[bio]
Originally from Washington, DC, Alexandra Silverthorne graduated in 2002 from Connecticut College with a major in Government and minors in Art and Philosophy.  She currently splits her time between New England and Washington, DC and is pursuing a Master of Fine Arts at Maine College of Art.

Also an activist, she has recruited and organized volunteers for Election Day in DC, fundraised for national political parties, ran a summer program for Vietnamese-American youth, and spent three years working for an international environmental NGO. In 2003, Silverthorne founded Panorama Community Arts with the goal of providing art experiences to all residents of D.C. Through this she has taught workshops in photography, ceramics and mural painting to youth and elderly in Washington. She is currently a consultant working with artists, small businesses, and non-profits.

Silverthorne received a fellowship to travel to Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan for the 2004 World Conference Against A&H Bombs. She has also received numerous grants from the D.C. Commission on the Arts & Humanities as well as the Puffin Foundation. Her work can be found in the permanent collections of the John Wilson City Hall Building in Washington, DC and the Smithville Mansion Gallery in Eastampton, NJ.

[quotes]
"There’s so much to learn out there with a camera.
It gives us power for educating ourselves and for educating others."
-Donna Ferrato

"There is one thing the photograph must contain,
the humanity of the moment."
-Robert Frank