Self-portrait, 2023
Phone: +1 (561) 252-4207
Email: sydneywalshphoto@gmail.com
Available for freelance assignments locally in the NYC Metropolitan Area and nationally.
-10 minutes to Fort Lee, NJ
- 30 minutes to Midtown Manhattan
- 40 minutes to Jersey City, NJ
- 40 minutes to Newark, NJ
- 1 hour to Queens
- 1 hour to Brooklyn
- 1 hour to Long Island, NY
- 1 hour to lower Hudson Valley, NY
- 1 hour to Stamford, CT
Sydney 常娇 Walsh is a Chinese-American photographer available for assignments in NYC, New Jersey and Florida. Her project From There, To Here addresses the intersection of cultural heritage, personal identity and interracial adoption using mixed media and photography. She also uses photography to explore how politics shape the landscape in her home state of Florida and the wonder of the Loxahatchee River habitat. She is especially interested in exploring the connection between humans and the natural world to document a diverse range of climate change and conservation stories.
Selected Clients and Publications: The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, The Washington Post, CNN, NPR, NBC News, AARP, NZZ, The Guardian, Vanity Fair, Los Angeles Times, Audubon Magazine, The Hechinger Report, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Tampa Bay Times, Miami Herald, among others.
Sydney is a member of Diversify Photo and the Asian American Journalists Association. She holds a BFA in Photojournalism from Corcoran School of the Arts + Design at George Washington University and is an alumna of the Eddie Adams Workshop XXXIII and the AAJA Voices Fellowship.
Her work has been awarded and recognized by College Photographer of the Year, National Press Photographers Association, Women Photojournalists of Washington, Lenscratch, The Curious Society, Columbia Scholastic Press Association, American Institute of Graphic Arts, among others. Full CV.
Languages: English, Spanish (speaking, reading and writing; professional proficiency)
Additional Skills: FAA Part 107 licensed drone pilot, analog photography, alternative processes
Currently, she is the staff photographer at National Audubon Society where she documents the non-profit's conservation work, environmental advocacy, educational programs and wildlife across the Americas. She also contributes to their editorially independent quarterly Audubon Magazine, photographing feature stories, portraits, and more.
She previously photographed and filmed video for daily news, features, politics, sports and long-form projects at the Miami Herald (and the Spanish version of the daily newspaper, el Nuevo Herald. While at the Miami Herald, she photographed for the series "Broken Promises", which the Herald's Editorial Board received a Pulitzer Prize for.
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