Kirsten Luce

Charlottesville

Freelance Photojournalist at La Maleta de Portbou

Independent photojournalist, often covering the border + migration. Teach @harvard + @nyu_journalism.

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Trump raised $239 million for inauguration, more than doubling his own record

1 month ago | miamiherald.com | Kirsten Luce

WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump raised $239 million for his inauguration festivities in January, a norm-shattering amount fueled by corporate America’s desire to curry favor with a famously transactional president. The total, disclosed in a filing with the Federal Election Commission on Sunday, is more than double the previous record of $107 million set by Trump’s inaugural committee in 2017.
Fue la primera Miss Universo de Nicaragua. ¿Podrá volver a casa?

Nov 1, 2024 | es-us.noticias.yahoo.com | James Wagner |Kirsten Luce

Las ganadoras anteriores han disfrutado triunfalmente de las giras de regreso a casa con la corona. Pero para Sheynnis Palacios, lo que se suponía que iba a ser un gozoso logro se ha convertido en un camino delicado. A principios de este año, a Sheynnis Palacios le tomaban las medidas en una tienda de confección personalizada de Manhattan. Después de todo, Miss Universo siempre necesita ropa nueva.
Fue la primera Miss Universo de Nicaragua. ¿Podrá volver a casa?

Oct 31, 2024 | nytimes.com | James Wagner |Kirsten Luce

A principios de este año, a Sheynnis Palacios le tomaban las medidas en una tienda de confección personalizada de Manhattan. Después de todo, Miss Universo siempre necesita ropa nueva. Para el interior de su chaqueta hecha a la medida, pidió que le cosieran el dibujo de un ratón, en homenaje a un apodo que le puso su bisabuelo fallecido porque le encantaba tomar queso del refrigerador a escondidas. También quería que el traje tuviera flecos azules y blancos.
The land between the U.S.-Mexico border wall and the Texans who live on it

Oct 17, 2024 | washingtonpost.com | Nick Miroff |Kirsten Luce |Laris Karklis |Frank Hulley-Jones

Across the southern Rio Grande Valley, incomplete border wall segments isolate residents, including Arturo Muñoz, and the Chimney Park neighborhood on the strip of land between the barrier and the Rio Grande.
NY SOLITARY CONFINEMENT 2

May 8, 2024 | buffalonews.com | Kirsten Luce

FILE — Demonstrators against solitary confinement for incarcerated individuals near the City Hall in New York, on Dec. 19, 2023. “Solitary confinement is extremely harmful for people generally and, of course, for people with disabilities specifically,” a lawyer working on behalf of the Legal Aid Society said. (Kirsten Luce/The New York Times)
PULITZER PRIZES 12

May 6, 2024 | buffalonews.com | Kirsten Luce

FILE — Young workers exit JBS pork plant after an overnight cleaning shift in Worthington, Minn. on Oct. 18, 2022. Their employer, a sanitation company, was later fined for violating child labor laws. The photo illustrated a story by Hannah Dreier of The New York Times which was awarded the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting. (Kirsten Luce/The New York Times)
PULITZER PRIZES 7

May 6, 2024 | buffalonews.com | Kirsten Luce

Children being processed by the U.S. Border Patrol in Roma, Texas on May 7, 2022. In the past two years alone, 250,000 unaccompanied minors have come into the country. The photo illustrated a story by Hannah Dreier of The New York Times which was awarded the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting. (Kirsten Luce/The New York Times)
PULITZER PRIZES 6

May 6, 2024 | buffalonews.com | Kirsten Luce

Carolina Ramirez, a 15 year-old Guatemalan migrant, at the home she shares with her aunt and cousins in Grand Rapids, Mich. on Nov. 13, 2022. Ramirez attends high school during the day and packages Cheerios at a Hearthside Foods factory at night. The photo illustrated a story by Hannah Dreier of The New York Times which was awarded the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting. (Kirsten Luce/The New York Times)
PULITZER PRIZES 5

May 6, 2024 | buffalonews.com | Kirsten Luce

Cristian, a 14 year-old migrant, works on a construction site in North Miami, Fla. instead of going to school, on Aug. 30, 2022. Alone and exploited, migrant children who are arriving to the U.S. in record numbers are ending up in dangerous jobs that violate child labor laws — including in factories that make some of the country’s best-known products. The photo illustrated a story by Hannah Dreier of The New York Times which was awarded the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting.
NY FISCAL

Apr 24, 2024 | buffalonews.com | Kirsten Luce

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kirsten luce @kirstenluce

8 May 23

Pleasure to work with @danbarrynyt on this rich story about NYC, migration and a “refugee from another time”

Dan Barry @DanBarryNYT

Today's @nytimes "Great Read": An 82-year-old refugee from another time lives among the refugees of today, but now he faces eviction from the hotel he's lived in since forever. Here's a gift link to my story, with evocative photos by @kirstenluce: https://t.co/Mpwim7Yeqo

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4 Mar 23

RT @IWMF: "Everyone on Balaban’s team is a volunteer, and the vast majority are Polish... Many are also full-time students or have day jobs…

kirsten luce @kirstenluce

26 Feb 23

Thank you @celinafang and @JuliaPrestonNow at @MarshallProj, what an honor! @ASME1963

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@kirstenluce, it was an honor to work with you on this project. Thank you for everything. @katiepark, @AnnaFlagg, @JuliaPrestonNow, @ghazalairshad, @susanchira, @eads, thank you and proud to be your colleague.