Rita Leistner
Toronto, ON, Canada
Rita is an award-winning, politically engaged photographer and documentarian with an MA in comparative literature from the University of Toronto, where she teaches the history of photojournalism and documentary photography. Her latest book, Looking for Marshall McLuhan in Afghanistan, applies the pioneering Canadian media theorist’s ideas on language and technology to contemporary warfare and smartphones. Her first short documentary film, Miklat: The Bomb Shelter Project, won an Award of Excellence from the Best Shorts Competition.
- Conflict
- Corporate
- Interview
- Military embed
- Portrait
- Reporting
- Video capture