Press
Bag News Notes: Blago’s Last Day (published January 29, 2009)
Bag News Notes: Capping the Year (December 31, 2008)
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism: Amanda Rivkin ’07 captures Blagojevich’s last day (published January 30, 2009)
“Photos by Amanda Rivkin ’07 appear in a New York Times audio slideshow, which documents Rod Blagojevich’s last day as Governor of Illinois.
Rivkin was the only photographer on board the plane with Blagojevich as he journeyed to and from Chicago and to his appearance before the Illinois State Senate in Springfield.
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A photo taken by Rivkin also appeared on page A1 of the Friday, Jan. 30 edition of the Times with a story titled “Blagojevich Makes a Day of It on Way Out.”
eTrend: Košice na mape turizmu (Slovakia; published June 6, 2010)
European Stability Initiative: Generation Facebook in Baku – Adnan, Emin and the Future of Dissent in Azerbaijan (March 15, 2011)
Related – European Stabilitity Initiative: The Court Case and Reactions (March 2011)
“An interesting attempt to put Emin and Adnan’s case into a broader framework of post-Soviet dissent is an article by Amanda Rivkin, an independent reporter, under the title ‘Shown [Trial] ‘ (26 November 2010).”
Georgetown University: 2011-2012 Georgetown Fulbright Winners
“Amanda Rivkin (G’11) was awarded a Research Fulbright in Photography in Azerbaijan. She plans to produce a photographic exploration of the developments of gender roles there.”
Johns Hopkins University International Reporting Project (IRP): Chris Hondros, 1970-2011 (April 22, 2011)
“still combing through hondros archive spellbound. favorite images at amandarivkin.tumblr.com“
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Layalina Productions Press Review: Nilesat Pulls Plug on Al-Zawraa (published February 16-March 1, 2007)
Limes, Rivista Italiana di Geopolitica: BTC – L’oleodotto Che Viene Dal Passato (June 21, 2011)
“Intanto però, come ci ricorda il bel reportage della giovane fotografa Amanda Rivkin l’oleodotto esiste e funziona. Non gioca il grande ruolo a livello globale per cui era stato pensato, ma è comunque molto importante per i paesi che attraversa e l’intera regione. Per l’Azerbaigian in primo luogo, ma anche e soprattutto per la Georgia, senza dimenticare la Turchia, sempre più un importante hub energetico e sempre più un nuovo protagonista euroasiatico che gioca in proprio.”
The New York Times Lens Blog: Must See – Images on the Web (published January 4, 2010)
“Amanda Rivkin photographed a group of aging communists living and organizing for the coming revolution in a Chicago housing project. Most photo essays fall easily into a dozen or less categories. Not this one. Ms. Rivkin is a fine young photographer whose photographs have appeared in The Times. She is currently based in Washington.”
The New York Times Lens Blog: Showcase – New President, Old Problems (published December 23, 2009)
No Caption Needed: “R-e-s-p-e-c-t, Find Out What It Means to Me …” (published February 2, 2009)
The Paper Crane: The Photography of Amanda Rivkin (published May 29, 2010)
“Recently due to some very strange circumstances, I was connected with the lovely Amanda Rivkin, a brilliant Chicago Photojournalists who covered the Obama’s election night and the final days of the Blagojevich trials. Her photographs are powerfully striking, rich and iconic. Miss Rivkin is a young and true talent. For me, it has been a treat to get to know such an interesting and talented woman.”
PhotoShelter Blog: Shout-Outs, Standing Ovations, and Trophy Cups (published August 19, 2010)
“TURNING POINTS
The NY Times’ Lens Blog has been featuring PhotoShelter users like crazy lately, thanks to a column conceived by Amanda Rivkin, a photographer (and PhotoShelter member) who has had work published by The New York Times, Newsweek, Le Monde and Agence France-Presse.
Her inspiration behind the series, titled ‘Turning Point: Images That Inspire’, [sic] was that she ‘wanted to hear from her peers about their own work. But she was interested in more than self-meditation,’ the introductory article says.
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This is a really well-done blog series, and I look forward to seeing more…”
The Root: Young Hustle – Up and Coming Gen Yers (published June 4, 2010)
“Amanda’s work has been featured on the front pages of Le Monde, the New York Times, and the Washington Post, to name a few. Her photography has been viewed internationally and awarded by American Photography 26 and the National Geographic Society. Currently, she is studying at Georgetown University as a merit scholar in the security studies program and will be moving to New York City in the fall.”
Rogue’s Gallery by Michael Gross, acknowledgements p. 39 (published May 6, 2009
Sarah Lawrence Magazine: A View to the East (published Fall 2004)
Time Out Chicago: Art & Design – Blago’s Still Running (published July 23-29, 2009)
Verve Photo: Amanda Rivkin (published December 13, 2010)
Zoom In Online, relaunched as The Photoletariat: Amanda Rivkin’s Political Lens (originally published October 29, 2009)
“Chicago native Amanda Rivkin‘s work spans from documenting Blagojevich and Obama to her series on Gaza and Ethiopia. She strives to capture the story behind the headlines with her unrelenting lens.
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Rivkin’s international photographs show her true artistic range. In her Israel/Gaza portfolio, her eye for color and composition take centerstage.”
