Stephanie Keith


News and editorial photographer based in New York City. Clients include Getty Images, Reuters, The New York Times and Bloomberg

2023

Pulitzer Prize Finalist- team entry with The New York Times for Breaking News- Deadly fire in the Bronx

2022

Photos of the Year: Getty Images News, Bloomberg, Reuters photos of USA, The New York Times

2021

Photos of the Year:  CNN, The Guardian, Bloomberg and NBC News

2020

Photos of the Year: Getty Images News, CNN and the Wall Street Journal

Yunghi Kim Grant recipient

2019

Photos of the Decade: Reuters, Buzzfeed News, The Atlantic

Photos of the Year: Reuters, Getty Images News, CNN, Time Magazine and The New York Times

3rd Place News & Issues story National Press Photographer's Association Best of Photojournalism contest for "Baltimore pushes back"


2018

In 2018, Reuters assigned her to cover her self-pitched story about a

Sacred horse ride of the Lakota people

following the ride for 400 miles from Green Grass, South Dakota to Fort Laramie, Wyoming.

Reuters Best Photos of the Year 2018

The Guardian Best Pictures of 2018

Pictures of the Year International, Award of Excellence, Daily Life, singles


2017

The Guardian shortlisted Stephanie Keith as one of ten best Agency Photographers of the Year 2017

A Reuters photo from a Black Lives Matter protest was chosen for:

Photos of the Year 2017: Reuters, The Guardian,The Atlantic Magazine, Wall Street Journal, NBC and the BBC

Another photo from a Yemeni Bodega Protest was chosen:

Buzzfeed Best 40 Photos of the Year 2017

2016

In 2016, photos from a Reuters assignment to cover the Dakota Access Pipeline protest at the Standing Rock Indian Reservation were chosen for:

Photos of the Year 2016: Reuters, The New York Times, NBC, The Washington Post, and The Atlantic


Working for Reuters and Getty, her work has been featured in many international publications and media outlets. The New York Times has published her photos on the cover of the newspaper 6 times from January 2015 to January 2022.

In 2020, she had assignments in Washington State, covered the COVID pandemic in NYC and covered water issues on the Navajo Reservation.

In 2019, she did assignments in: Albany, NY for NYTimes, Eagle Butte, SD twice for Reuters, Baltimore, MD for Reuters, and Washington DC, Portland, WA & Ohio for Getty Images News

In 2018, she did three international assignments in:

Tokyo, Singapore and Tunisia.

In 2017, she actively covered the rise of white nationalism in America.

In 2016, Reuters assigned her to cover the Dakota Access Pipeline protest at the Standing Rock Indian Reservation for six weeks.

In 2012, Stephanie was named Reporter of the Year by the Newswomen's Club of New York for her independently produced photos of the Occupy Wall Street Protest.


Prior to moving to the New York City area, she lived in California, Germany and Egypt. She has been documenting the Brooklyn scene most of her photo career, doing stories about Coney Island, Drag Queen competitions, Muslim holidays, Caribbean street celebrations and the Haitian American practice of Vodou.

Stephanie attended Stanford University, and received a Bachelor's degree in Cultural Anthropology. Later she graduated from both the photojournalism program at International Center of Photography and the Master's program in Photography at New York University. She lives in Brooklyn with her two kids and her two cats.



For more information on Stephanie's work, to get in touch regarding employment opportunities, or to just say hello, feel free to get in touch.

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