9/11 Memorial & Museum - Andrea Booher

Ben Hider - Event, Food and Portrait Photographer based in New York City and Westchester

Andrea Booher, film producer and photojournalist has worked as a documentarian for twenty-six years. Based in Colorado, her assignments have taken her to East Africa, Latin America, Micronesia, India, Antarctica, Australia, Myanmar, Somalia, Mexico and Haiti.

In the last two decades she has photo-documented every major disaster in the United States, Trust Territories and Sovereign Nations for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Her documentary work resides in several permanent collections, including the National Archives and the Smithsonian. In 2001, she spent 10 weeks working at Ground Zero in the immediate aftermath of the World Trade Center attack. She was one of two photographers working for FEMA with unlimited access. Her work from 9-11 has been published in magazines, newspapers and documentaries worldwide. She was personally profiled on A&E , The History Channel, CNN, Camera Arts, NPR and Photo District News.

Booher’s work has appeared in National Geographic, Time, Newsweek, LIFE, Traveler, GEO, Outside, Sports Illustrated for Women, Smithsonian, Stern, The Atlantic Monthly, World Press and numerous other books and periodicals worldwide. In addition to her disaster work and news photos, her travel and environmental portrait photography are represented by Getty Images.