Author Archives: Alice Proujansky

A photojournalist looking out from the highest point in Brooklyn.

The Birth Place on CBS

I traveled to Winter Garden, FL a few weeks ago for Every Mother Counts to photograph Jennie Joseph and her patients at the Birth Place, a midwifery practice that provides doulas, childbirth education, prenatal care and other support to low-income women. CBS published the photos for Mother’s Day, and I’m happy that viewers can see the [...]

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Birth Culture in the Guardian

I’m very glad to have the Birth Culture project featured in the Guardian’s “My Best Shot” column. Have a look at their previous posts, too – some really interesting work on there.

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New York Times Sunday Review Publishes Birth Culture

I am so pleased to share that the New York Times Sunday Review published an excerpt of my Birth Culture project along with an op-ed I wrote.

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Precaución

Just about a year ago in José Maria Morelos, Quintana Roo, Mexico.

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2012, What a Year

Well. This was one big year! Here are a few of the most important things that happened to me. In January, I traveled to Quintana Roo, Mexico to photograph a group of student midwives learning from traditional Mayan midwives. I photographed a few fun races for New York Road Runners. I got to photograph Margaret’s [...]

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Photographing New York Road Runners’ Team for Kids

I got to photograph the Poland Spring Marathon Kickoff before the 2012 Marathon that, sadly was cancelled. But the kickoff was great. I covered Team for Kids, a group of runners who raise money for the New York Road Runners‘ school running programs. Many of the participants hadn’t been runners until they started training for [...]

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Hurricane Sandy Recovery

I got to write a story on hurricane recovery efforts in the Rockaways, and photograph the destruction in Coney Island. The rest of the city has returned to normal, but the affected areas are in this for the forseeable future.

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The Daily Beast

My photographs of intercultural midwifery were recently published on the Daily Beast. It’s very exciting to have this work seen by a wider audience!

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Blogging for Every Mother Counts

I’ve been blogging for Every Mother Counts this month – they’re a great organization dedicated to education and advocacy for global maternal health. Here’s a link to the first post. I’m so pleased to be involved with EMC in their important work.

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David + Erielle’s Central Park Wedding

David and Erielle live in Minnesota, but came to New York City for an intimate wedding in Central Park. They loved to pose and have fun with the portraits, so all I had to do was get out of the way and let them do their thing – they were so good, in fact, that [...]

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