Featured Photographer: Annie Griffiths
Annie’s first trip abroad was to Namibia, photo by Annie Griffiths
Annie Griffiths is an American photographer. She was one of the first woman photographers to work for National Geographic. She has photographed in nearly 150 countries. Annie’s first trip abroad was to Namibia. In addition to her magazine work, Annie is deeply committed to photographing for aid agencies around the world. She heads an organization called Ripple Effects Images. Oh, and she shoots with a Nikon.
Women in developing countries bear the biggest burden as climate change impacts the world. It is in the daily lives of these women that the battle to save the family, the planet, and the future is played out. These women and girls are forces of nature, and Ripple Effect Images is telling their stories. Vietnam, photo by Annie Griffiths
Ripple Effect Images is a team of journalists dedicated to documenting the plight of women and girls around the world by highlighting the programs that are helping to empower them. Annie Griffiths is founder and Executive Director. The team donates their photographs, films and stories to the Ripple Effect Archive and make them available at no cost to partner aid organizations. Griffiths’ inspiring Ted Talk highlights her photography and her efforts to help empower women in developing countries.
Following is a collection of some of Annie’s best shots:
An Argentine horse whisperer teaches his skill to a young boy, photo by Annie Griffiths
A Bedouin man sitting on top of one of the ancient buildings of Petra ( Jordan), photo by Annie Griffiths
An elderly man in his home in Pakistan, photo by Annie Griffiths
Windblown grass on the American prairie (United States), photo by Annie Griffiths
The badlands of South Dakota, photo by Annie Griffiths
A mother and baby elephant walk along the grassland at sunset, photo by Annie Griffiths
Cambodian children play in a newly dug clean water well, photo by Annie Griffiths
School for Masai children (Kenya), photo by Annie Griffiths
Brazil, photo by Annie Griffiths
