Rachel Somerstein
Bio:
Rachel Somerstein is an assistant professor of journalism at SUNY New Paltz, where she teaches classes in journalism studies and the craft of journalism. She’s written for the Washington Post, Guernica: A Magazine of Global Art & Politics, and WIRED, among many other publications. She is working on a book about the obstacles photographers face when they report with their cameras, and how the pictures that don't get taken shape policy and public discourse.
WMC Women Under Siege
How women photographers can expand our view of conflict
Only a paltry number of women conflict photographers are in the field compared to men, which means that men are largely shaping our understanding of war.
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