Janet Jarman
Bio:
Janet Jarman is based in mexico and works extensively throughout Latin America. She has previously lived in Chile, Japan and England.
Jarman's work has appeared in Geo, National Geographic En Espanol, The New York Times Magazine, The Smithsonian Magazine, National Geographic Traveler, The New York Times, Time, Newsweek, MSNBC.COM, amongst other publications. Her photographs have received awards in Pictures of the Year International, Photo District News Photography Annual, Communications Arts Photography Annual, and Best of Photojournalism.
In addition to assignment work, Jarman has produced various documentary projects which explore immigration issues, globalization, and the possibilities for sustainable development. In this context, she produced Crossings, a 12-year documentary that chronicles the plight of one Mexican immigrant family's search for a better life in the United States and Coffee Crisis, and in-depth multimedia project that explores the impacts of globalization on small-scale farmers.
Jarman started her career in South Florida after graduating with a journalism degree from The University of North Caroline at Chapel Hill in 1989, She worked as a staff photographer at The Miami Herald, received a Rotary International Scholarship in 1995 for studies in Santago, Chile, and obtained a master's degree in environmental issues at the University of London in 1997.
Janet's email: janet@janetjarman.com
Janet's website: http://www.JanetJarman.com
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Films by this Filmmaker
 | Black Water: The Dilemma of Using Mexico City's Sewage to Irrigate Crops Tied for 18th place inSustainability | 05:11 For decades Mexico City has disgorged its raw sewage into dams and canals in the neighboring state of Hidalgo. Farmers welcome the nutrient-rich but heavily polluted "aguas negras", which have transformed Hidalgo's once barren Mezquital Valley into a thriving agricultural zone. Environmental activists and scientists fear the health implications for the 700,000 people who live near the waters, and . ... More |