Lorissa Rinehart

Oct 2, 2024 | hyperallergic.com | Lorissa Rinehart

We rely on readers like you to fund our journalism. If you value our coverage and want to support more of it, consider supporting us as a member. Join Us SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — Autobiography: The title itself seems to suffer from delusions of grandeur. For a Robert Rauschenberg exhibition, it conjures entire museum floors choc-a-bloc with decades of art spanning Abstract Expressionism, Neo-Dada, and Postmodernism in nearly every medium imaginable.

Oct 18, 2023 | americanheritage.com | Edwin Grosvenor |Lorissa Rinehart |Wilbur E. Garrett |Elizabeth Becker

Editor's Note: Cultural critic and historian Lorissa Rinehart writes about art, war, and politics. She adapted the following from her recently published book, First to the Front: The Untold Story of Dickey Chapelle, Trailblazing Female War Correspondent.

Jul 20, 2023 | thewarhorse.org | Lorissa Rinehart

The following is an excerpt from First to the Front: The Untold Story of Dickey Chapelle, Trailblazing Female War Correspondent by Lorissa Rinehart. From the beginning of World War II through the early days of Vietnam, photojournalist Chapelle chased dangerous assignments her male colleagues wouldn’t touch but was still forced to overcome discrimination both on the battlefield and at home, with much of her work ultimately buried from the public eye.

Jun 10, 2023 | thefreelibrary.com | Lorissa Rinehart

BiographyIf you haven't heard of Dickey Chapelle, you're not alone. But Lorissa Rinehart's authoritative biography, First to the Front: The Untold Story of Dickey Chapelle, Trailblazing Female War Correspondent (St. Martin's, $32, 9781250276575), makes it clear that this courageous photojournalist, who was the first female war correspondent to be killed in combat, deserves wider recognition.

Jun 10, 2023 | thefreelibrary.com | Lorissa Rinehart