Krista Schlyer

Krista Schlyer (she/her) is a photographer, writer, and artist who tells stories and creates artworks about the relationship of people to the lands they live upon. Her work has included a 15-year project on the US-Mexico border, looking at the ways border wall construction has impacted the land and people of that region. Her work has also included a decade-long project about the Anacostia River watershed which has yielded a book, River of Redemption: Almanac of Life on the Anacostia, which won the National Outdoor Book Award in 2019. She has curated several exhibits, one of which has been on display for three years with the Anacostia Riverfront BID, outside on the riverfront near Nationals Stadium. In 2019, she created a digital story map about the Anacostia, called River of Resilience, taking viewers on a journey from the headwaters in Sandy Spring, MD, to the river’s confluence with the Potomac in Washington, DC.

Bio courtesy of the artist. Photo courtesy of Chris Linder.