CAROLYN VAN HOUTEN

Carolyn Van Houten is a freelance photojournalist based out of Washington, DC. Before going freelance, she worked as a staff photojournalist for the Washington Post for eight years. She has covered stories in more than fifty countries across every continent. Her work focuses on the impact of policy on communities, especially regarding climate, conflict, and the human condition.

Prior to joining The Post, she worked for the San Antonio Express-News and National Geographic, among others. Some of her most memorable assignments include embedding on the frontline in Somalia in the battle against the Islamic State; investigating a massacre in Sudan; covering the war in Ukraine; walking across Mexico with the "migrant caravans" seeking asylum; covering how climate change affects women under the Taliban in Afghanistan; investigating sexual abuse of minors at the hands of police officers across the United States; looking into maternal healthcare access in rural Madagascar; and trekking across the Arctic to show one of the world's last wild places.

Carolyn won the Overseas Press Club’s Robert Capa Medal, the RFK Human Rights Award, Pictures of the Year International’s Newspaper Photographer of the Year. Her work from Somalia was exhibited at Visa Pour l’Image and she was on the team that won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting.

CONTACT INFO

carolyn@carolynvanhouten.com

+1 252 864 6825

Instagram: @vanhoutenphoto

CERTIFICATIONS

NAUI Scuba Diver Certification, FAA Licensed Drone Pilot, Hostile Environment First Aid Trained