marissa roth

Born and raised in Los Angeles, Marissa Roth has worked as a freelance photojournalist and documentary photographer since 1981. She currently works on assignment for The New York Times and other publications. In 1993, Roth was part of The Los Angeles Times photography staff that won a Pulitzer Prize for Best Spot News Coverage, for the 1992 Los Angeles Riots. Roth's first solo book, Burning Heart: A Portrait of the Philippines , was published in 1999, and represents ten years of photography in the archipelago. Her work has been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions, and a number of images are in museum, corporate, and private collections. In 2000, she completed a documentary photography project commissioned by the Los Angeles Public Library, entitled “Inside/Out: Downtown Los Angeles.” Her second book, Real City: Downtown Los Angeles Inside/Ou t, was published in August, 2001, incorporating many of the images from the Library project. In June, 2005, Roth was commissioned by The Museum of Tolerance/Simon Wiesenthal Center to photograph all of the Holocaust survivors who volunteer there. “Witness To Truth,” the resulting group of 58 black and white portraits, went on permanent exhibition at the museum in September, 2005. A book of these images is currently in production for a 2008 release.

Roth is currently working on a long-term personal project, “One Person Crying: Women and War,” that addresses the immediate and lingering impact of war on women in different countries and cultures around the world.