Sangsuk Sylvia Kang (b. 1991, 강상숙) is a photographer, journalist, and a photo editor.
From Seoul and currently based in Jakarta, Sylvia is a graduate of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism and Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism. She has served as a juror for World Press Photo Contest, NPPA’s Best of Photojournalism Competition, and the Alexia Grant, among others.
Sylvia focuses on international news and feature coverage. Most recently, she was a Photo Editor at The New York Times and TIME Magazine, both in New York City.
Prior to editing, Sylvia was a freelance photographer. Her work has been published on The Wall Street Journal, ProPublica, The New York Times, TOPIC, New York Daily News, Newsday, Bloomberg Businessweek, Die Zeit, de Volkskrant, and Artnet News. She attended the Eddie Adams Workshop in 2018, interned at The Wall Street Journal’s Photography department in 2017, and before that, worked as a Graphic Designer at the Chicago Tribune for two years.
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