Sydney 常娇 Walsh is a Chinese-American photographer available for assignments in NYC, New Jersey and Florida. Her long-term photo projects explore personal identity, the natural environment and her home state of Florida.
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 also 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 the quarterly editorial Audubon Magazine, photographing feature stories, portraits, and more. She is passionate about equitable coverage that tells a holistic story of fighting climate change and conservation throughout a diverse range of communities. She is also interested in the human stories at Audubon and how people connect with the natural world on a personal level.
She previously photographed, filmed and produced 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", for which the Herald's Editorial Board received a Pulitzer Prize.