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Profession: Photojournalist
Location: Boston, MA , United States (AAA)
Home base: Boston, MA USA
URL: http://www.lernerphoto.com
URL: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/world/inte...
Email: •••••••• (private)
Languages spoken: English, Portuguese
Organization: Aurora Photos
Journal: http://www.bpeaceinafghanistan.blogspot.com
Work phone 617-489-6747
Last login: 4 days ago
Member since: 27 Dec 2005 06:12

About

Paula Lerner’s passion for photographing people has taken her from the rain forests of Brazil to the back roads of New England. Since 1985 she has been commissioned by a wide variety of national and international clients in addition to pursuing her own projects. Her editorial roster includes Smithsonian, People, Time, Newsweek, Business Week, plus a host of European and Asian magazines. Among her corporate and advertising clients are Agfa, Bright Horizons, Harvard, MIT, Boston Children’s Hospital, and The Commonwealth Fund. Her personal work has been shown in venues throughout the northeast and has been part of national traveling exhibits.

Paula photographs people in all walks of life, and her assignments range from stories on cancer patients, factory workers, and corporate executives to profiles of eminent scientists, authors, and performing artists. Her images have been selected multiple times for publication in the juried annuals of Communication Arts and American Photography. Her photo essay “A Widow on Welfare: An Untold Story,” won First Place for Issue Reporting in the prestigious 55th Pictures of the Year competition.

Most recently, Paula collaborated with Deb Murphy on the book, “Why We Walk: The Inspirational Journey Toward a Cure for Breast Cancer,” which tells the poignant and personal stories of some of the hundreds of thousands of people who participate in breast cancer fundraising walks each year. The book was published by Rutledge Hill Press in the fall of 2005, and additional information is available at www.whywewalkbook.com . Another current project involves documenting the work of the Business Council for Peace (a.k.a. Bpeace, www.bpeace.com), an organization made up of vibrant businesswomen and men who help women in war torn regions set up self-sustaining businesses to help foster peace at a grassroots level. In 2005 Paula traveled to Afghanistan twice to cover their ongoing programs.

Paula earned a BA in Philosophy from Harvard in 1984. She lives near Boston with her husband and their two daughters. Paula’s stock photography is represented by Aurora & Quanta Productions, an international photo agency in Portland, Maine. In her rare spare moments she can be found on cliff faces indulging an addiction to rock climbing.

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Paula Lerner. "Paula Lerner - The Women of Kabul" Shutterbug Magazine Radio, pp. segment 3, June 8,2007. [none], Jun 2007.
Paula Lerner. "Seeds of Renewal in Afghanistan" PHOTO DISTRICT NEWS (PDN), pp. pp. 20-23. [none], Mar 2007.
Paula Lerner. "The Women of Kabul" WashingtonPost.com, [none], Nov 13 2006.

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AFGHAN STORIES photo exhibit opening and multimedia presentation

Dear friends and colleagues:
Greetings from Maine, USA! If you are in the Portland/Brunswick area on Friday, Sept. 12, please consider joining us for the opening reception for the Afghan Stories exhibit. The multimedia program and discussion will begin at 7 pm, and will be for one night only in conjunction with the opening. The photo exhibit is ongoing through October 4th, so if you’re in the neighborhood later on, please stop by if you have a chance. The gallery space at the Frontier venue is quite nice (and the food in the cafe is pretty good too). I have posted photos of the exhibit on my Facebook Visual Artist page http://tinyurl.com/6gewtw.

If you are unable to make it to the opening or the ongoing show, there is an exhibit web gallery archived online here: http://galleries.lernerphoto.com/afghanstoriesfall08

Please pass this message on to anyone who may be interested.

Many thanks,

Paula

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AFGHAN STORIES: Fall 2008 Exhibitions and Events
Photos and Multimedia by Paula Lerner

Kindly pass this invitation on to anyone who may be interested.

Many news stories out of Afghanistan cover the ongoing insurgency and
hardships of war, but few tell of how people are rebuilding in war’s
aftermath. These photo exhibits and special events explore this other
side of Afghanistan. Please join us at the multimedia showings for a
lively presentation and discussion.

PORTLAND (MAINE) AREA
Opening Reception and Multimedia Presentation
Friday, Sept. 12th at 7:00 p.m.
$8.00 admission to Multimedia Presentation
Ongoing Photo Exhibit: Sept. 8th – Oct. 4th

WHERE:
Frontier Cafe + Cinema + Gallery
Located in Historic Fort Andross
14 Maine St., Brunswick, Maine
207-725-5222
http://www.explorefrontier.com

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METRO BOSTON AREA
Opening Reception and Multimedia Presentation
Sunday, Nov. 2nd at 5:00 p.m.
Free and open to the public.
Ongoing Photo Exhibit: Oct. 23rd – Nov. 22nd

WHERE:
The Griffin Museum’s Atelier Gallery
at the Stoneham Theatre
395 Main St., Stoneham, Massachusetts
781-729-1158
http://www.griffinmuseum.org

View announcement online here: http://tinyurl.com/6ma5ns

View Exhibit Web Gallery:
http://galleries.lernerphoto.com/afghanstoriesfall08

http://www.lernerphoto.com
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Paula Lerner Photography · Boston · 617-489-6747
paula@lernerphoto.com

12 Sep 2008 00:09 | 0 replies

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AFGHAN STORIES photo exhibit opening and multimedia prese... by Paula Lerner 4 days ago
AFHGAN STORIES: Behind The Headlines by Paula Lerner 3 months ago
Afghanistan Photo Exhibit and Multimedia Presentation by Paula Lerner 8 months ago by Paula Lerner
Afghanistan: Giving Women a Voice/Paula Lerner Gallery Talk by Paula Lerner 11 months ago by Paula Lerner
Afghanistan Events in Baltimore This Weekend (July 28/29) by Paula Lerner about 1 year ago
Seeking Equipment for Rwandan Photographer by Paula Lerner about 1 year ago

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