Clara Mokri is an Indonesian-Iranian photographer, documentary filmmaker and surfer from Los Angeles, living in Santa Cruz, CA. She currently works as a visual producer for the Players Tribune and as a freelance photographer and cinematographer. She received her BA in Political Science from Yale University in 2018 and her MJ in Documentary Filmmaking at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism in 2021. Prior to returning to school, she worked as a photo editor at Vice and as an intern at TIME and Surfer Magazine.
 
Her work has been featured in the New York Times, Time Magazine, The Guardian, Bloomberg Businessweek, The Wall Street Journal, NBC News, Vice, California Sunday, New York Magazine, Mother Jones, The San Francisco Chronicle and The Pulitzer Center, among others.

In 2022 she was honored by The 30: New and Emerging Photographers to Watch. She is a member of Diversify Photo and Women Photograph.

Contact clara.mokri@gmail.com
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Awards & Fellowships

The 30: New and Emerging Photographers to Watch

Honoree, 2022

UC Berkeley Journalism Excellence Award 

Honoree, 2022

The Jim Marshall Fellowship in Photojournalism

Winner, 2021

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Lucie Foundation

Finalist, 2021

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The Dorothea Lange Fellowship

Winner, 2020

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The Independent Photographer Contest

Finalist, 2020

TIME Magazine Best Photojournalism
Honoree, 2019

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ICG Local 600 Scholarship

Recipient, 2017

Women Photograph

Member since 2021

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Diversify Photo

Member since 2021

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New York Times Student Journalism Institute

New York, 2021

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The Eddie Adams Workshop XXXIII

Jeffersonville, 2020

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Annenberg x Photoville Portfolio Review

New York, 2020

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International Documentary Association Pre-Selection Committee

Los Angeles, 2020

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Asian American Journalist Association

Member since 2019

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Society of Professional Journalists

Member since 2019

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Yale Journalism Scholar

Member since 2018

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