Carolyn Van Houten
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Carolyn Van Houten is a freelance photojournalist based out of Washington, D.C.
Before going freelance, she worked as a staff photojournalist for The Washington Post for eight years. She has covered stories in more than 50 countries across every continent. Her work focuses on the impact of policy on communities, especially regarding climate, conflict, and the human condition.
In 2020, she shared a Pulitzer Prize win for climate reporting in Angola, Uruguay, and Colorado with The Washington Post. Van Houten won the Overseas Press Club’s Robert Capa Medal, the RFK Human Rights Award, Pictures of the Year International’s Newspaper Photographer of the Year, and was a finalist for International Photographer of the Year. Her work from Somalia was exhibited at Visa Pour l’Image in Perpignan, France.
