5Jodi Cobb
Photographer’s Forum, May 1988
Jodi Cobb worked as a staff photographer for National Geographic magazine starting in 1977, although her first assignment for them came years before. She began her career as a writer, but soon found that photography was her choice. A graduate of the University of Missouri, Cobb was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, won a World Press Award, and was honored by the National Press Photographers Association. In 1985 she was named White House Photographer of the Year. Her books before and since this interview include her contributions to National Geographic’s Journey into China (1982), The Wall: Images and Offerings from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial (1987), The Way Home: Ending Homelessness in America (1999), ...
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