Isabelle Armand is a documentary photographer and filmmaker based in NYC. A long-time reporter whose work shifted from magazine to 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.
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"It's a dramatic story of justice and injustice, but Armand's book examines much more." ― Daily Beast
“Serves as a corrective, offering us a window into an overlooked population." ― Art in America
”The black-and-white images stand out for the beauty of rural Mississippi, the poverty of the two clans, who live mainly in trailers, and the indomitable spirit of the men-who had, almost literally, come back from the dead." ― The Economist
"Her images- photographs that might never have been taken- are at once heartbreaking and full of hope of change, of opportunity, but also of reality. They put faces to the faults in our criminal justice system, to the inequality that still exists in America, and to the necessity of questioning our biases. They make us reconsider what we take for granted." ― Issue Magazine