Taylor Weidman is a photojournalist and educator who has worked in over 40 countries over the past decade. During that time, he founded a global non-profit, authored and designed 3 coffee table books on indigenous issues, worked as a media consultant for the United Nations, received both Fulbright and Pulitzer Center grants, and photographed numerous stories for outlets including National Geographic, The Wall Street Journal, BBC, CNN, Al Jazeera, GEO, Nature, and others.
Taylor has degrees in photojournalism (M.A., Syracuse University) and Economics (B.A., University of Virginia), and is a US-licensed teacher in both Media and Social Studies. He has worked as an educator in a number of international schools as a teacher, visiting lecturer, and artist in residence. He is currently based in Cabarete, Dominican Republic.
Contact
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Phone (US): +1 385 437 2780
Select Photo Coverage
Growing Up and Growing Old in Georgia’s Abandoned Sanatoriums / Al Jazeera English / September, 2019
The Winemakers Upending 8,000 Years of Tradition / BBC / August, 2019
Invasion of the Stink Bugs / National Geographic / May, 2019
The Forgotten Victims of Georgia’s Civil War / New Humanitarian / May, 2019
Comic, Billionaire, Comeback Queen Vie in Ukraine Election / Bloomberg / March, 2019
Chinese Money Driving One of Asia’s Fastest Property Booms / Bloomberg / September 2018
Once Written Off as Dead, Aral Sea is Now Full of Life / National Geographic / March, 2018
Climate Change in the Irrawaddy Delta / Terre Sauvage / January, 2018
Cremation of the Thai King / Bloomberg / October, 2017
Mongolia’s Killer Winters / South China Morning Post / April, 2017
Mongolian Reindeer Herders Fight to Protect Way of Life / BBC / March, 2017
How Mongolia Conquered Japanese Sumo / Wall Street Journal / November, 2016
Living in Yangon Central Train Station / Al Jazeera / December, 2016
Mongolians Face Climate Change Collectively / Al Jazeera and IRIN / October, 2016
Inside Myanmar’s Ruby Mines / Bloomberg / May, 2016
Living in Bangkok’s Airplane Graveyard / Getty Images / October, 2015
Thailand’s Transgender Kickboxer / Getty Images / September, 2015
Drilling for Black Gold in Myanmar / Getty Images / August, 2015
HeroRats Detect Mines and Save Lives in Cambodia / Getty Images / July, 2015
Nepal Earthquake / Getty Images / May, 2015
China’s Butler Academy / Getty Images / September, 2014
Indigenous Groups Struggle in Shadow of Brazil’s Megadams / BusinessWeek / February, 2014
Moken Sea Nomads / Yahoo! News / October, 2013
Mongolia: Nomads No More / Boston Globe / April, 2012
Video
The Winemakers Upending 8,000 Years of Tradition / BBC / August, 2019
The Kazakh Teen Keeping People Safe / BBC / March, 2018
Mongolian Reindeer Herders Fight to Protect Way of Life / BBC / March, 2017