Kitra Cahana

B.1987- CANADIAN Based in Tucson

Kitra Cahana (b.1987) is a documentary photographer, filmmaker and TED speaker. Her work explores important social, anthropological and spiritual themes. Born in Miami but raised in Canada and Sweden, Cahana earned her B.A. in philosophy from McGill University and her M.A. in visual and media anthropology from the Freie Universitat in Berlin. She is a contributing photographer to National Geographic Magazine.

Kitra is the recipient of numerous grants and awards, including two Canada Council Grants for the Visual Arts, a TED Senior Fellowship, a Canadian screen award, a Pulitzer Center for Investigative Reporting grant, a 2013 International Center of Photography’s Infinity Award, first prize for the 2010 World Press Photo, a scholarship at FABRICA in Italy and the Thomas Morgan internship at the New York Times.

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Hurricane Ida Aftermath

Kitra Cahana

Grand Isle, Louisiana, has always existed at the mercy of weather from the Gulf. For centuries it endured a harrowing cycle of destruction and reconstruction, as storm after storm razed the town to the ground. While similar nearby communities like Cheniere Caminada and Isle Derniere suffered fatal blows (Isle Derniere now exists only as a…

In a town that has lost so many of its young people to suicide, dance has become a positive force of hope and healing.

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Caring For Tor

Stephane Alexis, 24, has put his own goals and aspirations on hold to help his parents care for his younger brother Torence, who has cerebral palsy. Young caregivers are an often-overlooked population.

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Kitra Cahana

Selected works

Hurricane Ida Aftermath

Kitra Cahana

Nomadic America

Still Man

American Teen

Caravana Migrante, Tijuana

Multimedia

Dancing Towards the Light

In a town that has lost so many of its young people to suicide, dance has become a positive force of hope and healing.

Caring For Tor

Stephane Alexis, 24, has put his own goals and aspirations on hold to help his parents care for his younger brother Torence, who has cerebral palsy. Young caregivers are an often-overlooked population.

Interviews