Katie Orlinsky
New York, NY, United States
Katie Orlinsky is a regular contributing photographer to National Geographic Magazine and an Explorer with the National Geographic Society. Her work is also frequently published in The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal and Smithsonian Magazine. She has been awarded by World Press Photo, Pictures of the Year International, the World Photography Organization, the Alexia Foundation, Visa Pour L’image, and the Art Director’s Club, and has been exhibited at the British Museum, the Musée nationale de l'histoire de l'immigration, the National Geographic Museum, the United Nations Headquarters, and the United States Senate, among others. Over the last decade Katie’s work has primarily focused on the human stories of our changing planet, exploring how the climate crisis is transforming the relationship between people, animals and the land across the Arctic. Katie teaches photojournalism as a visiting professor at NYU and was the 2018 University of Alaska Fairbanks Snedden Chair of Journalism. She holds a Bachelor’s degree from Colorado College and Master’s Degree from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism. She is available for editorial and commercial assignments worldwide.

2025 - Siena International Photo Awards, 2024 - Visa Pour L’image Visa D’or, 2024 - Sony World Photography Awards Sustainability Prize, 2024 - Pictures of the Year International, 2020 - World Press Photo
- Advertising
- Arts
- Corporate
- Editorial
- Environment
- Food
- Interior
- Landscape
- Portrait
- Underwater