William Widmer is a visual journalist whose work explores themes of human ecology, environmental justice, climate change, social inequality, and identity politics. He spent the last two decades traipsing the Deep South, the Gulf Coast, the Bible Belt, and Appalachia photographing news and feature stories for domestic and international clients.

He currently lives in Los Angeles and works as a Deputy Director of Photography at NBC News. He’s a decent gardener, a mediocre rock climber, a licensed drone pilot and a lovely singer.

SELECT CLIENTS:

AARP, ABC, ACLU, Adidas, The Atlantic, Bloomberg Businessweek, Chevrolet, CNN, Das Magazin, Der Spiegel, Die Zeit, ESPN The Magazine, Fast Company, Esquire, Fortune, The Guardian, GQ, Huck, Le Monde, Maclean's, The Marshall Project, Men's Health, Monocle, Mother Jones, National Geographic, NBC, The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, NPR, NZZ Folio, Open Society Foundation, Outside, Oxford American, Pacific Standard, Politico, ProPublica, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Rolling Stone, Smithsonian, Sports Illustrated, Stern, Suddeutsche Zeitung, The Sunday Times Magazine, TIME, VICE, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post Magazine, WIRED