Diversify Photo is a community of BIPOC and non-western photographers, editors, and visual producers working to break with the predominantly colonial and patriarchal eye through which history and the media have recorded the images of our time. Our curated online database is used by editors at major media outlets seeking to expand their talent rosters. We also create networking, exhibiting, speaking, community-building, educational, and resource-sharing opportunities for our members.
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Our Team
Andrea Wise
Andrea Wise is a Visuals Editor at ProPublica responsible for ideating and commissioning photography, illustration, and other forms of visual journalism. She was previously a Contract Photo Editor on the History & Culture desk at National Geographic and her other clients have included Newsweek, BuzzFeed News, The Intercept, Open Society Foundations, among others. Her work has been recognized by The Telly Awards, The National Press Photographers Association, College Photographer of the Year, and The Student Academy Awards. Andrea earned her M.S. in Photography from Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and her B.A. with Honors in Studio Arts from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut and is an alum of the Eddie Adams, Kalish, and Mountain Workshops.
Brent Lewis
Brent Lewis is a Photo Editor based out of New York City and from the greatest city in the world Chicago. South Side to be exact. A photo editor at The New York Times working on the Business Desk, Brent assigns visual coverage of technology, the economy, and auto industry. He was previously a Photo Editor at The Washington Post and was the Senior Photo Editor of ESPN’s The Undefeated, where he drove the visual language of the website based around the intersection of sports, race, and culture. Before joining the turning his life over to photo editing, he was a staff photojournalist with stints at The Denver Post, The Rockford Register Star and the Chillicothe Gazette. Through the years his photos have been used by the Chicago Tribune, L.A. Times, Associated Press, Forbes, and Yahoo! News.
David M. Barreda
David Barreda is a visual editor, multimedia producer, and journalist. He is currently a Senior Photo Editor at National Geographic. Previously, David served as the photo editor for Earthjustice, was a founding editor at Topic magazine, and was the founding visuals editor for ChinaFile, where he launched the Abigail Cohen Fellowship in Documentary Photography. He was a staff photographer at the San Jose Mercury News, the Denver Rocky Mountain News, and other newspapers. David an alum of the Kallish Workshop and attended the Eddie Adams Workshop as a student and a Black Team member. He is a proud member of NPPA and NAHJ (where is his currently the Bay Area chapter’s vice president). Born in Perú and raised in Vermont, he lives in Oakland, California, with his partner, Esther, their nine-year-old kid and Dandelion their rescue dog.
Salgu Wissmath
Communications Manager
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Salgu Wissmath is a nonbinary photographer based in Sacramento, California. They are dedicated to decolonizing the field of photography by focusing on stories by and for people of color and the queer community. Their personal work explores the intersections of mental health, queer identity, and faith from a conceptual documentary approach. They are a proud member of AAJA, NLGJA, NPPA, Authority Collective, and Women Photograph. Salgu recently completed a Masters of Photography at Ohio University and is currently freelancing for editorial publications and nonprofits in Northern California.
Alex M. Sanchez
Alex M Sanchez (Alex Mousan) is a documentary photographer and filmmaker born and raised in Miami, Florida. She focuses most of her work on nonprofit work, global humanitarian issues and travel. She received her B.S. in Journalism from the University of Florida and attends the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for her Masters in Visual Communications at the Hussman School of Journalism as a Roy H. Park Fellow.
Carmen Chan
Carmen Chan is a photographer and director committed to building an equitable and inclusive future through sharing stories about underrepresented artists and Asian-American communities. She co-founded Fuck Gatekeeping, a knowledge base for emerging BIPOC photographers. Carmen is commercially represented by Redeye and her client list includes Herman Miller, Soho House, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and Cereal Magazine. She splits her time between Las Vegas and Los Angeles.