Danielle Villasana
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DANIELLE VILLASANA Danielle Villasana is an independent photojournalist whose documentary work focuses on women, identity, human rights and health. Danielle's worked with transgender women in Lima, Peru, won the Magnum Foundation's Inge Morath award in 2015. In 2016, she joined The Everyday Project's Community Team where she manages curations for @EverydayEverywhere and writes frequently about the Everyday community. She also strongly believes in photography education and outreach, which inspired her to help form a yearly photo workshop in Lima, Peru, that aims to empower communities and emerging photographers. Danielle's work has been published in The New York Times, PRI's The World, PBS News, ABC News, News Deeply, Al Jazeera and The Lancet Medical Journal, among others. She is currently based in Istanbul, Turkey. Awards, Workshops, Recognitions: 2016: DokFoto Festival, Speaker (Oslo, Norway) #MujeresEDLA Photo Contest, Judge Objectif's "Women in Photography" Exhibit, Co-sponsored with The Magnum Foundation (Singapore) World Press Joop Swart Masterclass, Nominee Chris Hondros Fund Emerging Photojournalist Award, Nominee 2015: Magnum Foundation's Inge Morth Award, First Place Pride Photo Award, Third Place: Open Category International Photography Awards, Honorable Mention: Deeper Perspectives Getty Images Reportage Emerging Talent, Selected Yo Tengo Derechos, Solo Exhibit with UNAIDS (Lima, Peru) New York Times Portfolio Review, Selected World Press Photo Masterclass Latin America, Finalist 2013: Eddie Adams Workshop, Student El Comercio, Photography Internship (Lima, Peru) Magnum Workshop, Co-Assistant for David Alan Harvey (Austin, TX).