Skip to content

PhotoWings

Our mission is to highlight and help facilitate the power of photography to influence the world.

We help photography to be better understood, created, utilized, seen, and saved.

Watch the film

Our work

Hundreds of hours of in-depth video content — free, with no ads or subscriptions.

Through our educational resources, you can learn directly from some of the most respected voices in and around photography. The PhotoWings Media Archive is an ever-growing collection designed to highlight, preserve, and share the power of photography across cultures and disciplines.

We believe the ideas, knowledge, and skills found in visual storytelling extend far beyond photography itself. These insights can strengthen education, bridge disciplines that often operate in silos, and help us all become more thoughtful observers and storytellers.

Our archive features original interviews, "Lessons in the Field," presentations, and panel discussions with leading photographers, educators, and creative professionals. We also document talks and workshops from festivals and educational partners around the world — capturing wisdom that might otherwise be lost.

PhotoWings is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to utilizing the power of photography to further deep thinking, communication, and action.

Outreach program

Selected Partners & Grantees

All outreach projects

Highlights from the PhotoWings Outreach Program. Explore in-depth work with each partner organization.

  • Partner since 2017

    CatchLight

    CatchLight is a visual-first media organization leveraging the power of visual storytelling to inform, connect, and transform communities. Our partnership includes:

    Partnership highlights: CatchLight
  • Partner since 2017

    Photoville

    Photoville’s work amplifies and connects visual storytellers to a worldwide audience through its free festival, education and initiatives.

    Partnership highlights: Photoville
  • Partner since 2016

    The Everyday Projects

    The Everyday Projects is creating a new generation of storytellers and audiences that recognize the need for multiple perspectives in portraying the cultures that define us.

    Partnership highlights: The Everyday Projects
  • The VII Foundation

    The VII Foundation is transforming visual journalism by empowering new voices from underrepresented countries and communities and creating stories that advocate change.

    Partnership highlights: The VII Foundation

Partner since 2017

Photoville

Photoville’s work amplifies and connects visual storytellers to a worldwide audience through its free festival, education and initiatives.

A PhotoWings partner since 2017, its NYC Area Festival brings together 200+ photographers and 87+ exhibits in all five NYC boroughs (1 million visitors in 2025) along with year-round exhibits and community programming. In 2026, 1,000+ students are expected to tour the Photoville Festival in Brooklyn Bridge Park (200K+ visitors) in the company of their teachers and exhibiting artists.

Partnership highlights

Related links

Visit the Photoville page

Partner since 2016

The Everyday Projects

The Everyday Projects is creating a new generation of storytellers and audiences that recognize the need for multiple perspectives in portraying the cultures that define us.

Partnership highlights

Related links

Visit The Everyday Projects page

Founder
Suzie Katz

Suzie Katz

Founder & President

Suzie Katz is a photographer, speaker, educator, and producer who gives back to the world that has given her so much by creating and running PhotoWings, an educational nonprofit dedicated to highlighting and facilitating the power of photography to influence the world. Through PhotoWings, Suzie focuses on bringing the photos, knowledge, and skills gained through photography to the world across generations, cultures, and disciplines. Together with innovative partners, PhotoWings has produced hundreds of hours of interviews, presentations, and educational content for replication, adaptation, and inspiration.

Inquiries

info@photowings.org

For partnership opportunities, press inquiries, or questions about our work, reach out any time.

Return Home

Ideas Around Images

Explore PhotoWings by Concept

Resource Center