About
Clara Mokri is a visual journalist from Los Angeles currently living in Santa Cruz, CA. A former Division 1 basketball player at Yale University, she received her BA in Political Science in 2018 and is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in documentary filmmaking at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. Previously, she worked in the photo departments at Vice and TIME, and as an editorial intern at Surfer Magazine.
Her work has been featured in TIME, Vice, Surfer Magazine, California Sunday, New York Magazine, Mother Jones, Sports Illustrated, Aint—Bad, The Pulitzer Center and Bay Nature Magazine, among others. She is a member of Diversify Photo and Women Photograph.
Contact clara.mokri@gmail.com
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Women Photograph
Member since 2021
Diversify Photo
Member since 2021
New York Times Student Journalism Institute
New York, 2021
The Eddie Adams Workshop XXXIII
Jeffersonville, 2020
Annenberg x Photoville Portfolio Review
New York, 2020
International Documentary Association Pre-Selection Committee
Los Angeles, 2020
Society of Professional Journalists
Member since 2019
Yale Journalism Scholar
Member since 2018
Press
April 7, 2021
February 19, 2021
Dorothea Lange’s legacy lives on through a fellowship at UC Berkeley
February 2, 2021
Basketball and Brains Podcast
October 4, 2020
Life Through Clara Mokri's Lens
UC Berkeley News
August 26, 2020
Clara Mokri named Jim Marshall Fellow for Photojournalism
The First Step Podcast
February 4, 2020
Photography 101 with Clara Mokri
UC Berkeley News
January 9, 2020
Dorothea Lange Fellowship winner tells stories of people on the fringe
May 21, 2017
Yale Photojournalist Clara Mokri Explores Iranian-American Identity with Cherry Rice
RAW Artists Presents: STELLAR, an Artist Showcase
1015 Folsom, San Francisco CA
October 2, 2019
Senior Commencement Show
Timothy Dwight Gallery, Yale University
May 03 - May 21, 2018
Salt, Sea, and Sky: Co-producer of film, Surfing in Other Languages with Joni Sternbach
The Harn Museum, Gainesville FL
November 21, 2017 - April 24, 2018
Yale Undergraduate Photography Society Spring Show: Lead Curator
The Slifka Center, Yale University
April 19 - June 1, 2017
Arroyo Seco: Solo Exhibition
Koffee, New Haven CT
March 1- April 1, 2017
Yale Undergraduate Photography Society Fall Show: Head Curator
The Study Hotel, New Haven CT
October 28 - November 28, 2016