Allison Hunter

Bio

Allison Hunter

Based in Hell's Kitchen, New York City, Allison photographs, writes and shoots video focusing on marginalized communities and the environment.

Allison has studied art in Switzerland, rode to Prague on the back of a motorcycle and projected moving images onto abandoned grain silos in Houston. She's exhibited her photography and video art in museums and galleries in Florida, North Carolina, California, New York, Canada, and Sweden. Her work is collected by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the Center for Photography at Woodstock, the Albany Institute of History and Art, and the Museum of the University at Albany, among others.

Today Allison writes and photographs stories about New York, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic. Her "Freedom to Fly" series won People Photographer of the Year from the International Photography Awards in 2024. Allison continues to capture the essence and vulnerability in everything she makes.

Based in New York City.

Clients

Newsday | Front Page Africa | The Haitian Times | The Bronx Free Press | NYCity News Service | Conway Daily Sun | Green Circle Capital | Greystar | RAINA | New York City Anti-Violence Project | On Belay | The Center | The BK Reader | Culture Espresso