Tara was raised at the end of a long dirt road in Vermont. After
wandering west and graduating from Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa
Barbara, California in 2007, she returned to the coast where her sarcasm and
preferential treatment of winter weather would be better appreciated.
Tara is a Brooklyn based photographer focusing on projects related
to education, gender equality, community service and conservation. Her work takes
her around the world, and she wouldn't have it any other way.
Contributions:
Airbnb
UPS
Citibank
Roads & Kingdoms
CNN Parts Unknown
GOOD Corps
Refinery29
buildOn / USA, Haiti, Nepal, Burkina Faso, Malawi, Senegal
The HALO Trust / Laos
ECC / Laos
Mahouts Foundation / Thailand
The Sonder Project / Burkina Faso
RIPPLE Africa / Malawi
Grandmother Project / Senegal
CAMBA
Ford Foundation
XQ Super Schools
National Industries for the Blind
OAFLA (Organization of African First Ladies against HIV/AIDS)
Photographers Without Borders
Makeshift Magazine
Tiny Atlas Quarterly
Monster Children
Fusion
Creative Time
Stock Representation by Gallery Stock
Recognition:
Don't Smile's "The Female Gaze: Portraits" 2017
Photo Boîte's 30 Under 30 Women Photographers 2016
Nominee for the United States Artists Grant 2016
Exhibitions:
"Stories Without an End: Power, Beauty, and Wisdom of Women in African Art of the Mehta Collection" - Oglethorpe University Museum of Art, Atlanta, 2019
Group Show - "Exit Light" - Picture Farm Gallery, NYC, 2017
Group Show - "Mine Action is Humanitarian Action" - United Nations Headquarters, NYC, 2016
Photo by Anna Groth-Shive