Maggie Steber

Maggie Steber is an American documentary photographer. Her work has documented a wide range of issues, including the African slave trade, Native American issues in the United States, natural disasters, and science.

Steber has produced the book Dancing on Fire: Photographs from Haiti. She is a member of VII Photo Agency and has been awarded a first prize World Press Photo award and a Guggenheim Fellowship.

Life and work Steber was born in Texas. Steber was a director of photography for the Miami Herald and is a contributor to magazines including Life, The New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, Smithsonian, People, Newsweek, Time, Sports Illustrated, The Sunday Times Magazine, and Merian Magazine of Germany. Her essays on Haiti have appeared in The New York Times and she has a monograph titled Dancing on Fire: Photographs from Haiti.

Steber is a member of VII Photo Agency. She is also a member of Facing Change Documenting America, a group of civic-minded photographers covering important American issues. She currently lives in Miami, Florida.

Publications Publications by Steber Dancing on Fire: Photographs from Haiti. New York City: Aperture, 1991. .

Publications with contributions by Steber Facing Change: Documenting America. Prestel, 2015. .

Awards 1987: 1st prize, Spot News single image category, World Press Photo award, Amsterdam Leica Medal of Honor 2007: John S. and James L. Knight Foundation grant 2017: Guggenheim Fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation 2019: Pulitzer Prize, Finalist in Feature Photography with Lynn Johnson for National Geographic, "For a compelling, dignified photo narrative that provides an intimate look at the youngest face transplant recipient in the U.S."