bio

biography
Born in Switzerland & raised in the UK, Stuart Isett is an American photographer based in Seattle, WA, USA. After working in Bangkok, Tokyo and Paris for over a decade, Isett moved back to the US in 2006, but continues to report internationally. His work has recently been shown at Visa Pour L'Image in France, the Reportage and Foto Freo festivals in Australia, the Daegu Photo Biennale in Korea and the Wing Luke Asian Museum in Seattle.

Isett has worked on assignment for The New York Times for nearly18 years and his work has also appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Time, Newsweek, Fortune, Businessweek, Le Figaro, Geo, The Independent on Sunday and Life Magazine among others, as well as in numerous publications across Europe and Asia. He has an MFA in Photography from Columbia College in Chicago and a BA in Asian Studies from the University of Michigan.

Email: stuart@isett.com

Editorial clients:
The New York Times
The New York Times Sunday Magazine
Time Magazine
Newsweek Magazine
US News Magazine
Business Week Magazine
Bloomberg
Fortune Magazine
Forbes Magazine
Figaro
Marie Claire
Institutional Investor
Geo Germany
Washington Post
The Independent
The London Times
Life
Aera
Mainichi Shimbun
Wall Street Journal
El Mundo
Focus

Corporate clients:
Vigor Industries
Microsoft
Tacoma Community College
Merrill Lynch
Goldman Sachs
Morgan Stanley
Fortune Forum
Prudential
Bombardier
Federal Express
CBS Photo
Burston Marsteller
Scudder Investments
Charles Schwab
Carlyle Group
Eurofiere
Cargill
news
12/1/2011
Explore Seattle's Distillery Boom. Seattle Magazine
6/12/2011
Seattle, a Tasting Menu. The New York Times.
3/1/2011
Troubled Waters. Seattle Magazine.
3.12.2011
A Changed Starbucks. A Changed CEO. The New York Times.
7.21.2010
‘Barefoot Bandit’ Started Life on the Run Early. The New York Times.
11.20.2009
Seattle's Theater Scene. The New York Times.
8.10.2009
Seattle Paper Is Resurgent as a Solo Act. The New York Times.
6.29.2009
A Green Way to Dump Low-Tech Electronics. The New York Times.
6.22.2009
Lost Boyz is a finalist in the 2009 OjodePez Award for Human Values (Spain).
5.1.2009
Presented & donated images to the Tiny Toones fundraiser at the Greenwood Collective.
3.31.2009
New Soccer Team Stokes Seattle’s Passion. The New York Times.
3.4.2009
Fisher Poets. The New York Times.
2.28.2009
'Lost Boyz: Deporting the Cambodian Daispora' now showing at the Wing Luke Asian Museum in Seattle, WA. The multimedia exhibit is on display until October, 2009.
11.29.2008
U.S. Deportee Brings Street Dance to Street Boys of Cambodia. The New York Times.
12.31.2009
Multimedia: The Palaces of North Calcutta. The New York Times
12.27.2008
A Holdout Against Developers Leaves a Legacy. The New York Times
10.14.2008
Courts Give Addicts a Chance to Straighten Out. The New York Times