Alison Wright

Who is Alison Wright?

Alison Wright is an American photojournalist and writer. Alison Wright's work is represented by National Geographic and Corbis. Her photography of endangered cultures and documentation of the human condition has covered all corners of the globe and been published in magazines worldwide. She is a two-time recipient of the Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Award and the Dorothea Lange Award in Documentary Photography.

Wright was nearly killed in an accident in Laos, when the bus she was riding in was hit by a logging truck. Her story of survival has been featured in Outside magazine, National Geographic Adventure, and Yoga Journal. She is the founder of the Faces of Hope Fund, which provides health care and education to communities in Asia.

Wright attended Watchung Hills Regional High School in New Jersey, and studied photojournalism at Syracuse University.