Naomi Harris
Featured Speaker

Saturday, May 8, 2004
Ryerson University

BORN AND RAISED IN TORONTO, CANADA , Naomi Harris moved to New York City in 1997 to study at The International Center of Photography. After completing her studies at ICP, Naomi assisted photographers Bruce Davidson and Lauren Greenfield and worked at Life Magazine.

In December 1999 she moved to Miami Beach to pursue a personal project documenting the lives of the elderly residents of a hotel. For this work she received the 2001 Agfa Young Photojournalist Award, honourable mention for the Yann Geffroy Award, and was a finalist for the 2001 W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography. She was one of Photo District News’ 30 Emerging Photographers in 2002, and received the gold award in photojournalism from the National Magazine Awards Foundation in 2003.
She is currently working for various publications including The New York Times Magazine, Mother Jones, Newsweek, ESPN, Stern, The London Sunday Telegraph Magazine, The London Sunday Times Magazine, Entertainment Weekly, and Toro Magazine while continuing with her own personal work.