Hannah Reyes Morales

Hannah Reyes Morales is a Filipina photographer who focuses on bringing historical memory and current events home, by looking at how they shape daily life. 

Her long term project Living Lullabies explores the role of lullabies in creating safer spaces for children and caregivers in challenging environments globally. Blending photography, audio, animation and performance from collaborators, the project illuminates critical issues facing women and children through the storytelling of families’ nighttime rituals.

As a working photojournalist, she has been published in The New York Times, National Geographic Magazine, and the Washington Post, among others.

She is the recipient of photography awards, including the Tim Hetherington Visionary Award, the ICP Infinity Award, 2023 Pictures of the Year International, and a 2023 World Press Photo Award.

She was commissioned for the Nobel Peace Prize exhibition in 2021, and was named a Pulitzer Prize finalist for feature photography in 2024.

Born and raised in Manila, she is now based in London and currently focusing on longer term projects. She is a co-founder of Emerging Islands, an artist run residency program in the Philippines.  She is a National Geographic explorer and completed a fellowship with Columbia University’s Institute for Ideas and Imagination in Paris. 

World Press Photo Involvement:
2023 World Press Photo Contest winner
2019 Joop Swart Masterclass participant
6x6 Southeast Asia and Oceania Talent

Hannah Reyes Morales on Social Media:
Instagram: @hannahreyesmorales