Get-To-Know-Lecture with Whitney Johnson Latorre
Venue: Stapferhaus
Date: August 27, 2022, 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 p.m
Level: all
Language: English
Get-To-Know-Lecture with Whitney Johnson Latorre
National Geographic is the world’s most influential magazine for photography. For more than 130 years it has been telling and showing us about humanity and our planet, supporting – through the National Geographic Society – explorers, projects and being an active part of the change. Let’s find out how this institution works, how it decides photographic choices, and how it impacts the lives of so many from one of the great protagonists: Whitney Johnson Latorre.
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Whitney Johnson Latorre
Vice president of visual and immersive content at National Geographic
Reviews in English
Latorre earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Barnard College and went on to complete a degree in American Studies at Columbia University. From 2007 to 2015, Latorre was a staff photographer at The New Yorker, first as picture editor and later as director of photography. Whitney Latorre has also worked at the Open Society Foundations, where she was a founding member of the Documentary Photography Project and directed an international grant competition and exhibition for documentary photographers. Her work has received numerous awards from the American Society of Magazine Editors, the Society of Publication Designers, and the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (the Webbys). In 2018, Pictures of the Year International honored National Geographic’s photography team with the Angus McDougall Overall Excellence in Editing Award and presented Latorre with an Award of Excellence in the Magazine Visual Editor of the Year category. In 2019, National Geographic was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography.