Louie Palu

Louie Palu is a Washington DC based photographer and filmmaker whose work has examined social-political issues, such as human rights and conflict for 30 years. He has worked as both a freelance and newspaper staff photographer. He has been on assignment worldwide including multi-year coverage of stories such as the war in Afghanistan, Ukraine, drug war in Mexico and an ongoing 10-year project on geopolitics in the Arctic. His work has appeared in Bloomberg, The New York Times, The Washington Post, National Geographic, The Guardian, Der Spiegel, Le Figaro, El Pais, PBS and BBC. His documentary feature films have screened at Hot Docs and the Munich and Barcelona Documentary Festivals. He has served as a board member on the Frontline Freelance Register, teaches safety for journalists, and lectures at universities internationally. His work has been selected for awards from World Press Photo, Pictures of The Year International, Best of Photojournalism, and Guggenheim Fellowship. He is currently working on a year-long visual column on U.S. politics for the Virginia Quarterly Review.