Bio

Evan Abramson is a photographer and filmmaker born and based in New York City. He specializes in long-term documentary work and multimedia approaches to narrative, with a focus on issues of social and environmental crisis.

Abramson studied English literature at Vassar College. After hitchhiking southward from the United States for one year, he chose to settle among the indigenous Quechua and Aymara farmers of the Bolivian highlands for another year and a half.

Enthralled by the region’s rich cultural practices, he began to document the sacrifice of local culture and identity to the global mainstream. This evolved into his first longterm project, Past Sacrifice : Future.

His work has appeared in The Guardian Weekend Magazine, The Atlantic, National Geographic Adventure, The New York Times, The Washington Post, PDN Magazine, Du Magazin, FT Weekend, Courier Japan, The LA Times, The Sunday Times, Yale Environment 360, The BBC Online, NACLA: Report on the Americas and The Progressive.

His Images have been featured in the books:

Water Matters, Alternet, 2011

RISE: Images of Life Change, Foto8, 2011

LAND: Country Life in the Urban Age, Noorderlicht, 2010

His films screened at the following festivals:

Green Screens Lincoln Center, New York City (2011)

Environmental Film Festival, Washington, DC (2011)

Environmental Film Festival, Yale University (2011)

His clients include UNICEF, UNESCO, American Jewish World Service, Oxfam America, CHF International, The Legatum Foundation, Vassar College and The Children Affected by AIDS Foundation.

His photography and multimedia installations have been exhibited at the MAC (Contemporary Art Museum), Santiago, Chile (2011), Noorderlicht Photofestival, The Netherlands (2010), Rayburn House Building, United States Congress, Washington, DC (2010), Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia (2009), Washington Square East Galleries, New York City (2009), The National Museum of Art, Bolivia (2008), Kiosko Gallery, Bolivia (2008), SIART Biennial, Bolivia (2007), FotoEncuentro Photography Biennial, Bolivia (2007), The National Museum of Ethnography, Bolivia (2007), The Ricardo Palma Cultural Center, Peru (2006), William Siegal Galleries, Santa Fe (2005), Art for Change, New York City (2005).

Awards include:

Anthropographia Award for Human Rights 2011: shortlist for multimedia category

Fotovisura Awards 2010: Honorable Mention

Anthropographia Award for Human Rights 2009: shortlist

SIART International Biennial of Art 2007: Honorable Mention

New York State Council on the Arts 2004: Exhibition Grant