About

Florence Middleton is a freelance documentary photographer, photojournalist, and cinematographer based in Oakland, California. Her work has been published in the San Francisco Chronicle, KQED, The Oaklandside, Berkeleyside, El Tecolote, and Bay Nature. She has covered stories both locally and globally. Florence is the recipient of the 2023 Pulitzer Center Reporting Fellowship and the 2024 Dorothea Lange Fellowship. 

Florence is pursuing her master’s degree from UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. She changed careers to journalism after a decade-long career in international nonprofits, and she interviewed for graduate school when she was nine months pregnant. Florence’s work focuses on themes of community, women, and culture, and she is committed to telling stories through her lens as a new mother.

Contact

email: visuals [dot] florence [at] gmail.com

‪phone: (341) 210-1174‬

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Education

University of California, Berkeley - M.J., Graduate School of Journalism, 2024 

University of California, San Diego - B.A., International Studies, 2010

 The Eddie Adams Workshop XXXVI - Instructors: Maye-E Wong, Nancy Borowick, Andy Scott, 2023

 Long-Term Project Development Alumni Workshop - Instructors: Brian L. Frank, Sarah Blesener, Jenny Stratton, 2021

 Long-Term Project Development Work - Instructors: Brian L. Frank, Sarah Blesener, Jenny Stratton, 2021

 Foundry Photojournalism Workshop - Instructor: Maggie Steber, 2018

 Foundry Photojournalism Workshop - Instructor: Andrea Bruce, 2017

Awards & Honors

Dorothea Lange Photojournalism Fellow, 2024 

Queer Women of Color Film Festival, short film screening - SK8RGRLS, 2024

Pulitzer Center Reporting Fellow, 2023 

National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Graduate Journalism Award, 2023 

Dorothea Lange Fellow Honorable Mention, 2023 

Diversify Photo Up Next, 2022