Anna Boyiazis is an American documentary photographer based between Southern California and East Africa. Her areas of focus include human rights, public health, and women and girls’ issues. Her long-term project, Finding Freedom in the Water —a 2019 Prix Pictet Nominee and 2018 World Press Photo Award recipient —was included in the DYSTURB #WomenMatter campaign against violence toward women (Preus Museum, Norway), History In A Moment (Monroe Gallery, Paris Photo New York), and Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize (National Portrait Gallery, London). Anna is a contributing photographer for ESPN, GEO, Médecins Sans Frontières, National Geographic, and UNICEF. She has been a guest speaker at the Austrian Parliament (Vienna), Festival für zeitgenössische Kunst (Basel), UCLA Fowler Museum (Los Angeles), World Press Photo Exhibition (Montréal/ Vienna), and World Press Photo Festival (Amsterdam). Anna earned an MFA from the Yale School of Art and a BA from the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture.