Smita Sharma

Smita Sharma is an award winning photojournalist and visual storyteller based in Delhi, India, reporting on critical human rights and social justice issues in her own community as well as around the globe on assignments for Human Rights Watch, TIME, National Geographic Magazine, and other publications. From documenting the effect of pregnancy on girl’s education in Kenya to child marriage in Nepal, and sex-trafficking in South Asia, Sharma is committed to representing people with dignity and telling underrepresented stories with impact. Smita is a International Women's Media Foundation reporting fellow. She is the recipient of Amnesty International Media Award for humanistic photography and One World Media Award for her short film “Rebel with a Cause”. Smita’s work has been published in various places and exhibited and shown globally including at the UN Headquarters in New York.