Ayşe Gürsöz is an award-winning Turkish-American photographer, cinematographer, and communications strategist whose work focuses on human rights, climate justice, and revolutionary futurisms.

Her practice centers grassroots movements and revolutinary initiatives across the globe and is grounded in ethical, community-led storytelling. Ayşe partners with major editorial publications and globally minded social-impact organizations to create visually powerful narratives that challenge extractive storytelling, reimagine our relationship to land and power, and inspire action.

AWARDS / HONORS

2025: Winner. Boğaziçi University Environmental Photographer Award

2024: Selected. Canada Post, Postage Stamp Photograph of Josephine Manadman, Indigenous Leaders Series

2023: Juror. Photographers Without Borders Revoluntionary Storyteller Grant

2022: Winner. Photographers Without Borders Revolutionary Storyteller Grant

2022: Selected. Stat’s Most Memorable photos of 2022

2022: Finalist. 5’s Sustainability Champion Photo Contest

2019: Nominee: LensCulture Emerging Photographer

EXHIBITIONS

2025: Sounds of Prayer | The New Medina, Tunisia

2025: Connected Futures, Thousand Currents | Oakland, CA

2025: Mother Earth Speaks | Los Angeles Center of Photography

2017: Smithsonian | "We the Resilient" poster

PAST CLIENTS
*work available upon request

Decolonizing Wealth (Photographer)

Redford Center (Photographer)

Indigenous Environmental Network (Producer, Photographer)

Lead to Life (Photographer)

Planting Justice (Producer, Photographer)

John Muir Community Health Fund (Consultant)

Earth Justice (Photographer)

Grassroots Global Justice (Producer, Photographer)

Amazon Watch (Photographer)

Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center (Photographer)

Native Conservancy | La Mer (Photographer, Cinematographer)

Students Demand Action (Photographer)