Shannon Simon

Photo Editor @ The New York Times Sunday Magazine. / Based in Brooklyn, New York

Shannon Simon is the founder and director of Mantle Projects , a creative development and production company based in New York. Mantle Projects focuses on consulting with artists, established and emerging photographers, and companies on... read on
Focus: Editor, Curator, Collector, Photo Editor, Creative Director, Conceptual, Creative Executive, Entrepreneur, Founder, Consultant, Creative Professional, Education, Manager
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Available in: Brooklyn, New York
Focused on: Editor, Curator, Collector, Photo Editor, Creative Director, Conceptual, Creative Executive, Entrepreneur, Founder, Consultant, Creative Professional, Education, Manager
Years of experience: More than 10
Shannon Simon is the founder and director of Mantle Projects, a creative development and production company based in New York. Mantle Projects focuses on consulting with artists, established and emerging photographers, and companies on concept generation, exhibition, curation, and management for projects of varying scales.

For nearly 4 years Shannon was the Global Content Director and Director of the Americas for Magnum Photos where she worked on development, management and creative and editorial direction for both large and small scale projects and partnerships. She managed a global content and editorial team as well as the New York office. She previously held roles as the Photography Director for Interview Magazine and was a Photo Editor for the New York Times Magazine.

For almost a decade she worked with multidisciplinary artist Taryn Simon, developing and producing projects, exhibitions and publications including A Living Man Declared Dead and Other Chapters, Contraband, and An American Index of the Hidden and Unfamiliar.

Shannon is currently on contract as a photo editor for the New York Times Sunday Magazine.
Shannon is a founding member of The Visual Thinking Collective.


SELECTED CLIENTS AND PARTNERS:  Taryn Simon, Magnum Photos, The New York Times Magazine, Interview Magazine, Pacific Standard, Charney Inc., ICRC, California Sunday Magazine, TIME Magazine, Vogue, National Geographic, The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting.

CONTACT
Shannon@mantleprojects.com  LINKEDIN