The Photojournalist Who Got Locked in a Prison Cell for Her Story
Ana María Arévalo Gosen is a Venezuelan photojournalist whose work has been featured in National Geographic and The New York Times and exhibited in galleries around the world.
She focuses on people who are often overlooked, and her photography is driven by a commitment to bring about change for communities that are struggling. Having left Venezuela in 2009, she brings her own experience as a migrant to the stories she tells.
In this episode of Them Frames That Make Us, Ana shares three photographs: a professional image, a personal image, and one that has never been seen before. She talks about how she earns the trust of the people she photographs and what it takes to get access to places most of us never see. She also explains why giving people their dignity back sits at the center of everything she does.
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