Kimberly dela Cruz

Kimberly dela Cruz is a Filipina photographer. In 2023, she was awarded the World Press Photo award. She has also been the project coordinator of the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism's Stories Project.

Career While studying journalism, Dela Cruz became a student activist, carrying her camera during protests. After graduating, she started her career working from 2013 to 2017 as a photo correspondent for Philippine Daily Inquirer before working with documentary photography and working for different publications. Starting in 2016, she began documenting the Philippine drug war through photography and research, and the following year co-produced “Si Kian,” a children's book about the murder of Kian Delos Santos that won a National Children's Book Award. In 2018, she became a fellow at the International Women's Media Foundation and was sent to El Salvador to cover migration, LGBTQI and women's issues. and in 2023 was awarded in the “long-term project” category of the World Press Photo contest.