Photojournalist, Writer & Host of the podcast “America Speaks”
Author:We Protest: Fighting For What We Believe In, Rizzoli Books
Originally from New York City, Tish Lampert began her career as a photojournalist in London, where she freelanced, focusing on human rights issues and spotlighting the heyday of rock and roll. In Los Angeles, she documented major movements, including the Cesar Chavez migrant workers’ rights movement, and spent years working with the Navajo Nation to co-create repertory theatre. She has also been on the ground covering struggles from Guatemala to Sub-Saharan Africa and across the U.S.
As an author, Lampert wrote and photographed We Protest: Fighting For The America We Believe In (Rizzoli Books), a photographic chronicle of activism in recent American history. The book has received endorsements from legends including Harry Belafonte, Gloria Steinem, Martin Sheen, and Michael Douglas, as well as celebrated writers and journalists such as Howard Gordon, David Shipler, Ali Velshi, and Dr. Maya Soetoro.
Her screenwriting credits include sold screenplays and an optioned TV pilot; she is also the author of the new novel, Haverstock Hill.
Her photographs have been exhibited at the United Nations (New York), UCLA, Photo LA, Jose Drudis Gallery, Mount Saint Mary’s University (L.A.), Fotografiska NY, and numerous venues across Los Angeles, Malibu, Laguna, and Vermont. Her collaborations include the Lincoln Center Library for the Performing Arts and the ACLU Bill of Rights Awards with Diane Warren.
Lampert is a two-time recipient of the Nathan Cummings Foundation Family Grant and has given talks at venues including the United Nations, Los Angeles Public Library, and a career retrospective at the prestigious Mill Valley Public Library.
She is the creator and host of the podcast America Speaks, With Tish Lampert. Her theatrical podcast, Sweating Like a Fish, will launch in winter 2027.
Websites:
tishlampert.org
visura.co/tishlampert3
Photojournalist, Writer & Host of “America Speaks”
Author of We Protest: Fighting For The America We Believe In, Rizzoli Books