Amber Bracken is an Edmonton-based photojournalist whose reporting often explores intersections of race, environment, culture and colonization. Her photographs and writing have appeared in many publications including National Geographic, The Globe and Mail, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and, of course, The Narwhal.
Together with The Narwhal, Amber has taken the RCMP to court in a lawsuit seeking to advance press freedom rights in Canada.
Amber is a double World Press Photo winner — in 2017 and in 2022, when she won photo of the year. She has been named the 2027 Martin Wise Goodman Canadian Nieman Fellow at Harvard University. Other recognitions for Amber include the Canadian Association of Journalists’ Charles Bury Award, for contributions to coverage of Indigenous stories, the ICP Infinity Award for documentary and photojournalism, and the Pen Canada Ken Filkow Prize for advancing freedom of expression.
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