Sheila McKinnon explained

Sheila McKinnon is a Canadian-born photographer and journalist who has lived most of her life in Italy. She has worked in Africa, Asia and Europe for The New York Times, Newsweek, Die Welt, Condé Nast, the International Herald Tribune, the Los Angeles Times, the Carnegie Foundation, the Knight Foundation, Saveur magazine, The Globe and Mail and other international and Italian publications including la Repubblica, il Messaggero, Corriere della Sera, l’Espresso, Panorama, Gente, Oggi, Artribune.com, Arte.it, Skytg 24, La Sapienza, Quotidiano di Sicilia, photographers.it, Kyotoclub.it, Mywhere.it.

McKinnon has worked in collaboration with various humanitarian organizations and UN agencies such as UNICEF, the FAO, UNFPA, IDLO, La Comunità di Sant’Egidio, Africare, and others. For 20 years her photography focused on the rights of children, of girls and of women. More recently the subject of her work has been Climate Change.

Exhibitions

• 1999 - On Their Side, a photographic exhibition created with UNICEF, Italy, on the rights of the child was first presented in Rome in 1999 at the Palazzo delle Esposizioni and later was seen in cultural institutions and civic spaces throughout the peninsula.
• 2006–2008 - Invisible Women, an exhibition of women in the developing world was inaugurated in Rome and presented in various Italian cities 2006 – 2008.^[1]
• 2009 - Invisible Women and the Environment, hosted by the Italian Ministry of the Environment on the occasion of the pre G8 meetings in Syracuse, Sicily, in April 2009.
• 2011 - Born Invisible, at the Doge's Palace, Genoa, Italy, 4-20 February 2011.^{[2] [3] [4]}
• 2014 - Invisible Women, at the FAO Gender network conference, Rome, March 4, 2014.
• 2014 - Born Invisible, at the Museum of Rome in Trastevere, June 5 – September 28, 2014.^{[5] [6]}
• 2015 - Born Invisible, at the Robert F. Kennedy Int House, Florence, May 2015. ^[7]
• 2015 - Invisible Light, at the Sala del Cenacolo, Camera dei Deputati, Italian Govt. Rome, 2018.^{[8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]}

Selected publications

• 1985 - Anna, Ciro & Compagni, published by ERI – RAI – Italy 1985.
• Book: Harrison, Barbara Grizzuti . The Islands of Italy . Houghton Mifflin . New York . 1991 . 978-0-395-59302-8. (Photographer).
• Book: Lodi, Donata . McKinnon . Sheila . On their side. Dalla parte dei bambini . Compagnia Nuove Indye . 1999 . 978-88-87735-00-0.
• Book: Feick, Posy Chisholm . The Sacred Fire . 2002 . 978-88-87666-02-1. (Photographer).
• Book: McKinnon, Sheila . Invisible Women . Shenker . Roma . 2006 . 978-88 748-9000-2.
• 2011 - Born Invisible, was presented by the Fondazione Edoardo Garrone at the Palazzo Ducale in Genoa, Italy, February 3, 2011.
• Book: McKinnon, Sheila . Born Invisible . Gangemi . Roma . 2014 . 978-88-492-2868-7.

External links

• Sheila McKinnon

Press

• https://archive.today/20140613212747/http://www.artemagazine.it/arte-contemporanea/53905/a-roma-gli-scatti-di-shaila-mckinnon/http://tg24.sky.it/tg24/spettacolo/photogallery/2014/06/11/_born_invisible_sheila_mckinnon_mostra_roma_condizione_femminile.html
• http://d.repubblica.it/attualita/2014/05/15/foto/mostra_pittura_donne_delta_of_venus_roma-2143024/1/
• http://www.ansa.it/lifestyle/notizie/societa/famiglia/2014/06/05/le-foto-di-born-invisible-destini-femminili-gestiti-senza-consenso_2782c4cf-525c-4ae9-8e255b9c6bb6efc3.html
• http://www.gangemi.com/scheda_articolo.php?id_prodotto=4798&isbn=9788849228687
• http://www.repubblica.it/2006/05/gallerie/esteri/mckinnon/mckinnon.html?ref=search%20Photo%20Archive

Notes and References

1. Web site: More invisible women . ITSLIQUID . 2007-09-01 . 2024-05-18.
2. Web site: Capozzo . Désirée Paola . Born invisible: la mostra fotografica di Sheila McKinnon . ELLE . 2011-02-03 . it . 2024-05-19.
3. Web site: BORN INVISIBLE mostra di Sheila McKinnon – Genova 4-20 febbraio 2011 . Aidos . it . 2024-05-19.
4. Web site: Newsletter settimanale . Palazzo Ducale di Genova . it . 2024-05-18.
5. Web site: BORN INVISIBLE. Mostra fotografica di Sheila McKinnon, Museo di Roma in Trastevere . www.museodiromaintrastevere.it . 2024-05-18.
6. Web site: Italia . HuffPost . "Più di un miliardo di bambine sono nate invisibili" (FOTO) . HuffPost Italia . 2014-06-05 . it . 2024-05-18.
7. Web site: Sheila McKinnon. Born Invisible . Meer . 2015-04-24 . it . 2024-05-18.
8. Web site: Sheila McKinnon: Invisible Light . Wanted in Rome . 2018-02-06 . 2024-05-18.
9. Web site: «Luce invisibile», nell'obiettivo di Sheila McKinnon donne e cambiamenti climatici . Corriere della Sera . 2018-02-12 . it . 2024-05-18.
10. Web site: 'Invisible Light' di Shila McKinnon . Sky TG24 . 2018-02-08 . it . 2024-05-18.
11. Web site: Invisible light: Sheila McKinnon in mostra alla Camera dei deputati . RadioSapienza . 2018-01-17 . it . 2024-05-18.
12. Web site: Invisible Light . Artribune . 2018-02-13 . it . 2024-05-18.
13. Web site: Diritti delle donne e cambiamento climatico nella mostra fotografica “Invisible Light” . TPI . 2018-02-18 . it . 2024-05-18.