TCF Ep. 228 - Marissa Roth

Published: April 21, 2014, 1:44 a.m.

b'Born and raised in Los Angeles, Marissa Roth is an internationally published freelance photojournalist and documentary photographer. She has worked on assignment for various prestigious publications including The New York Times, and was part of The Los Angeles Times photography staff that won a Pulitzer Prize for Best Spot News Coverage of the 1992 Los Angeles Riots.\\xa0\\nHer work has been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions and a number of images are in museum, corporate and private collections. A commissioned portrait project by The Museum of Tolerance/ Simon Wiesenthal Center, to photograph the Holocaust survivors who volunteer there, \\u201cWitness to Truth,\\u201d is on permanent exhibition at the museum. \\u201cOne Person Crying: Women and War\\u201d, Roth\\u2019s 29-year personal photo essay that addresses the immediate and lingering impact of war on women in different countries and cultures around the world, is currently a traveling exhibition.\\xa0\\n\\u201cInfinite Light: A Photographic Meditation on Tibet\\u201d is also a current project, and the book - with a foreword by His Holiness the Dalai Lama - will be released in April 2014.\\nShe has 3 additional books to her credit, \\u201cBurning Heart: A Portrait of The Philippines\\u201d, \\u201cReal City: Downtown Los Angeles Inside/Out\\u201d, and \\u201cCome the Morning\\u201d, a children\\u2019s book about homelessness.\\xa0\\nMarissa Roth is based in Los Angeles.\\nmarissarothphotography.com\\nonepersoncrying.com\\ntibetinfinitelight.com\\nwww.thecandidframe.com\\ninfo@thecandidframe.com'