| Born, 1977 USA Current location | New York Available for assignments lisa@lisawiltse.com lisawiltse.photoshelter.com Lisa Wiltse was born in Weston, Connecticut, and graduated from the Art Institute of Boston with a BFA in photography. In 2004 she moved to Sydney, Australia where she worked as a staff photographer for the Sydney Morning Herald. In 2008, she decided to pursue her freelance career and in 2009 moved to La Paz, Bolivia. She has traveled extensively, focusing on documenting everyday life in marginalized communities in places such as Bangladesh, Uganda, Philippines, and the USA. Her work has been recognized by Photo District News, the National Press Photographers Association, the Sony awards, Magenta's Flash forward photographer and she is the recipient of The Walkley award in Australia. She was selected as one of eight photographers for Pour L'Instant in Niort, France in 2009. She has recently been awarded The PDN Emerging photographer and selected as an exhibitor for the 2nd Lumix Festival for Young Photojournalism in Hanover, Germany. She is currently a contributor with Getty Reportage. Clients include TIME, New York Times, Geo, Marie Claire, The Fader, PDN, The Walrus, Virginia Review Quarterly, International Herald Tribune, among others |