{"id":18224,"date":"2023-05-18T09:52:36","date_gmt":"2023-05-18T13:52:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/?page_id=18224"},"modified":"2023-06-07T15:34:02","modified_gmt":"2023-06-07T19:34:02","slug":"donna-ferrato-biography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/exhibitions\/donna-ferrato-biography\/","title":{"rendered":"Donna Ferrato Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-black-color has-text-color\">Donna Ferrato (American, b. 1949)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Ferrato is one of the most renowned and well recognized photojournalists working today, having contributed to most major news publications in the country and received numerous accolades. She is most known for her project <em>Living with the Enemy<\/em>, a collection of photographs documenting the realities of domestic violence in the US. One of the photos from that collection, \u201cBehind Closed Doors,\u201d was chosen as one of <em>TIME\u2019s<\/em> most influential photos of all time and contributed to a growing awareness among the public about the dangers of domestic violence. This experience also led her to found the non-profit Domestic Abuse Awareness Project.&nbsp;<br>Much of her work looks at identity and feminism through her own self-portraits, those of women on the street, and impactful female artists. In addition to her many accolades as a journalist, Ferrato\u2019s photography has been exhibited in solo shows at nearly 500 museums and galleries.&nbsp; Her most recent book from 2020, entitled <em>Holy<\/em>, focuses specifically on \u201cthe unleashed power of women\u201d and the status of women\u2019s rights in today\u2019s world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2023\/05\/2018.16.12.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" data-id=\"18222\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2023\/05\/2018.16.12-600x900.webp\" alt=\"Donna Ferrato, Margaret Atwood, 1985, photograph, 30 x 24 in., Bates College Museum of Art, 2018.16.12\" class=\"wp-image-18222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2023\/05\/2018.16.12-600x900.webp 600w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2023\/05\/2018.16.12-200x300.webp 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2023\/05\/2018.16.12-768x1151.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2023\/05\/2018.16.12-1025x1536.webp 1025w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2023\/05\/2018.16.12-419x628.jpg 419w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2023\/05\/2018.16.12.webp 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Donna Ferrato,<em> Margaret Atwood<\/em>, 1985, photograph, 30 x 24 in., Bates College Museum of Art, 2018.16.12<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2023\/03\/2018.17.8.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"603\" data-id=\"17499\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2023\/03\/2018.17.8-900x603.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2023\/03\/2018.17.8-900x603.webp 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2023\/03\/2018.17.8-400x268.webp 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2023\/03\/2018.17.8-768x514.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2023\/03\/2018.17.8-1536x1029.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2023\/03\/2018.17.8-938x628.jpg 938w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2023\/03\/2018.17.8.webp 1919w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Donna Ferrato, <em>Enlightened, Lorain, OH<\/em>, 1976, photograph, 25 x 30 in., Bates College Museum of Art, gift of Karan and Elizabeth Jain, 2018.17.8<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2023\/05\/Ferrato-Pretty-Woman.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"701\" data-id=\"18572\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2023\/05\/Ferrato-Pretty-Woman-900x701.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18572\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2023\/05\/Ferrato-Pretty-Woman-900x701.webp 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2023\/05\/Ferrato-Pretty-Woman-385x300.webp 385w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2023\/05\/Ferrato-Pretty-Woman-768x598.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2023\/05\/Ferrato-Pretty-Woman-1536x1197.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2023\/05\/Ferrato-Pretty-Woman-806x628.jpg 806w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2023\/05\/Ferrato-Pretty-Woman.webp 1919w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Donna Ferrato, <em>Odeon Pretty 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