Education
After earning a master"s degree at the University of Cambridge, she studied documentary photography at International Center of Photography in New New York
After earning a master"s degree at the University of Cambridge, she studied documentary photography at International Center of Photography in New New York
She founded Kids with Cameras, a non-profit organization that teaches the art of photography to marginalized children in communities throughout the world. Her interest in photography began at age 10. In 1995, she made her first trip to India, producing a story on female infanticide.
In 1997, Briski returned to India and began her project on the prostitutes of Calcutta"s red-light district, which led to her work with the children of prostitutes.
Her latest project Reverence is an experiential multimedia exhibit about transformation. Inspired by dreams of a praying mantis, she was led around the world to collaborate with living insects, taking their portraits in photographs and film.
“My work is a tribute to insects, to their intelligence, personality and elegant beauty,” she says. The project raised initial funds through the crowdsourcing site Kickstarter in 2010.
Briski and co-director Ross Kauffman were awarded grants from the Sundance Institute, the Jerome Foundation, and the New York State Council on the Arts for Born into Brothels.