Shannon Johnstone’s photographic work deals with themes that reclaim what has been discarded and make visible that which is hidden. Her project, "Landfill Dogs" was most notably on ABC World News with Diane Sawyer (2013), and CNN.com (2014). Her newest work, “Roadside Zoo” won an Honorable Mention in the International Photography Awards (2021), and one photograph from the series is currently a Finalist in the 2023 BigPicture Natural World Photography Competition. Johnstone is a three-time recipient of Creativity Grants from the Culture and Animals Foundation (2023, 2019, and 2014). The most recent CAF grant was awarded to complete “Picturing Pigs” —a billboard advocacy project created in collaboration with Jane M. Casteline. Johnstone is a tenured professor at Meredith College in Raleigh, NC. She is also a PhD candidate in Human-Animal Studies at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand.
