Eleanor Moseman is a photographer, human rights advocate, and adventurer who uses her camera to amplify social and cultural narratives involving women and persecuted groups. From 2008 to 2020, she was based in China and focused primarily on the lives and resistance of Tibetans and Uyghurs. She continues this long-term work among diasporic communities in the United States and India. She is now based between Bend, Oregon, and Asia.
Her work has been published in The Guardian, PBS NewsHour, The Atlantic, Nikon: Learn & Explore, The LA Times, Bust, Zeke Magazine, Forbes Life (China), and other international publications. In 2020, her photography was exhibited at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington D.C., the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, and the British Museum in London. Her imagery and regional insight contribute to the work of anthropologists, historians, and environmental researchers.
Coming from a working-class family in Appalachia and growing up around physical and substance abuse, she has worked relentlessly to break that cycle. This personal history fuels a deep sensitivity toward stories of resilience and struggle—especially among those facing forces beyond their control. That perspective has guided her toward long-term, immersive work in Asia. It now informs ongoing projects in the United States that explore difficulties the working class faces, physical disabilities, and elderly care.
Eleanor is continually pursuing education in hopes of becoming a stronger visual storyteller. She is fluent in Mandarin Chinese and has studied Tibetan language at the university level for the last four years. She participated in the Missouri Photojournalism Workshop (75th), a visual storytelling program with Ed Kashi, and a PhotoVoice-led workshop focused on ethical storytelling and advocacy. Currently, she is enrolled in an online mentorship with Sebastian Liste of NOOR Images. These programs have sharpened her photographic voice while building a strong peer network.
Her visual journey began with a two-year, 15,000-mile solo bicycle tour through China, Tibet, and Central Asia that concluded in 2012. That experience became the foundation for her career in photojournalism. Her most meaningful stories have emerged from immersive, solo journeys into politically sensitive and remote regions, where she built long-term trust with the communities she documented.
