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Dana Gluckstein
Born1957 (age 66–67)
Los Angeles
Alma materStanford University
Known forPhotography, filmmaking, activism
Notable workDIGNITY: In Honor of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
StylePortrait photography

Dana Gluckstein (born 1957) is an internationally recognized portrait photographer,[1][2] filmmaker,[3][4][5] and human rights activist.[6][7] She is known for her touring museum exhibition, DIGNITY: Tribes in Transition, and her book, DIGNITY: In Honor of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.[8] This collection of black-and-white portraits of Indigenous Peoples was created over three decades with a Hasselblad camera and film. Her book features a foreword by Nobel Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu with an introduction by Native American Faithkeeper Oren R. Lyons. It commemorates the 50th global anniversary of Amnesty International USA and includes the full text of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.[7][9][10]

Gluckstein's DIGNITY: Tribes in Transition exhibition was presented at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland in 2011.[11] Gluckstein spoke about "How Art can Impact the State of the World" at the 2013 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.[12] The exhibition has been touring European and U.S. museums since 2011 where Gluckstein speaks at museum openings and to the media.[6][7][13][14]

Gluckstein's portraits are held in the permanent collections of Los Angeles County Museum of Art,[15] the Santa Barbara Museum of Art,[16] and the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.[17][18] She is a three-time winner of the International Photography Awards.[19][20][21][10] Gluckstein lives in Los Angeles and graduated from Stanford University in 1979.[22][23]

Career[edit]

Dana Gluckstein began her photography career freelancing for San Francisco Magazine in 1980 where she photographed celebrities such as Grace Slick for the weekly feature Personae.[24] Gluckstein photographed award-winning annual reports and advertising photography campaigns for clients such as Apple, Toyota and Chiat/Day.[24][25] Some ad campaigns sent her to foreign countries. After the assignments, she traveled to remote regions where she photographed Indigenous Peoples beginning a lifetime journey and body of work.[24] Gluckstein's career continued to grow as she photographed iconic figures including Nelson Mandela, Mikhail Gorbachev, Desmond Tutu, and Muhammad Ali.[8][26][27]

DIGNITY: In Honor of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples book cover

In 2010, Gluckstein created a human rights media campaign with her book, DIGNITY: In Honor of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, in association with Amnesty International (AI) for its 50th global anniversary.[28] Gluckstein used her international public platform throughout the book launch in media interviews and speaking engagements by urging people to send letters via AIUSA's action alert site to President Barack Obama to support the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP).[29][30][31][32]

The United States was one of only four votes against UNDRIP when it was originally adopted.[28] In January 2011, two months after DIGNITY was published and the media campaign had begun, President Obama reversed the USA position against the Declaration and officially announced USA support of UNDRIP.[33][18][34][35] UNDRIP is the first UN resolution that delineates the individual and collective rights of Indigenous Peoples and what every government must enact to ensure the well-being and survival of Indigenous Peoples.[10][36][35] Following this milestone for Indigenous Peoples, the United States State Department sponsored Gluckstein's DIGNITY: Tribes in Transition photography exhibition at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland in 2011. Gluckstein, the keynote speaker, was introduced by the U.S. Ambassador to the U.N., Mrs. Betty King, and U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mrs. Navanethem Pillay.[11][37][38][39]

Gluckstein's decades-long work focuses on the worldwide movement against racial injustice.[40][14] She is a collaborator with Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) in support of work to address disproportionately higher rates of sexual violence against Native American and Alaskan Native women.[8][41] Gluckstein continues to speak at museum openings and in media interviews to raise awareness about these issues and to urge people to get involved through direct action.[33][23][38][28]

Notable portrait photographs[edit]

Nobel Laureate Portraiture[edit]

Gluckstein's notable portrait subjects include Nobel Laureates Nelson Mandela shadow boxing with Muhammad Ali, as well as Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Mikhail Gorbachev in the TIME Magazine feature written by Bono, Thich Nhat Hanh, the Vietnamese monk, who was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize by Martin Luther King, Jr. Other Nobel Laureate portraits include Rigoberta Menchú Tum, Oscar Arias Sánchez and Wangari Maathai.[27][8][26][42][43][44]

Celebrity Portraiture[edit]

Gluckstein’s portraits of celebrities include anthropologist Jane Goodall, author Ursula Le Guin, United States senator Dianne Feinstein, fashion designer Halston, actor Tony Curtis, actor Gregory Peck, actress Jane Russell, actor and filmmaker Robert Redford, musician Stan Getz, psychologist and author Timothy Leary, spiritual teacher Ram Dass, chef and author Alice Waters, actor and director Peter Berg, actor Ed Asner, filmmaker James Cameron, poet David Whyte, football player Joe Montana, activist and writer Hazel Henderson, and spiritual leader Oren R. Lyons. Her celebrity portraits include singer and actress Barbra Streisand, filmmaker Steven Spielberg, actor and filmmaker Sylvester Stallone, actress Reese Witherspoon, and actor, filmmaker, diplomat Sidney Poitier.[42][45][46]

Solo exhibitions[edit]

Schumacher Gallery, Columbus, OH[47]

University of Nebraska State Museum, Lincoln, NE[48]

Steinberg Museum of Art, Brookville, NY[49]

Brigham Young Museum of Art, Provo, UT[50]

Lowe Art Museum, Miami, FL[51]

Museum of Natural & Cultural History, Eugene, OR[52]

Baldwin Photographic Gallery, Murfreesboro, TN[53]

Appleton Museum of Art, Ocala, FL[54]

Brown University, Providence, RI[55]

Boston University Art Gallery, Boston, MA[56]

KUK – Kunst und Kulturzentrum, Monschau, Germany[57]

Museum Bad-Arolsen, Bad Arolsen, Germany[57]

Palais des Nations, United Nations, Geneva, Switzerland[57]

Willy-Brandt-Haus Museum, Berlin, Germany[57]

Galerie an der Pinakothek der Moderne, München, Germany[57]

Holden Luntz Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida[57]

Bibliography[edit]

DIGNITY: In Honor of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (2010) by Dana Gluckstein, Desmond Tutu (Foreword), Faithkeeper Oren R Lyons (Introduction), Amnesty International (Epilogue) - published in English and German.

  • 144 pages, Hardcover, Published November 9, 2010 by powerHouse Books, ISBN 978-1-57687-562-9, Language English[8]
  • 144 pages, Hardcover, October 1, 2010, by Reich Verlag Ag, ISBN 978-3-7243-1029-7, Language German[58]

DIGNITY: In Honor of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Updated Second Edition (2020) by Dana Gluckstein, Desmond Tutu (Foreword), Faithkeeper Oren R Lyons (Introduction), Amnesty International (Epilogue)

200 Women: Who will Change the Way You See the World, (2017) Dana Gluckstein featured in.[17][60]

  • 396 pages, Hardcover, Published October 31, 2017 by Chronicle Books, ISBN 978-1-4521-6658-2, Language English

Mandela in America (2012) by Charlene Smith

  • Cover portrait and two insert images of Mandela and Ali by Dana Gluckstein.[27] ISBN 9780864867261, Publication Year 2012, Format Hardcover, Language English, Book Title Mandela and America, Author Charlene Smith, Publisher New Africa Books, Number of Pages 142 Pages

Awards[edit]

LA Press Club Award, Best Documentary Short (2019)[61]

International Photography Awards, 2nd, Book (2013)[62]

International Photography Awards, 3nd, Book  (2013)[63]

International Photography Awards,  Honorable Mention, Deeper Perspective  (2013)[64]

AI+AP American Photography 27 (2011)[65]

Hasselblad User Showcase(2011)[66]

The Advertising Club of New York, Andy Award of Excellence (1987)[25][67]

The Belding Awards: One Club for Creativity (1987)[25][67]

The AIGA Award (1986)[25][67]

Western Art Directors Club Award (1985)[25][67]

THE AIGA Award (1984)[25][67]

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