Nairobi-based, photographer Alissa Everett creates more than images, she inspires change. An intrepid traveler, she has documented social issues, remote locations and indigenous cultures in more than 120 countries on six continents, instinctively identifying the universal human dignity in all of us.

Using powerful images that portray courage, dignity and intimacy, Alissa has awakened compassion and ignited action in a worldwide audience. Her photographs connect audiences with significant social causes such as gender based violence and the plight of refugees and migrants while highlighting common humanity.

Since 2003, she has covered humanitarian issues in Iraq, Darfur, Gaza, the West Bank, Afghanistan and the DRC, as well as many travel features across the Middle East, Africa, Asia and South America. She is represented by Ge

Alissa’s work has been recognised by the International Photography Awards, Sony World Photography Awards, Siena Photo Awards, Gordon Parks Photo Awards, Photography Open Salon Arles and the International Women's Media Foundation.

Her work has been exhibited at the the European Cultural Centre at the Venice Bienalle, Les Rencontres d'Arles, the Farmani Gallery, the National Museum of Women, the Setai, Project One Gallery, Left Space Studios and DogPatch Studios. She received a BA in Political Science and International Relations from UCLA, served in the Peace Corps in Senegal, West Africa, and worked for three years as an investment banker with Robertson Stephens in San Francisco, CA.  She speaks French, Spanish, Wolof and passable Swahili.

In 2007, Alissa founded, Exposing Hope, a 501C3 non-profit organisation (www.exposinghope.org), to raise awareness and funds for victims of human rights abuses worldwide through documentary photography.

Select clients: AMREF, Afghan Institute for Learning, Business Week, CNN, Gates Foundation, Global Fund for Women, HEAL Africa, the Millennium Promise, Reuters, Stern, Sunday Times of London, San Francisco Chronicle, TIME, UNHCR, UNICEF, Village Enterprise, Women's Refugee Commission, World Conservation Society, and the World Food Program.