Annie Griffiths-Belt, a contract photographer for National Geographic, began her professional career while still in university,
working as a staff photographer at the Minnesota Daily before moving on to the Worthington Daily Globe.
Her work has received many honours, including awards from the White House News' Photographers Association, the National Press
Photographers Association and the National Organisation for Women. In addition to her work for National Geographic,
Griffiths-Belt's photographs have also appeared in Life, American Photo and Smithsonian.