Wiltse, Lisa

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Journalist, Photo Journalist and Photographer

Lisa Wiltse was born in the United States of America and studied photography in Boston in the late 1990s. Her photographic career is intertwined with community work – in 2000-01 Wiltse taught photography for a youth outreach program in Brooklyn, New York.

After that she travelled throughout Central America, Uganda, India, Bangladesh and beyond before making Sydney her home in 2005. She is now (2007) a photojournalist for The Sydney Morning Herald/i>, specialising in humanitarian issues. Lisa has won several awards including first prize in PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris and the Oxfam Humanitarian Award.

Career Highlights

Events
2005 -
Career in journalism active
2007
Walkley Award (Photography) - Photography - Daily Life/Feature Photography - Winner; Sydney Morning Herald; "Little Voice Dhaka, Bangladesh"

Sources used to compile this entry: http://www.walkleys.com/winners/database.html.

Published Resources

Australian Women Exhibitions

The Women's Pages: Australian Women and Journalism since 1850, Australian Women's Archives Project, 2008, http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/cal/cal-home.html. [ Details... ]

Structure based on ISAAR(CPF) - click here for an explanation of the fields.

Prepared by: Nikki Henningham
Created: 11 March 2008
Modified: 20 October 2008

Published by National Foundation for Australian Women on Australian Women's Archives Project Web Site
Comments, questions, corrections and additions: awap@womenaustralia.info
Prepared by: Acknowledgements
Updated: 23 December 2008
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