McKinnon donne e cambiamenti climatici. Corriere della Sera. 2018-02-12.
- 10.'Invisible Light' di Shila McKinnon. Sky TG24. 2018-02-08.
- 11.Invisible light: Sheila McKinnon in mostra alla Camera dei deputati. RadioSapienza. 2018-01-17.
- 12.Invisible Light. Artribune. 2018-02-13.
- 13.Diritti delle donne e cambiamento climatico nella mostra fotografica “Invisible Light”. TPI. 2018-02-18.
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