Nichole Sobecki is an independent photographer and writer based in Nairobi, Kenya. Through her work Nichole strives to document the consequences of war, poverty and social unrest.
From 2008-2011 Nichole was the Turkey Correspondent for Global Post, based in Istanbul, Turkey. During that time she also covered the early days of the Libyan uprising, the ongoing war in Afghanistan, developmental challenges facing Nepal, and the aftermath of the assassination of Benazir Bhutto.
In 2007 Nichole worked for the Daily Star, Lebanon’s English language newspaper based in Beirut.
Nichole shot and edited "The Luckiest Man: Gun Violence in Urban America," a documentary, and "Shooting for Peace," an initiative of the Jacob Burns Film Center which explores several grassroots initiatives to reach people affected by AIDS, unsanitary water conditions, and civil war in Uganda.
Nichole Sobecki was raised in Pleasantville, NY. She studied political science at Tufts University and photography at the International Center of Photography and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts. While at Tufts Nichole was active in the Institute for Global Leadership’s photojournalism program, [EXPOSURE], and now serves on the Advisory Board of the Institute’s new Program for Narrative and Documentary Practice, founded and directed by Gary Knight. In 2005 she interned with photojournalist James Nachtwey.
In 2012 Nichole was selected by the Magenta Foundation as a Flash Forward Emerging Photographer winner.
Nichole works in a combination of photography, text, audio and video recordings, believing that complex stories often lend themselves to different forms of narration.
Her work has appeared in publications including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, The Times of London, The Guardian, Le Monde M Magazine and GlobalPost.
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