Zana Briski

Biography

Zana Briski is an English artist (photographer, filmmaker) and activist.

Briski's interest in photography began at age 10. After earning a master's degree at the University of Cambridge, Briski studied documentary photography at International Center of Photography in New York. In 1995, she made her first trip to India, producing a story on female infanticide. In 1997, Briski returned to India and began her project on the prostitutes of Calcutta's red-light district, which led to her work with the children of prostitutes.

Briski has won numerous awards and fellowships including George Soros' Open Society Institute Fellowship, an Alicia Patterson Journalism Fellowship in 2000 to research and...