Isabelle Armand is a documentary photographer and filmmaker based in NYC. A long-time story teller whose work shifted from magazine to social documentary, Armand uses photography, film, and oral testimonies as creative tools to explore the complex layers of people whose histories, lives, and potential have long been undervalued.
Her landmark book of photographs, Levon and Kennedy: Mississippi Innocence Project, published by Powerhouse Books in 2018, has been widely acclaimed. Her images have been shown in exhibitions and are part of American museums’ collections such as the Brooklyn Museum, the Akron Art Museum and the Portland Museum of Art, as well as international private collections. Her work has also been featured in publications such as Art in America, The Economist, The New York Times and The Daily Beast. She is currently editing her next photo book, and her first feature film Glendora.
Armand was awarded a grant from the SHOEN Foundation, in support of her book Levon and Kennedy: Mississippi Innocence Project. She was recently awarded grants from La Fondation CUVELIER and the JOAN NICHOLS Fund for her current photographic and feature documentary film project, Glendora.
Press
https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/features/isabelle-armands-portraits-exonerated-60113/
https://www.economist.com/books-and-arts/2018/04/13/a-haunting-chronicle-of-life-after-death-row-in-mississippi
https://www.thedailybeast.com/both-men-were-innocent-but-they-were-from-mississippi
https://www.innocenceproject.org/special-features/the-life-and-legacy-of-levon-brooks/
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/30/books/review/cadaver-king-country-dentist-radley-balko- tucker-carrington.html
https://news.artnet.com/partner-content/european-photography-galleries
https://nppa.org/magazine/mississippi-innocence-project
https://loeildelaphotographie.com/en/levon-kennedy-mississippi-innocence-project-by-isabelle-armand/
http://www.picturethispost.com/levon-and-kennedy-mississippi-innocence-project/
http://issuemagazine.com/levon-and-kennedy-mississippi-innocence-project/#
https://www.fstopmagazine.com/blog/2018/09/book-review-levon-and-kennedy-mississippi- innocence-project/
http://www.lifeforcemagazine.com/jan2018/biographies.htm