Taylor Weidman
Tbilisi Photographer
Taylor is an American photographer working in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia. Most of his editorial assignments cover breaking news and features, while his self-driven work concentrates on intimate, quirky, and overlooked stories.
He has worked for clients including National Geographic, The Wall Street Journal, BBC, CNN, Al Jazeera, GEO, Nature, and others. He is a regular assignment photographer for Getty Images and Bloomberg and his archives are represented by Redux Pictures.
Taylor has a degree in photojournalism from the Newhouse School at Syracuse University. After working at the C.S. Monitor in Boston, he was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to photograph the Loba people of Upper Mustang, Nepal. Taylor has produced long-term projects in Mongolia and the Brazilian Amazon and is currently based in Tbilisi, Georgia.
Contact – Tbilisi Photographer
Email: [email protected]
Phone: +995 5953 50582
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 – Tbilisi Photographer
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