about

Andrea Bruce is a documentary photographer based in Kabul, Afghanistan.

For eight years she has chronicled the world's most troubled areas as a staff photographer for The Washington Post, later as part of the VII Network (2010-2011). At The Post, Andrea focused on Iraq from 2003 to the present, following the intricacies and obstacles of the conflict experienced by Iraqis and the US military. She also wrote a weekly column for The Post called: "Unseen Iraq."

Through documentary photography, Andrea Bruce brings attention to people living in the aftermath of war. She concentrates on the social issues that are sometimes ignored and often ignited in war's wake.

Her awards include top honors from the White House News Photographers Association (she has been named Photographer of the Year four times), several awards from the International Pictures of the Year contest, and the prestigious John Faber Award from the Overseas Press Club in New York.

In 2010 she received the WHNPA grant for her work in Ingushetia. This year, she has been a finalist for the Aftermath Project grant and is a 2011 recipient of the Alicia Patterson Foundation Fellowship.

Andrea is available for photography and multi-media assignments.

exhibitions

"Conflictzone," National Press Club
Washington, DC
Opening Aug. 25, 2011, traveling
www.conflictzone.org

"Arab Revolutions," Third-Floor Gallery
London, England 2011
JULY 28 through September 4, 2011
www.thirdfloorgallery.com

"Enamored," GuatePhoto Festival
Museo Nacional de Arte Moderno
Guatemala City, Guatemala 2010

"Unseen Iraq," Reel Iraq Festival
Edinborough, Scotland, 2009

"Picturing the World"
The Ackland Art Museum
Chapel Hill, NC, 2008, traveling

"Today's Pioneers: Two Women Photojournalists in Iraq and Afghanistan"
(joint exhibition with Stephanie Sinclair)
Museum of Photographic Arts
San Diego, CA,  Summer 2006