What her day-to-day job is like:
Every day we swim through hundreds of pictures. We get them on the spot from freelancers, who just happen to capture something, but most of the time these are coming from photo agencies.
We assess what's necessary. We assess what's important. And more importantly, we assess what will move the needle, what will change public opinion.
What makes a good photo:
To me, a good picture ... just captures your imagination. You know what it is.
It could be just that one photo that tells the story. And you don't need a caption because everything is there. It is that moment when the image captures the story as perfectly as possible.
An example of their tough calls on what images to show:
It's very fresh in my mind: the pregnant woman at Mariupol hospital is a perfect example.
There was nothing gratuitous, in my mind, editorially about that photograph. But we have to find out whether she granted permission to the photographer about having her photos taken. At war that's really tough, right?
I want to publish it because it's important. It is critical for people to know the suffering that innocent people are experiencing in Ukraine.
(When we make these decisions) there is a lot of conversation. Everything is done professionally with a certain degree of compassion from all sides, because at the end of the day we have to show compassion to the very people who we are capturing.
And at the same time, I have a responsibility to the audience to show them what's happening over there.
Her proudest moment:
One of the best assignments I've had was they sent me to do a gigapixel (a large, interactive photo) at the 2018 royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. I'd never been exposed to the royals before.
So there I was with two other photographers. I was zooming on the carriage with horses, and I was just shaking.
It was the moment of the moment, and you really have like seconds, because the entire train of horses and the carriage are just going to depart.
I briefly looked at my two guys over here and the three of us were shaking. And then when the carriage turned, going to the castle, we all said, “Did you just see that?” She looked at us.
