Maggie Steber
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| Nationality | American |
| Education | University of Texas |
| Known for | Photography |
| Awards | Alicia Patterson Foundation Grant, Ernst Haas Grant, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Grant, Guggenheim Foundation Grant, Pulitzer Prize Finalist, Lucie Award |
| Website | maggiesteber |
Maggie Steber is an American documentary photographer.[1] Her work has documented a wide range of issues, including the African slave trade, Native American issues in the United States, natural disasters, and science.[2]
Steber has produced the book Dancing on Fire: Photographs from Haiti. She is a member of VII Photo Agency and has been awarded a first prize World Press Photo award and a Guggenheim Fellowship.
Steber was born in Texas.[1] She studied journalism and art at the University of Texas at Austin.[1] Early in her career, she lived and worked in Galveston, Texas, working as a reporter and photographer for The Galveston Daily News and as a picture editor for Associated Press in New York City.[3] Steber was a director of photography for the Miami Herald and is a contributor to magazines including Life, The New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, Smithsonian, People, Newsweek, Time, Sports Illustrated, The Sunday Times Magazine, and Merian Magazine of Germany.[3]
Steber has worked in Haiti for over 25 years documenting the history and culture of the Haitian people.[4] Her essays on Haiti have appeared in The New York Times and she has a monograph titled Dancing on Fire: Photographs from Haiti.[2]
National Geographic has published her essays on Miami, the African slave trade, the Cherokee Nation, sleep, soldiers’ letters, Dubai and a story on the science of memory.[2] Steber was one of eleven photographers included in National Geographic's 2013 exhibition, Women of Vision: National Geographic Photographers on Assignment.[5]
Steber is a member of VII Photo Agency.[6] She is also a member of Facing Change Documenting America, a group of civic-minded photographers covering important American issues.[2][7] She currently lives in Miami, Florida.
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