The Innocent

• Photographer
  Heather McClintock, United States
• Website
  http://heathermcclintock.com

After twenty-one years of civil war in northern Uganda, the Lord?s Resistance Army (LRA) and the government are in their second year of peace negotiations. The innocent civilians of the Acholi tribe have been caught in the middle of this complex and barbaric civil war, in which countless numbers have been brutalized, and abducted minors comprised almost 90% of rebel soldiers. With strength and grace the Acholi have slowly begun to return to some semblance of a normal life.

Raised in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont, Heather McClintock received her B.A. from New England College in N.H. and England, and then relocated to NYC to pursue her personal journey through prestigious commercial studios. Seeking a deeper connection to humanity and the commonalities of our existence, Ms. McClintock?s passion for recording the essence and purity of the human condition came to fruition in northern Uganda. Her Uganda work has garnered several awards, including most recently being awarded an artist?s sponsorship by Blue Earth Alliance for ?The Innocent: Casualties of the Civil War in Northern Uganda? project; Merit of Excellence and Honorable Mention in the 2007 International Color Awards Photography Master?s Cup; the 2006 Center for Photographic Art Artist Project Award; the 2006 Photo Review International, First Prize and Honorable Mention in photojournalism in the Black & White Spider Awards. Her work has been exhibited internationally and is included in the collection of the Santa Barbara Museum of Art and several private collections.