Lauren Walsh

Dr. Lauren Walsh is a globally recognized expert in conflict/crisis photography as well as peace journalism. 

Walsh teaches at New York University, where she is the Founding Director of the Gallatin Photojournalism Intensive. She is also the Director of Lost Rolls America, a national archive of photography and memory. In 2023, she was named a Fulbright Specialist in Photography and Ethics; and in 2024, she delivered an address at a NATO summer on the role of photojournalism in the contemporary world.

Walsh’s newest book is Through the Lens: The Pandemic and Black Lives Matter. Her other books include Conversations on Conflict Photography and Shadow of Memory. She is co-editor of The Future of Text and Image and The Millennium Villages Project, and editor of Macondo: Memories of the Colombian Conflict. She has published widely in mainstream media and academic spaces. In addition to her appearances on CNN, Al Jazeera and BBC, Walsh has appeared as an expert on photography in radio programs, podcasts, and documentary films; and she sits on the Board of multiple photojournalism organizations. 

She heads media/visual literacy educational initiatives both in the US and abroad, and has led workshops and lectured around the world, with an emphasis on ethics and photography, as well as safety and mental health concerns for journalists. In Ukraine, she is currently heading up the first-ever nationwide initiative on media workers’ mental health struggles in an active war-zone.

Walsh was awarded the Excellence in Teaching Award from NYU.

World Press Photo Involvement:
Speaker at The Stories That Matter, part of the Winners’ Program of the 2025 Contest

Lauren Walsh on Social Media:
Instagram: @lwalsh242
Twitter: @laurenwalsh242