Alison Wright

Alison Wright, a documentary photographer, has traveled to all regions of the globe photographing indigenous cultures and people while covering issues concerning the human condition.Alison’s life was nearly cut short during a horrific bus accident on a remote jungle road in Laos. Wright’s recent memoir, “Learning to Breathe; One Woman’s Journey of Spirit and Survival,” chronicles this inspirational story of survival and years of rehabilitation, and her ongoing determination to recover and continue traveling the world as an intrepid photojournalist. The book details her ascent of Mt. Kilimanjaro as well as her circumambulation of Mt. Kailash in Tibet.

Wright has been named a 2013 National Geographic Traveler of the year as someone who travels with a sense of passion and purpose. She is a recipient of the Dorothea Lange Award in Documentary Photography and a two-time winner of the Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Award.