Amber Bracken
Amber Bracken | |
|---|---|
| Born | 3-31-1984 |
| Alma mater | Southern Alberta Institute of Technology |
| Known for | Photojournalism |
| Awards | World Press Photo Award, Contemporary Issues, First Prize, 2017 World Press Photo Award, winner 2022 |
Amber Bracken (born April 1984[1]) is a Canadian photojournalist known for her reporting on issues affecting Indigenous peoples in North America.
She won a World Press Photo first prize in 2017 for Contemporary Issues and in 2022 won the overall World Press Photo of the Year.
She was arrested in 2021 while covering the 2020 Canadian pipeline and railway protests.
Early life and education
Bracken is from Edmonton, Alberta.[2] She obtained a diploma in photojournalism from Southern Alberta Institute of Technology in 2008.[3]
Career
Bracken's career started at the Edmonton Sun before she left to work freelance.[4]
Her work featured in the Creative Endeavors exhibit in the Art Gallery of St. Albert in 2017.[5]
Bracken was arrested in 2021 while freelancing for The Narwhal and reporting on the 2020 Canadian pipeline and railway protests.[6][7][8][9] She was released on bail soon after.[10] Civil contempt charges were dropped by Coastal GasLink.[11]
Awards
Her reporting on the Dakota Access Pipeline protests[2][12] won her a World Press Photo first prize for contemporary issues in 2017.[13][14]
In 2022 won World Press Photo of the Year for her photo of Kamloops Residential School which appeared in The New York Times in 2021.[1][15]
Personal life
Bracken lives in Edmonton.[12]
References
- ^ a b Lederman, Marsha (2022-04-07). "Canadian Amber Bracken wins World Press Photo of the Year for residential school memorial photo". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
- ^ a b "Edmonton photographer describes covering Standing Rock and Dakota Access pipeline | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
- ^ "AmberBrackenCV.pdf" (PDF).
- ^ "About Me".
- ^ "Bracken's breaks big with Standing Rock pics". StAlbertToday.ca. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
- ^ "Why tensions are escalating on Wet'suwet'en territory over the Coastal GasLink pipeline". The Toronto Star. 2021-10-19. ISSN 0319-0781. Retrieved 2021-12-18.
- ^ "Les deux journalistes arrêtés en Colombie-Britannique libérés". La Presse (in French). 2021-11-22. Retrieved 2021-12-18.
- ^ Robinson, Circles (2021-11-20). "CPJ Calls on Canadian Police to Release Detained Journalists". Havana Times. Retrieved 2021-12-18.
- ^ Bensadoun, Emerald (2021-11-20). "RCMP arrest photojournalist Amber Bracken and 14 others during pipeline protest in Wet'suwet'en territory". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
- ^ Narwhal, The. "Amber Bracken is out of jail, but we have a long battle ahead". The Narwhal. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
- ^ "Coastal GasLink drops charges against journalists arrested by RCMP during enforcement of pipeline injunction". CBC. 22 Nov 2021.
- ^ a b Giovannetti, Justin (2017-02-13). "Canadian's Dakota Access pipeline photos win major, global prize". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
- ^ "2017 Amber Bracken CIS1-AJ | World Press Photo". www.worldpressphoto.org. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
- ^ "Amber Bracken wins WPP award in Contemporary Issues category - 1854 Photography". www.1854.photography. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
- ^ "2022 Contest | World Press Photo". www.worldpressphoto.org. Retrieved 2022-04-07.