The Fortellinggens Kraft journalism conference welcomes Mary to Bergen, Norway to show her work, “The Battle Within: Sexual Assault in America’s Military” and discuss the importance of personal projects and telling the stories of the most forgotten people in our communities. Join Mary at Litteraturhuset i Bergen on June 7, 2018 at 3 p.m.
The annual DC Shoot Off Photography Workshop, March 30-April 1, 2018 takes place at Defense Media Activity at Ft. Meade, MD. and will feature Mary as the keynote speaker, sponsored by Nikon. The workshop provides professional development in photography for our military and civil service photographers. With over a hundred volunteers and participants, the workshop …
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Mary is honored to be a judge of the 2017 Boston Press Photographers Association competition. She joins Cathaleen Curtis, Director of Photography at the Buffalo News and John McDonnell of The Washington Post at the judging table in beautiful Boston.
Mary F. Calvert is committed to using photography to affect meaningful social change and is known for producing work on gender based, human rights issues. For her work on sexual assault in the US Military, she is the recipient of numerous awards including the 2016 Getty Images Grant for Editorial Photography and 1st Prize, Long Term Projects in the 2016 World Press Photo Contest, as well as the 2014 Alexia Foundation Women’s Initiative Grant, and the 2013 Canon Female Photojournalist Award. She has won the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award twice and is a two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist in Feature Photography.