13-23: How a Summer of Violence Sparked a Decade of Activism is a decade-long project ending in 2023 documenting Baltimore City's murder rate and the activists who by-passed police to combat the city's violence. Baltimore saw a intense spike in homicides in 2013 from 219 in 2012 to 235 which at the time “defied regional and national trends.” Over that summer and until 2023 activists took to the streets to look out for their neighborhoods despite the police.
Giordano is an award-winning photojournalist based in Baltimore. His new book, 13-23: How a Summer of Violence Led to a Decade of Activism (Nighted Life Press). His first book, We Used to Live at Night chronicles 25 years of the city at night. His work has been featured on NPR, ProPublica, Al-Jazeera, GQ, Architectural Digest, Taste, The Observer New Review Sunday Magazine, The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Daily Mail, Washington Post. This year is a semi-finalist for the 2024 National Gallery’s Outwin Boochever Portrait Prize and will be featured in American Photography 50.
Awards 2024:
Winner: Series, American Photography Annual 50
Semi-Finalist National Gallery’s Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition
2023:
Finalist: International Food Photographer of the Year Competition
First Place:
2017 Maryland/DC/Delaware Press Association awards in Wild Card: Drug Use in Communities, General News Photo, Breaking News Photo, Photo Series, Best Photo Gallery.
2016 Maryland/DC/Delaware Press Association award in Series category
YIP 2015: The Guardian
