Meet Alison Morley

Alison Morley is the Chair Emerita of the Documentary Practice and Visual Journalism Program at the International Center of Photography (ICP) in New York, where she led a wide range of international students and faculty for 18 years. She began her career as a portrait photographer in Los Angeles and after ten years of working with various magazines , she moved on to become the Director of Photography at The Los Angeles Times Magazine. She later moved to New York City and worked as the Director of Photography at The New York Times Sophisticated Traveler, Audubon, Civilization, Esquire, Mirabella, Smart Money(consultant), OPRAH (consultant) and ELLE Magazines.

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Alison currently works as a Book Consultant/Photo Editor/Photo Book Editor, Sequencer, Curator and Educator for photographers and partnering institutions globally. Recently she curated the Daegu International Photo Festival in Korea, taught as a high school mentor for the YMCA_VII Academy Youth Voices Photography Program in Boston and was the 2024 Coordinator for the Foundry Photojournalism International Workshop, supported by VII Academy and Photowings.org. 

 

Her forte is Documentary Practice and Visual Journalism. but she has worked in every genre of photography. She teaches and coaches Digital Book Making Online for the International Center of Photography as well as private clients in all levels and aspects of their photographic journey.