Alison Yin attended the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill on a full athletic scholarship as pitcher for the Tar Heels and graduated with a degree in journalism. She was All-American Scholar Athlete and winner of the Arthur Ashe Scholar Athlete Award. Yin’s work has been recognized by the Best of Photojournalism, Photographer of the Year International, and College Photographer of the Year, and her photo essay “The West Oakland Project” won Third Place in the 2008 Narrative 30 Below Contest. Now an Oakland-based freelance photographer, she specializes in long-form documentary photo stories.
WORKS THAT HAVE APPEARED IN NARRATIVE:
- The West Oakland Project, a photo essay, in Winter 2009