Katherine Kiviat, born and raised in New York City, is a Middle East–based photojournalist who has covered diverse subjects including American Gypsies, Indian sex workers, the first free presidential elections in Afghanistan, and the Palestinian elections that brought Hamas to power in January 2006. In 2007, Kiviat published her first book Women Of Courage: Intimate Stories from Afghanistan with journalist Scott Heidler. For nearly three years she was based in Kabul, where she taught photojournalism to Afghan women & girls and focused her photography on the changing role of women in Afghanistan.

Kiviat is presently based in Islamabad, Pakistan.

Kiviat has worked for numerous international publications, including Conde Nast Traveller, Flair, Fortune, Time, Newsweek, Businessweek, and The New York Times Magazine. Her photographs have been included in both solo and group exhibitions in the US, Europe and Asia. International assignments have taken Kiviat to Afghanistan, Pakistan, Oman, India, The West Bank, Gaza, Israel, and Europe.

www.katherinekiviat.com