GRAND ISLE, La. — The Ace of Trade trawler motored toward Dean Blanchard’s dock early last summer in southern Louisiana, its skipper slowly winching its nets into storage. Blanchard’s workers, strengthened by a lifetime at sea, worked shirtless in the humid summer air. It was the beginning of hurricane season, and 2019 was on track […]
Author Archives: Spike Johnson
Spike Johnson is a journalist who photographs in the documentary style, exploring themes of social conflict that lie at the edges of the human experience.
In the past his projects have received funding from the Fund for Investigative Journalism, the Society of Environmental Journalists, and the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting.
His work has published with outlets including Grist, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Harper’s Magazine, Vice Magazine, Foreign Policy, The Telegraph, Human Rights Watch, and Marie Claire, and has won awards from the National Press Photographers Association, the International Photography Awards, College Photographer of the Year, the Society of Environmental Journalists, and the Associated Press.