Jennifer Bishop (photojournalist)

Jennifer Bishop is an American photojournalist based in Baltimore who is notable for her street photography.[2][7][8][9][10][1][11][12] She was one of the founders of the alternative weekly Baltimore City Paper when it began publishing in 1977,[13] and she contributed photographs consistently to the publication from its inception to 1994.[7] She was given her own space, choosing pictures which were "unfettered by second-guessing editors", in which she often recorded "the quirky moments, sudden epiphanies, visual paradoxes and poetic ironies that define the strangeness of everyday life", often of "gritty inner-city neighborhoods."[1]

For the American actress, see Jennifer Bishop.
Jennifer Bishop
Born (1957-05-01) May 1, 1957
Cleveland, Ohio, USA[1]
NationalityAmerican
EducationPhillips Academy (1975)
Alma materJohns Hopkins University B.A. 1979[2]
AwardsMaryland State Arts Council Awards (2018, 2012, 1993, 1989)[3][4]

TASH Positive Images award (2011)[5]

Arc Award of Excellence (2007)[6]
Websitejenniferbishopphotography.com

Bishop contributed photographs to the Baltimore Sun, Baltimore City Paper, Baltimore News-American, The Washington Post magazine, Health magazine, People magazine, USA Today and other publications.[7][8][9][1][11][14] In addition to her commercial work for foundations and advertising agencies and institutions, including hospitals with a focus on children and medicine, much of her career has been devoted to chronicling the city of Baltimore.[3] Her work often focuses on advocacy for people with disabilities.[5][13] In 2006, she started Maryland's first Heart Gallery, a photo exhibit to promote the adoption of children with special needs.[14][10][13]

According to the magazine Baltimore Fishbowl, Bishop's documentary style is "quirky and deeply humanistic" with a "compassionate knack for capturing people" in "circumstance-revealing moments."[7] According to Glenn McNatt of the Baltimore Sun, she has an "immensely sensitive antenna for the emotional emanations of ordinary people, conveying the mystery and wonder of everyday life."[1] Critic Michael Olesker wrote that Bishop "denies us cheap sentimentality" and that her pictures offer "wry ironies that look unsettlingly like the truth."[12]

Bishop shot many of her photos on Tri-X film with a minimum of equipment, usually in black and white.[1] Since 2004, she employs color digital photography, shooting with a Nikon mirrorless Z series camera, sometimes converting her images to black and white.[2]

Bishop was born in Cleveland and grew up in Tyringham, Massachusetts.

References
  1. Glenn McNatt (September 13, 2000). "Photographer turns the quirky into the sublime". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved February 9, 2021.
  2. "ALUMNI PHOTOGRAPHERS SHOW US THEIR FAVORITE IMAGES". Johns Hopkins University magazine. Spring 2017. Retrieved February 9, 2021.
  3. "JENNIFER BISHOP". Maryland State Arts Council. 2018. Archived from the original on March 3, 2021. Retrieved February 9, 2021.
  4. Maryland State Arts Council, 2018, FY2018 Individual Artist Award Recipient List(1).pdf, Retrieved February 9, 2021
  5. Council Publication Wins Award, Retrieved February 10, 2021
  6. Baltimore Sun, August 22, 2007, People on the Move, Retrieved February 10, 2021
  7. Betsy Boyd (November 14, 2011). "Jennifer Bishop: 30 Years of Dynamic Photos". Baltimore FishBowl. Retrieved February 9, 2021.
  8. Rafael Alvarez (January 21, 2021). "IN RESERVE & AT THE READY". Chesapeake Bay Magazine. Retrieved February 9, 2021.
  9. "Generations of Regulars Share Memories of New Wyman Park Restaurant: The diner, a Baltimore landmark since the eve of World War II, closed for good last month". Baltimore Magazine. December 14, 2020. Retrieved February 9, 2021.
  10. Matt D. Wilson (February 14, 2006). "A Photo Gallery with Heart". Capital News Service. Retrieved February 9, 2021.
  11. Staff writer (November 1, 2017). "40 Years of City Paper Photography: Jennifer Bishop". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved February 9, 2021.
  12. Michael Olesker (September 12, 2000). "Photographer makes us extend our sensibilities". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved February 9, 2021.
  13. J. M. Giordano (June 7, 2017). "EP4: Jennifer Bishop". 10 Frames Per Second (podcast). Retrieved February 9, 2021.
  14. Staff writer (November 2020). "The Baltimore Ekphrasis Project – Author and Artist Bios". The Light Ekphrasis (magazine). Retrieved February 9, 2021.
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