About Me
[usually and currently in Nairobi, Kenya]
KC 鄭康君 (b. 1995) is a Taiwanese American photojournalist covering climate change exacerbates insecurity, cultural continuity within Indigenous communities, foreign aid, and outdoor adventure. She has been based in Nairobi for 3 years and uses photography as a tool for storytelling. She has reported from Uganda, Egypt, Norway, Finland, the US, Sri Lanka, India, the Western Sahara, and Morocco.
In her work, KC examines themes of belonging and nostalgia against our shifting relationships with the natural world. As overwhelming as both manmade and natural catastrophes may seem, it’s the tenderness of human connections that makes survival possible.
KC has herded reindeer in the Arctic, roasted lamb with pastoralists in the mountains of Xinjiang, hitchhiked through Tunisia, harvested honey with the Yaaku in Kenya's Laikipia North, walked the Camino de Santiago, and free-dived on the south Sinai peninsula. She loves big landscapes and can be found climbing rocks whenever possible.
Selected Publications
The New York Times, Bloomberg, Al Jazeera, Christian Science Monitor, BBC Future
Translated and Republished
Courrier International, Internazionale
Education
2013-2017 Dartmouth College, Hanover, USA; B.A. Environmental Science, minors Studio Art & Chinese
Certifications
2022: HEFAT Nairobi, Kenya
2021: Scuba Schools International (SSI): Freediving Level 1
Languages
Mandarin, English
Grants, Awards, & Recognition
2023: Der Greif 15th Anniversary, "Past & Present"
2023: Pulitzer Center Grantee: From herders to fishers–a tale of climate-induced livelihood adaptivity
2022 Pulitzer Center Grantee: Trust and Distrust in Western Sahara, Africa's Covid "black hole"
2022 Howard G. Buffett Fund for Women Journalists Grantee: IMWF
2022 Women Photograph Mentorship Class
2021 Rory Peck Hardship Assistance Fund
2021 Freelance Journalist Assembly safety clinic
2021 OPC Freelance Journalist Microgrant
2020 Laluz Workshop Scholarship: Your Work and Its Audience
2020 Der Greif Issue 13: Surplus Management
2020 Fulbright Semi-Finalist
2017 H. Allen Brooks Travelling Fellowship
2016 Neukom Institute of Computation ScienceTravel Grant
Associations
International Press Association of East Africa
Frontline Freelance Register
Overseas Press Club of America
Authority Collective
Uproot Project