16 Facts About Donna Ferrato

Donna Ferrato was born on 1949 and is a photojournalist and activist known for her coverage of domestic violence and her documentation of the New York City neighborhood of Tribeca.

Donna Ferrato's photographs have won various awards and have appeared in solo exhibitions in museums and galleries.

Donna Ferrato has been a member of the executive board of directors for the W Eugene Smith Memorial Fund and was president and founder of the non-profit Domestic Abuse Awareness.

Donna Ferrato was born on 5 June 1949 in Waltham, Massachusetts and grew up in Lorain, Ohio.

Donna Ferrato's father, Peter John Ferrato, was a vascular chest surgeon who met his wife, Ann O'Mally, while interning at Bellevue Hospital in New York City.

Donna Ferrato graduated from the Laurel School in Shaker Heights, Ohio in 1968.

Donna Ferrato was recognized in 1992 as one of the Laurel School's Distinguished Alumna.

Donna Ferrato went on to attend Garland Junior College in Boston, where she met and married Harvard graduate Mark Webb.

In 1977, Donna Ferrato met artist Michael Bowen and travelled with him and his family on the QE2 to join an art colony in Portugal.

Donna Ferrato parted ways with Bowen and began hitchhiking around Belgium and France, where she photographed baguette culture in Paris.

Donna Ferrato began visiting the famous swingers club Plato's Retreat after landing an assignment with New York Magazine to photograph owner Larry Levenson, and was then commissioned by Japanese Playboy to photograph a prominent swinger couple known as Garth and Lisa.

Donna Ferrato immersed herself in Garth and Lisa's life, moving in with the couple at their Saddle River mansion.

Donna Ferrato's work led to the publication of Living With the Enemy, an expose of the hidden world of domestic violence.

In 2011, Donna Ferrato launched the I Am Unbeatable campaign, which aims to expose, document, and raise awareness of domestic violence by creating an archive of stories, photographs, and video narratives.

In 1991 Donna Ferrato was the highest bidder at an auction to have tea with the new First Lady Hillary Clinton.

Donna Ferrato met Welsh photojournalist Philip Jones Griffiths at a party in SoHo, Manhattan.