Carolyn Drake launched her photography career in 2001 after working for many years as a multimedia editor and designer in New York. She currently lives in Kyiv, where is freelancing and working on an independent project documenting cultural change in post-soviet Ukraine. She works regulary for clients as National Geographic, The Nature Conservancy, The Palm Beach Post, Adbusters, America 24/7, DIGIfoto, Ogden Museum of Southern Art.

Awards and Grants
PDNs 30 2006
US Fulbright grant to Ukraine 2006
National Geographic Masters of Photography public lecture on "The Lubavitchers" 2006
Awards from the Society of News Design, NPPA, Florida SND, and POYi for "There's no Place like Suburbia" 2006
POYi, Community Awareness Award for "The Lubavitchers" 2005
Eddie Adams Workshop, White House Award 2004
Research Grant for "The Lubavitchers," Ohio University 2004
Photo Development Grant for "The Lubavitchers," National Geographic 2003

EDUCATION
2002-2004 MA in Viscom, Ohio University
2001-2002 International Center of Photography
1994 BA, Brown University