Allison Joyce is a multi-award-winning American photojournalist and Unit Stills photographer currently based in North Carolina, United States. From 2013 until 2021, Allison was based in Bangladesh, India and Thailand where she covered South and South East Asia extensively. Her work ranges from news coverage of conflict and humanitarian crises to documenting everyday life and developing long-term projects on gender issues, human rights, and climate change.
Her work has appeared in publications such as The Washington Post, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, National Geographic, Guardian, TIME, NPR, Bloomberg, Getty Images, AFP, and Reuters.
As a Unit Stills and behind-the-scenes photographer, Allison has worked on productions such as Huey Media's Perpetual, Succatash Media's The Burroughs, Skyphire Entertainment's Inimicus, Jonesy Girl Productions' Momma Dot and Letting Go, Achi Studios' Sunflower Facade, and Honey Heads film camp, among others.
Corporate and non-profit clients include Microsoft, Apple, American Express, Save the Children, The United Nations, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Nobel Women's Initiative, USAID, Girls Not Brides, Free a Girl, American Jewish World Service, and HALO Trust.
A Pulitzer Center grantee, Allison was nominated for the World Press Photo's Joop Swart Masterclass. Her work has been recognized by POYI, South Asian Journalists Association, Amnesty Media Awards, and NYPPA.
She attended the Eddie Adams Workshop in 2008 and has received HEFAT and self-defense training with the IWMF, Colombia University, Pioneer Consulting Group, and RISC.