Meet Joe

Joe Newman is a Washington, DC-based portrait and documentary photographer who strives to create images that tap into his subjects’ personalities and passions.

His storytelling approach to photography is rooted in the many years he spent as a journalist and as a public interest communicator. 

During his time in DC, he has shot many assignments for NGOs, published three photo books, organized several photography workshops to Cuba and Vietnam and founded the annual Focus on the Story International Photo Festival. He is also the owner of f/8photographic, a  venture he started in 2022 that organizes immersive workshop experiences for photographers and helps organizations and companies tell their stories.

He lives in Northeast DC with his wife and seven-year-old daughter.