Ilana Panich-Linsman (b. 1984) is a visual journalist based in Austin, Texas. She is fluent in Spanish, and is available for assignment in Texas and beyond. In the U.S., her clients include The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, Al Jazeera America, AARP, CNN and NBC News. Her archive can be found at REDUX.
In 2014, she was named one Magnum Photo's 30 under 30. Her work has been recognized by the Lucie Foundation; the Oso Bay Biennial XVIII and the Lumix Festival, Hannover, Germany. Her work appeared in the AI-AP American Photo 30 and Fotografia Magazine. Her work has been showcased on The New York Times LENS blog and on the CNN photography blog.
Other awards and honors include the Multimedia Award at the 2010 Lumix Festival for Young Photojournalism; she was nominated for the World Press Photo Joop Swart Masterclass in the same year. She participated in the VII Mentorship Program.
In 2019, her solo show, Valley Girls, was presented at the Agave Gallery during the East Austin Studios Tour; also in 2019, a solo show, Notes from the Border, was shown at the O'Henry House Museum in Austin.
Ilana is a graduate of the International Center of Photography’s photojournalism program (New York, New York) where she was awarded a Director’s Fellowship. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Scripps College (Claremont, Calif.), completed the Eddie Adams Workshop in 2009, and graduated in 2014 from the University of the Arts, London, with a Master of Arts degree in photojournalism and documentary photography.
Ilana Panich-Linsman has guest lectured at Smith College, The University of Texas at Austin, Williams College, Austin Community College, and The University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
Photo by Tamir Kalifa