Kitra Cahana is an acclaimed documentary photographer, filmmaker, and TED speaker. She holds a B.A. in philosophy from McGill University and an M.A. in Visual and Media Anthropology from the Freie Universität in Berlin. Her work explores important social, anthropological, and spiritual themes, and she is committed to telling deeply human stories with sensitivity and depth. Her work has appeared in National Geographic Magazine, The New York Times, The Washington Post, ProPublica, The Intercept etc. 

Kitra has received numerous recognitions, including, a Peabody Award, a TED Senior Fellowship, a DuPont Columbia award, a World Press Photo award, the International Center of Photography’s Infinity Award for young photographers, a World Press Photo Online Video of the Year Nominee, multiple Canada Council grants for the Visual Arts, and a year long residency at FABRICA.

She is the granddaughter of Holocaust survivor and artist Alice Lok Cahana.

E-mail: kitra.cahana@gmail.com
Instagram: @kitracahana