Jane Evelyn Atwood

Photographer (USA/France)

Jane Evelyn Atwood was born in New York and has been living in France since 1971. She prefers to work on long-term projects and is committed to people who are often ignored by society. She is the author of fifteen books, including Rue des Lombards, her first story on Parisian prostitutes, Pigalle People, the trans-genders of a red-light district in Paris, and Darya, a Ukrainian woman who cares for the elderly in Italy. Of particular significance, her Too Much Time, Women in Prison series represented a monumental ten-year undertaking, and remains a reference for female incarceration to this day. It earned her the 1997 Leica Oskar Barnack Award. Her latest book is Horses. Atwood has won many awards, including the W. Eugene Smith Award, the Alfred Eisenstaedt Award and the Ernst Haas Award. In 2022, the French Ministère de la Culture bestowed the title of Officier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres upon her. 

Portrait © Nicola La Calzo