About
Clara Mokri is a visual journalist from Los Angeles, California. 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.
Professional Experience
TIME Magazine
Photo Coordinator
Vice
Assistant Photo Editor
Surfer Magazine
Editorial Intern
The Yale Globalist
Production and Photo Editor
The Yale Photography Society
Former President and Editor-in-Chief
Work featured in TIME, Vice, Surfer Magazine, Sports Illustrated, California Sunday, NY Magazine, Aint—Bad, The Pulitzer Center, Good Sport Magazine, The Independent Photographer, MATTE Magazine
The Eddie Adams Workshop XXXIII
Jeffersonville, 2020
New York Times Student Journalism Institute
New York, 2020
Annenberg x Photoville Portfolio Review
New York, 2020
International Documentary Association Pre-Selection Committee
Los Angeles, 2020
Society of Professional Journalists
Berkeley, 2019
Yale Journalism Scholar
New Haven, 2018
Recipient, Berkeley Journalism Jim Marshall Fellowship
Berkeley, 2020
Finalist, The Independent Photographer Visual Story Competition
Berkeley, 2020
Recipient, Dorothea Lange Photography Fellowship Award
Berkeley, 2020
TIME Magazine's 2019 Best Photojournalism
New York City , 2019
Recipient, FLAS Fellowship Award
Berkeley, 2019
Recipient, International Cinematographer's Guild Local 600 Grant
Los Angeles, 2017
Recipient, Yale CIPE Summer Journalism Fellowship
New Haven, 2016 and 2017
Young Arts Award for Photography
Los Angeles, 2013
National Scholastic Gold Key Awards for the Arts
Los Angeles, 2012
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
Press
UC Berkeley News
August 26, 2020
Clara Mokri named Jim Marshall Fellow for Photojournalism
UC Berkeley News
January 9, 2020
Dorothea Lange Fellowship winner tells stories of people on the fringe
RAW Artists
August 29, 2019
Aint—Bad
August 25, 2019
May 21, 2017
Yale Photojournalist Clara Mokri Explores Iranian-American Identity with Cherry Rice