National Geographic staff photographer Annie Griffiths says she's "learned that even without a shared language, it’s easy to let people know that their children are beautiful, their homes are lovely…and that their stories are worth sharing with the world.”
Click on the picture for a slideshow of Griffith's photos.
As one of National Geographic’s first female staff photographers, Annie Griffiths has worked on every continent except Antarctica, while also raising two children. Perhaps the only professional photographer ever to pack her camera gear in Pampers, she found a way to stay close to her kids without putting the brakes on her career—even if it meant bringing the two along with her on assignment in places as distant as the ruins of Petra in Jordan or the Galápagos Islands.
Thursday on Up to Date, Steve Kraske talks with Griffiths about being a photographer on assignment for National Geographic magazine, and how she balances work and family.
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Photographer Annie Griffiths presents ‘A Camera, Two Kids, and a Camel’ on Tuesday February 28 at the Kauffman Center's Helzberg Hall. Click here for more information and tickets.
