Claire Yaffa is a noted freelance photographer known for her social realism.
Her work has been exhibited at The International Center of Photography, The Neuberger Museum, The Hudson River Museum, The United Nations and Fait et Cause, Paris, France, among others, and she has photographed for a variety of medical organizations, including The Foundation for Children with Learning Disabilities, Bronx Lebanon Hospital, New York School for the Deaf, and Columbia Presbyterian Hospital. She has been photographing for The New York Foundling Hospital since 1979.