Sitara Thalia Ambrosio

Sitara Thalia Ambrosio is a German photojournalist and visual storyteller. She is represented by the agency Laif.

Sitara Thalia Ambrosio ( Fürth in 2002) reports and publishes internationally. She currently lives in Hanover, northern Germany. Ambrosio grew up in a working-class family with Slovenian roots. She did not attend university, but developed her own visual language through her practical work. Her reporting focuses primarily on aspects of conflicts that are underrepresented in the media. She usually works on gender issues, migration and human rights violations - in Germany, the Balkans, Eastern Europe and the Middle East.

Ambrosio frequently integrates her work into voluntary educational programs, such as lectures and workshops at schools and youth centers. In addition to her journalistic work, she lyrically processes her experiences.

Her photos have been published in NZZ am Sonntag, Zeit Online, Brand eins, Spiegel, taz - die Tageszeitung, woz - die Wochenzeitung, LFI - Leica Fotografie International and in Amnesty International publications, among others.

Her work is regularly exhibited and has repeatedly been awarded. In 2022, together with a team, she received the Grimme Online Award for the multimedia reportage "Kandvala". In 2023, she was awarded the Residence Prize of the Portraits - Hellerau Photography Award for "Fragile as Glass". Her photo book of the same name was published by Verlag Kettler in April 2024. The book was created in collaboration with Ukrainian journalist Yana Radchenko. Both have received the Europe-Ukraine Desk of N-Ost Border Crossing Journalism Grant for further research.

Ambrosio is a member of the Female Photo Club.