Zara Katz is an independent photo editor and video producer for editorial, documentary and branded content. She brings a narrative approach to both still and moving images, specializing in crafting character-driven visual stories. Collaboration is key to her work, from assigning and supporting photo and video journalists in the field, to editing visual portfolios, to working directly with organizations to create and deliver unique original content.
She is the co-creator of @EverydayIncarceration, a collaborative Instagram feed looking at 40 years of mass incarceration in the United States and “Women on the Outside,” an ongoing multimedia project and forthcoming documentary film about the financial and emotional toll of supporting an incarcerated loved one. These projects have been supported by the Magnum Foundation and Brown Center for Media Innovation and have been exhibited at The Philadelphia Museum of Art and Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia, Photoville in New York and Fotodoks in Munich, Germany.
Katz has worked at The New York Times Lens blog, Time magazine and Newsweek and has been on staff at the digital publication Narratively and the journalism nonprofit started by Barbara Ehrenreich, Economic Hardship Reporting Project. She is the co-founder of Hot in Here Productions, a team that creates documentary-driven content for editorial and branded projects.
Most recently, she was the Director of Still Photography Production for Her America, a special digital project for Lifetime/A+E Networks.
After receiving her Master’s degree from CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, Katz continued working at the university as adjunct faculty and special photojournalism projects manager. She brings experience with print and digital images and videos in editorial publications, branded campaigns, non-profit content, social media, academic platforms and live panels, as well as museum and galleries, where she began her career in photography.
She is the co-creator of @EverydayIncarceration, a collaborative Instagram feed looking at 40 years of mass incarceration in the United States and “Women on the Outside,” an ongoing multimedia project and forthcoming documentary film about the financial and emotional toll of supporting an incarcerated loved one. These projects have been supported by the Magnum Foundation and Brown Center for Media Innovation and have been exhibited at The Philadelphia Museum of Art and Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia, Photoville in New York and Fotodoks in Munich, Germany.
Katz has worked at The New York Times Lens blog, Time magazine and Newsweek and has been on staff at the digital publication Narratively and the journalism nonprofit started by Barbara Ehrenreich, Economic Hardship Reporting Project. She is the co-founder of Hot in Here Productions, a team that creates documentary-driven content for editorial and branded projects.
Most recently, she was the Director of Still Photography Production for Her America, a special digital project for Lifetime/A+E Networks.
After receiving her Master’s degree from CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, Katz continued working at the university as adjunct faculty and special photojournalism projects manager. She brings experience with print and digital images and videos in editorial publications, branded campaigns, non-profit content, social media, academic platforms and live panels, as well as museum and galleries, where she began her career in photography.