Bio

Alison Wright, a documentary photographer based in San Francisco, has spent a career capturing the universal spirit of humanity through her photographs. Influenced by her years of living among the Buddhist cultures of Asia, her work documents the traditions and changes of endangered cultures and people in remote areas around the world. Her photographs have been published in National Geographic publications, National Geographic Traveler, National Geographic Adventure, Natural History, Islands, Outside, Geo, Time, Forbes, Oprah, The New York Times, The San Francisco Examiner Magazine, The San Francisco Chronicle and dozens of other periodicals.

Her photography books include “Faces of Hope; Children of a Changing World,” “A Simple Monk, Writings on the Dalai Lama,” and “The Spirit of Tibet; Portrait of a Culture in Exile.”

Alison's photos have been exhibited world-wide, including the Smithsonian Institution, The American Museum of Natural History, The Avery Fisher Hall and Telluride Film Festival.In 2002 Alison was awarded the Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Award for her Outside magazine story recounting her astonishing survival and recuperation after a devastating bus accident in Laos.

Alison is the recipient of the 1993 Dorothea Lange Award in Documentary Photography for her photographs of child labor in Asia. She is a three time Bill Muster portfolio award winner and has received top awards for her writing and photography through the Society of American Travel Writers and the North American Travel Journalists Association.

Alison received her Undergraduate Degree in Photojournalism from Syracuse University in New York and Masters Degree in Visual Anthropology from the University of California at Berkeley, California.

Alison also writes a travelogue for the Discovery Channel which regularly features pictures and stories from her travels.
The Discovery Chanel Website Photo Journeys