Hannah Kathryn
Valles

Hannah-Kathryn Valles is an American photographer based in Rome, Italy.

She believes the human experience, in all its fraught and beautiful realities, can be understood by examining three relationships: our relationship with ourselves, each other, and the world around us. She aims to create photographs that explore and capture these connections, in the hope that, through sustained and nuanced storytelling, we can better understand our shared humanity and ultimately imagine a better future.

Her current projects examine the grip of religious nationalism on politics and explore expansive approaches to community in fractured social landscapes. Her other interests include environmental degradation, human displacement, and the connection between gender and rising authoritarianism around the world.

She received the Overseas Press Club Foundation Scholar Award in 2024 for her photographic project Between Two Stitches, which looks at the vital role of tailoring co-ops as supportive spaces for West African migrants. This work was exhibited with Dysturb in New York City and Paris, France.

Hannah-Kathryn earned a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology from the University of Arkansas and a Master of Arts in Journalism from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY.

Contact

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