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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Amy_Toensing > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Amy_Toensing.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Toensing > Source revision: 1337370693 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|American photojournalist}} {{Use American English|date=January 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2026}} {{Infobox artist | name = Amy Toensing | image = | imagesize = | caption = | birth_name = Amy Toensing | birth_date = | birth_place = [New Hampshire](/source/New_Hampshire) | death_date = | death_place = | field = [Photojournalism](/source/Photojournalism) | training = [Ohio University](/source/Ohio_University), [College of the Atlantic](/source/College_of_the_Atlantic) | movement = | works = | patrons = | influenced by = | influenced = | awards = | website = {{URL|www.amytoensing.com}} }} '''Amy Toensing''' is an American [photojournalist](/source/photojournalist). ==Life and work== Toensing obtained a bachelor's degree in [human ecology](/source/human_ecology) from the [College of the Atlantic](/source/College_of_the_Atlantic) in Maine.{{Cite journal|url=http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photographers/photographer-amy-toensing |title=Amy Toensing |journal=[National Geographic](/source/National_Geographic_(magazine)) |accessdate=March 18, 2014 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140416192554/http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photographers/photographer-amy-toensing |archivedate=April 16, 2014 |url-status=dead }} She began her professional career in 1994 as a staff photographer at her home town paper, [The Valley News](/source/The_Valley_News) in [New Hampshire](/source/New_Hampshire). After she started covering the [Capitol Hill](/source/Capitol_Hill) and the [White House](/source/White_House) under the [Presidency of Bill Clinton](/source/Presidency_of_Bill_Clinton) working for ''[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times).'' Toensing left D.C. in 1998 to receive her master's degree from the School of Visual Communication at [Ohio University](/source/Ohio_University). Toensing contributed to ''[National Geographic magazine](/source/National_Geographic_(magazine))'' for over a decade, with 13 published feature stories.{{Cite web|url=http://thephotosociety.org/member/amy-toensing/|title=Amy Toensing - The Photo Society|website=thephotosociety.org|access-date=August 9, 2016}} She has covered cultures around the world including the last cave dwelling tribe of [Papua New Guinea](/source/Papua_New_Guinea), the [Māori people](/source/M%C4%81ori_people) of New Zealand and the Kingdom of [Tonga](/source/Tonga), as well as the aftermath of [Hurricane Katrina](/source/Hurricane_Katrina) and Muslim women living in Western culture. Toensing spent more than four years documenting [Indigenous Australians](/source/Indigenous_Australians). This work was published in the June 2013 edition of ''National Geographic''.{{Cite web|url=http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2013/06/aboriginal-australians/finkel-text|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130608002537/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2013/06/aboriginal-australians/finkel-text|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 8, 2013|title=Aboriginal Australians|website=ngm.nationalgeographic.com|access-date=August 9, 2016}} She is one of 11 women featured in ''National Geographic'''s ongoing traveling exhibition ''Women of Vision''. The exhibit showcases a diversity of photos from the magazine's most accomplished women photojournalists.{{Cite web|url=http://wovexhibition.org/about-the-project|title=About the Project :: National Geographic's Women of Vision|last=Society|first=National Geographic|website=National Geographic's Women of Vision|access-date=August 9, 2016}} In addition to her photojournalism work, Toensing teaches photography to kids and young adults in underserved communities. This includes working with nonprofit organization [Vision Workshops](/source/Vision_Workshops) on projects including teaching photography to [Somali](/source/Somalis) and [Sudan](/source/Sudan)ese refugees in Maine and [Burmese](/source/Demographics_of_Burma) refugees in Baltimore. She traveled to Islamabad to teach young Pakistanis [photojournalism](/source/photojournalism) and cover their own communities. Toensing is the daughter of lawyer and [GOP](/source/GOP) operative [Victoria Toensing](/source/Victoria_Toensing) and step-daughter of her law partner [Joseph DiGenova](/source/Joseph_diGenova). Toensing lives in the [Hudson Valley](/source/Hudson_Valley) of New York with her husband [Matt Moyer](/source/Matt_Moyer), who is also a photojournalist. ==Award== *A photograph she took in the Australian outback was chosen as one of ''National Geographic'''s all time 50 Best Photos.{{Cite web|url=http://thephotosociety.org/member/amy-toensing/|title=Amy Toensing - The Photo Society|website=thephotosociety.org|access-date=August 5, 2016}} ==Exhibitions== *2012: [Visa pour l'image](/source/Visa_pour_l'image), Festival of the Photograph, Perpignan, France.{{Cite web|url=http://www.visapourlimage.com/history/2012.do|title=Visa pour l'image|last=|first=|date=|website=[Visa pour l'image](/source/Visa_pour_l'image)|publisher=|access-date=August 9, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011102209/http://www.visapourlimage.com/history/2012.do|archive-date=October 11, 2016|url-status=dead}} *2013–present: Women of Vision, National Geographic Photographers on Assignment.{{Cite web|url=http://wovexhibition.org/|title=National Geographic's Women of Vision|last=Society|first=National Geographic|website=National Geographic's Women of Vision|access-date=August 9, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160404072836/http://wovexhibition.org/|archive-date=April 4, 2016|url-status=dead}} *2017: Visa pour l'image, Festival of the Photograph, Perpignan, France.{{Citation needed|date=September 2017}} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *{{Official website|www.amytoensing.com}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Toensing, Amy}} Category:Living people Category:20th-century births Category:American photojournalists Category:College of the Atlantic alumni Category:Ohio University alumni Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:American women photographers Category:National Geographic photographers Category:21st-century American women Category:American women photojournalists --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Amy Toensing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Toensing) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Toensing?action=history)). 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