Annie Griffiths

One of the first women photographers to work for National Geographic, Griffiths has photographed in more than a hundred countries during her illustrious career.  She has worked on dozens of magazine and book projects for the National Geographic Society, including stories on Lawrence of Arabia, Baja California, Galilee, Petra, Sydney, New Zealand, and Jerusalem.

In addition to her magazine work, Griffiths is deeply committed to photographing need around the world.  She is founder and executive director of Ripple Effect, a collective of photojournalists who are documenting the programs that help poor women deal with the effects of climate change.  Griffiths is a Fellow with the International League of Conservation Photographers.  Known for her warmth and for her ability to create photographs that humanize situations and cultures, Griffiths is one of the National Geographic Speakers Bureau's most popular lecturers. 

Griffith’s work has also appeared in Life, GEO, Smithsonian, Stern, Time, and many other publications.  With author Barbara Kingsolver, she produced Last Stand: America’s Virgin Lands, a book celebrating the last pristine wilderness in North America.  Proceeds from the book have raised more than a quarter of a million dollars for grassroots land conservation.  In 2008, Griffiths published A Camera, Two Kids and a Camel, a photo memoir about balance and the joy of creating a meaningful life.  Her newest book, Simply Beautiful Photographs, was published in October 2010. 

Griffiths has received awards from the National Press Photographers Association, the Associated Press, the National Organization for Women, the University of Minnesota, and the White House News Photographers Association.  She lives in Great Falls, Virginia, with her two children.