Marissa Roth

Marissa Roth (born 1957) is a photojournalist who was part of the Los Angeles Times team that won a Pulitzer Prize for Spot News for their coverage of the 1992 Los Angeles riots. She is the subject of a one-woman show, Finding the Light written and performed by Lisa Hayes.

In addition to the Los Angeles Times, Roth has worked for Newsweek, The New York Times, and Entertainment Weekly. She is a graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles and a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.

Photography The child of Holocaust survivors, much of Roth's work has focused on those affected by violence. The show premiered at the 2014 meeting of the European Association for American Studies in the Hague.

In 2016, Roth curated an exhibit of wartime photos by Vietnam War veterans entitled My War: Wartime Photographs by Vietnam Veterans.

Exhibitions

One Person Crying: Women and War, 2012 Caught in the Crossfire: Women and War, 2001 Inside/Out: Downtown Los Angeles, 2000 Burning Heart: A Portrait of the Philippines, 1999.

Books

As photographer

Infinite Light, 2014 Come the Morning, 2005 Real city : downtown Los Angeles inside/out, 2001 Burning Heart: a Portrait of the Philippines, 1999

As editor

My War : Wartime Photographs by Vietnam Veterans