Diana Zeyneb Alhindawi uses photography to explore the human condition across a variety of political and cultural contexts. She is based in Brooklyn, USA, but often works in areas experiencing social unrest or humanitarian emergencies. Her photography has been published and showcased by media outlets like The New York Times, Al Jazeera America, CNN, Le Monde and the Sunday Times Magazine, and international NGOs like Doctors Without Borders/ Médecins Sans Frontières, Human Rights Watch and International Committee of the Red Cross. In 2014, she was named one of Lens Culture's Top 50 Emerging Talents for 2014. In 2015, she received the ICRC Humanitarian Visa d'Or Award.
Diana's interests reflect her multicultural background and upbringing: born in rural Romania to a Romanian mother and Iraqi father, Diana witnessed her family experience political circumstances that landed them as refugees in the former Yugoslavia, after which they were resettled to Canada. These early experiences led her to pursue careers in humanitarian aid and in human rights. For several years, she held management and research positions with international aid organizations, working on the ground in areas affected by conflict or natural disasters. In mid-2013, she decided to focus her professional efforts entirely on photography.
Diana holds two BA degrees - one in Economics and one in Neuroscience - from The Johns Hopkins University, and has completed all but her thesis for a MA degree in International Development from American University, School of International Service.
She speaks English, Romanian, Spanish and French.
Uganda ranks as one of the worst countries in the world for LGBT rights: yet this growing band of brave individuals gathers together each year to celebrate their identity with Pride.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo has been dubbed “the rape capital of the world” — these photographs tell the story of a pivotal trial that attempted to change this history.
