Brittainy Newman is an award-winning photojournalist based in New York City. A 2018 graduate of the Rochester Institute of Technology’s Photojournalism program, she joined The New York Times as a year-long photography newsroom fellow in 2019. She now works as a frequent contributor for The New York Times, The Associated Press, and numerous other editorial and commercial outlets. Since 2020, she has also served as one of the personal photographers to Archbishop Elpidophoros, documenting moments of faith, diplomacy, and cultural exchange around the world — from high-level meetings at the White House with Presidents Trump and Biden to historic visits throughout Rome and the Vatican, Turkey, Jerusalem, Palestine, Jordan, and Panama.
Her work takes the familiar and turns it on its head, viewing the world from a strange yet illuminating angle. Common themes throughout her photography include the exploration of loss, sacrifice, identity, and devotion as they unfold within the spheres of family, politics, labor, and faith.
To date, Brittainy has had thirteen (13) above-the-fold front page photographs published in The New York Times.
In 2021, The Associated Press selected two of Brittainy’s images to be included in A Year That Changed Us: 12 Months in 150 Photos — a special issue reliving some of the world’s most defining moments through the work of AP photographers.
She also had two photographs featured in The New York Times “Year in Pictures” for 2020: a portrait of President Joseph R. Biden and a self-portrait documenting her quarantine during lockdown. In 2019, The New York Times selected her photograph of a couple kissing at Pride for its annual “Year in Pictures.”
In 2018, Brittainy received Gold in the Individual Multimedia category at the 73rd College Photographer of the Year competition and earned an Award of Excellence in the Portrait category. In 2017, she was selected by Photo Boite as one of their 30 Under 30 Women Photographers and attended the Eddie Adams Workshop.
Her work has been recognized by and published in outlets including ABC News, Bloomberg, BuzzFeed News, CNN, The Daily Gazette, The Daily News, The Los Angeles Times, HuffPost, MARVEL, META, Morgan Stanley, Mount Sinai Hospital, National Geographic YourShot, NBC, Newsday, NPR, Orthodox Times, Outside Magazine, PDN Edu, Politico, ROKT, Rolling Stone Magazine, Robinhood, Smithsonian Magazine, Spectrum News NY1, Teachable, The Associated Press, The New York Stock Exchange, The New York Times, The Tampa Bay Times, The Times of Israel, The Wall Street Journal, US Bank, USNews, VOGUE India, Vice News, WWE, WNBA, Yahoo News, and more.
Prints of any image showcased on my website are available upon request; simply reach out via email for more information.
2022 Rolling Stone Magazine - Burna Boy’s Big Night
2022 David Bergman’s Photographer Pick - Behind The Shot TV
2021 Associated Press - A Year That Changed Us: 12 Months in 150 Photos
2021 No Stopping New York Campaign in collaboration with SS+K and the Mayor’s Office of New York
2021 COVID Photo Museum | Rotterdam Photo - Deep Stories: The Story Behind the Photograph
2020 Focus Unfocus Podcast Interview
2020 New York Times - Year in Pictures
2020 New York Times - Times Insider Feature and Interview
2019 New York Times - Year in Pictures
2019 Best Visual Storytelling (Larger Newsroom) Finalist: Education Writers Association
2019/2020 New York Times Fellow
2019 PDN Edu Fall Feature and Interview
2019 PDN Edu Spring Feature and Interview
2019 College Photographer of the Year Interview
2018 CPOY 73rd Gold Individual Multimedia
2018 CPOY 73rd Award of Excellence Portrait
2018 Momenta Workshop West Award Recipient
2018 The Image Deconstructed Interview
2018 30 UNDER 30: Women Photographers selected by Photo Boite, Artpil
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