Mia Collis

Mia Collis has a respected photo-documentary track record stretching back 8 years in East Africa and around the world. Born in Kenya, educated in Britain with a major in Anthropology, she's currently based out of Nairobi. Ongoing multi-year projects include photo documentation of the battle against drug addiction on the East African coast; the role of courage and love following a spina bifida birth, and a technically complicated mother/daughter portrait series revealing years of change. Awards and honours: National Geographic 'Editors Pick' twice. Production Manager on 2 successive IMAX 3D/Warner Bros. wildlife features: "Born to be Wild" (2011), and "Island of Lemurs: Madagascar" (2014), both went to theaters worldwide.Contributions: London's "Libertine Magazine" , "Comic Relief" (UK) "DieWelt" (Germany), "Borsen" (Denmark),"Dagens Industri" (Sweden), CNNs "Photoblog" (USA), New York Times " Lens Blog"(USA), Today's Zaman (Turkey), World Literature Today Magazine (USA), G