journalist Photographer photojournalist
Her work has appeared in many publications, including The New Yorker, Time, Newsweek, and Life. She lives in New York City. In addition to her humanitarian photography, Ashburn is one of the directors of Through the Eyes of Children: The Rwanda Project, a charity that teaches photography to orphans of the 1994 Rwandan genocide and supports them through the sale of their images.
Emmy Award nomination (2007) - Bloodline: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome and Family multimedia project, produced by Mediastorm.org The John Faber Award of the Overseas Press Club of America (2007) - "The African Scourge", first published in The Los Angeles Times National Press Photographers Association"s (NNPA) Best of Photojournalism Award (2007, 2006, 2003) Pictures of the Year Award (2007) Getty Images Grant for Editorial Photography (2006) World Press Photo (2005, 2003) Canon Female Photojournalist Award/AFJ (2004) Marty Forscher Fellowship for Humanistic Photography (2003).
