Photo by Thad Russell

Josephine Sittenfeld's photographs & short films have been published in a variety of publications. Her coming-of-age documentary about a young man with autism filmed over a 12-year span, Growing Up Ethan, ran as a New York Times Op-Doc and is now touring the country as part of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery “The Outwin 2022: American Portraiture Today” traveling exhibition through September 2024. A graduate of Princeton University and RISD, Jo lives with her husband, photographer Thad Russell, and children in Providence, RI.

Published Work:
New York Times: The Fleeting Magic of a Summer at Camp
New Yorker: Reunion
New York Times: My ’90s-Era Childhood Bedroom
New York Times: Growing Up Ethan
WBUR: Growing Up Ethan interview
Aeon: Linda Is My Therapist
New York Times: Prom
Huff Post UK: Reunion
New York Times: A Baby and His Grandfather
Shondaland: The Hardest Working Women We Know
palabra: For Latina Teens, a Mental Toll
New York Times: Every Family Has a Witching Hour

Exhibition List:
Albuquerque Museum
Ackland Art Museum, UNC at Chapel Hill
D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts
Grand Rapids Art Museum
Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe
Orlando Museum of Art
Princeton University Art Museum
Queens Museum
RISD Museum
Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery

Contact: jo@josittenfeld.com

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