Claire Holt

Mar 15

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Claire Holt is an accomplished portrait photographer and photojournalist whose work has been featured in many publications, including The New York Times, The Chicago Tribune, the Los Angeles Times, New York Newsday, and The Associated Press.

She has also taught photography as an adjunct professor at the Columbia School of Journalism, her alma mater. The driving force in Claire’s work is, in the words of artist Alice Neel, “to assert the dignity and eternal importance of the human being. “Her latest fine art project, UNBOUND: Celebrating Women Writers, consists of a diverse spectrum of portraits of over 40 women writers of all genres. Holt’s unique approach engages the photographer and the writer in an interactive collaboration to conceptualize and create each picture. The resulting images are as much about the play and interaction of the creative process as they are about the writers. Among the participants are Pulitzer Prize winners Margo Jefferson and Stacy Schiff, bestselling authors Jodi Picoult and Meg Wolitzer, renowned poets Marie Howe and Rachel Hadas, and celebrated writers Sigrid Nunez, Dani Shapiro, and Ruth Ozeki.

Claire also works commercially and uses her passion for words, literacy, and the arts by partnering with charitable foundations and universities focusing on education and access to the arts. She lives with her family in NYC.

Interview