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Growing Up Travelling-The Journey Continues

For over 13 years, I have photographed Irish Traveller children as they grew from childhood into adulthood. Now the journey continues as I photograph their children—a new generation born into the same close-knit community, carrying forward its traditions, identity, and sense of family.

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Photographer of the Year Contest

2026

Photographer of the Year

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Growing Up Travelling-The Journey Continues

For over 13 years, I have photographed Irish Traveller children as they grew from childhood into adulthood. Now the journey continues as I photograph their children—a new generation born into the same close-knit community, carrying forward its traditions, identity, and sense of family.

About Artist

Jamie Johnson

Jamie Johnson is an American documentary photographer whose work investigates childhood, cultural identity, mobility, and the complex relationship between people and their environments. Born in Brooklyn, New York, and educated at New York University, she has lived and worked in London and Los Angeles and is currently based in France. For more than twenty years, Johnson has developed long-term photographic projects rooted in sustained engagement and embedded access. Working across Europe, Asia, South America, and the United States, she focuses on communities navigating tradition, marginalization, and intergenerational continuity. As a mother, her sustained interest in childhood is both personal and documentary — examining how young lives are shaped by culture, geography, and social structure. Her first monograph, Growing Up Travelling (Kehrer Verlag, 2021), received multiple international photo book awards. Her second book, The Female Spirit (Peanut Press, 2024), further established her reputation for rigorous, long-form visual storytelling. Johnson has been recognized in Critical Mass (Top 50, 2017 and 2019) and named Photographer of the Year for her work with Irish Traveller communities. Her work has been exhibited internationally in galleries and museums, published widely, and acquired for institutional and private collections. She lectures on documentary photography at universities and festivals worldwide.

Jamie Johnson

Photographic Areas of Focus

People, Photojournalism, Portrait

Location

United States of America

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