Isabelle Carbonell
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Isabelle Carbonell is an American documentary photographer and filmmaker based out of Washington D.C.
She is trilingual in English, French, and Spanish. She graduated from the Residential College at the University of Michigan
with degrees in Environmental and Social Science, Photography and Filmmaking. Her documentary work has taken her to countries such as Cuba
, Mexico, Vietnam
, the Dominican Republic
, India, Qatar
, Uruguay, and Argentina
.
Carbonell has participated in numerous photo exhibitions and film festivals such as the DC Film Festival, Athens International Film and Video Festival, and Gasparilla Film Festival, and has been featured in a Michigan Difference PSA. She is noted for her work with NGO Crossing Borders in Vietnam, and has been discussed in numerous press articles including the New York Times, the Michigan Daily, and the University of Michigan LSA Magazine, as well as being featured in a Local Point television interview.
Her work has been published in several places including Skipping Stones Magazine, Gourmet.com, Convergence Journal, and the Oleander Review; she received special and honorable mentions in the World Health Organization's photo competition and the Islands 19th Annual Photo Contest.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
She is trilingual in English, French, and Spanish. She graduated from the Residential College at the University of Michigan
University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
The University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts is the liberal arts and sciences unit of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Established in 1841 with seven students and two teachers, the college is currently the largest unit at U-M in terms of the number of students...
with degrees in Environmental and Social Science, Photography and Filmmaking. Her documentary work has taken her to countries such as Cuba
Cuba
The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
, Mexico, Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
, the Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...
, India, Qatar
Qatar
Qatar , also known as the State of Qatar or locally Dawlat Qaṭar, is a sovereign Arab state, located in the Middle East, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeasterly coast of the much larger Arabian Peninsula. Its sole land border is with Saudi Arabia to the south, with the rest of its...
, Uruguay, and Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
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Carbonell has participated in numerous photo exhibitions and film festivals such as the DC Film Festival, Athens International Film and Video Festival, and Gasparilla Film Festival, and has been featured in a Michigan Difference PSA. She is noted for her work with NGO Crossing Borders in Vietnam, and has been discussed in numerous press articles including the New York Times, the Michigan Daily, and the University of Michigan LSA Magazine, as well as being featured in a Local Point television interview.
Her work has been published in several places including Skipping Stones Magazine, Gourmet.com, Convergence Journal, and the Oleander Review; she received special and honorable mentions in the World Health Organization's photo competition and the Islands 19th Annual Photo Contest.