ABOUT
Lisa Marie David is a Filipina freelance photojournalist and documentary photographer with an interest in documenting issues concerning women, children, culture, and the environment. She is a regular contributor to Reuters and Bloomberg and had her work published on CNN, Libération, among others.
In 2021, she completed her post-graduate Diploma in Visual Journalism at the Asian Center for Journalism in Ateneo de Manila University with the support of the Konrad-Adenauer Stiftung Media Programme Asia. She holds a degree in Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from the University of Santo Tomas and is an alumna of the 19th Angkor Photo Festival Workshop in Siem Reap, Cambodia.
At present, she is working simultaneously between assignments and documentary work. She is a member of Women Photograph, Diversify Photo, and Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines (FOCAP).
She is available for news, editorial, and NGO assignments globally. You may reach her at lisamarie_david@yahoo.com / lisamariepdavid@gmail.com
Lisa is currently in Manila, Philippines.
GRANTS / FELLOWSHIPS / RECOGNITIONS / EXHIBITIONS
2025
Student, VII Foundation Visual Journalism Program, Level 2
2024
Student, VII Foundation Southeast Asia: Program for Narrative and Documentary Practice, Level 1
Participant, 19th Angkor Photo Festival and Workshop (Siem Reap, Cambodia)
Participant, Hostile Environment and First Aid Training (Chiang Mai, Thailand)
2023
Participating Exhibitor, CNN As Equals Photo Exhibition on How the Climate Crisis Fuels Gender Inequality (COP 28, Dubai, UAE)
Participating Exhibitor, POY Asia 2023 Exhibition (Seoul, Korea)
First Place, Pictures of the Year (POY) Asia Nature and Environment Category
Finalist, Pictures of the Year (POY) Asia General News Category
2022
Top 100 Photos of 2022, TIME
Pictures of the Year 2022, Reuters
2021
Grantee, National Geographic Society COVID-19 Emergency Fund For Journalists
Student, Diploma in Visual Journalism at the Asian Center for Journalism in Ateneo
Fellow, Konrad-Adenauer Stiftung Media Programme Asia
SELECT CLIENTS
News
Reuters
Bloomberg
CNN
NRC
Liberation
Non-profit organizations
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
Voluntary Service Organization (VSO)
Education Development Center (EDC)
International Development Law Organization (IDLO)
Finnish Red Cross
Inter Pares Canada
UNICEF Philippines