Ryan Henriksen is a strategic and data-driven senior producer, creative project manager, and internationally award-winning documentary photographer with over a decade of experience in the communications field. He is a proactive thinker and an advocate for equitable and inclusive practices in visual communication who excels in deadline-driven environments and agile project management.

As a subject matter expert in equitable visual communication, he has lectured and conducted workshops around the U.S. and India. His documentary work has been exhibited in New York City, India, and China, and he has been recognized by the Hearst Journalism Awards Program, the Alexia Foundation, the National Press Photographers Association, Photoville NYC, Pictures of the Year International, and the CASE Awards Program for Higher Education.

Ryan received his M.A. in Communication from the University of Nebraska at Omaha where he studied identity and representation in visual communication, a B.S. in Photojournalism from Ohio University where he was named the 64th International College Photographer of the Year, and an A.A. in Visual Journalism from Brooks Institute.

Publications include; Picturing Identity: A Visual Narrative of a Female Nontraditional Student, Visual Communication Quarterly, 26:3, 146-160.

Currently in Seattle, Washington.

Phone: 630.450.0180                                      Email: ryan.henriksen@gmail.com