Yana Paskova - Photojournalist, Writer, Photo Editor

People, in Portrait

People, on- and and off-their-guard. 

Photographed for: The New York Times, NPR, Getty Images, and The Washington Post 

  • Philanthropist Jacqueline de Chollet poses for a portrait inside her apartment in Manhattan, New York, on September 06, 2016. De Chollet is the founder of the Veerni Project in Jodhpur and the Global Foundation for Humanity U.S., which support the health and education of adolescent girls in U.S.A and India. (For NPR)
  • New York Governor Andrew Cuomo speaks to the media after Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Manhattan, NY, on February 16, 2016.
  • New Jersey Governor Chris Christie speaks at the Hard Rock Cafe in Atlantic City, NJ, on April 05, 2017. (For The New York Times)
  • U.S. Presidential candidate Donald Trump (R-NY) arrives to Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, FL, on March 11, 2016, where former candidate Ben Carson gave him his endorsement.
  • Former United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks to the media after keynoting a Women's Empowerment Event at the United Nations in Manhattan, New York on March 10, 2015. Clinton answered questions about recent allegations of an improperly used email account.Photo by Yana Paskova/Getty Images
  • Genetic counselor Jenna Miller takes a phone call at the genetic testing lab Recombine in Manhattan, NY.(For The New York Times)
  • Mayor Bill De Blasio listens to a question during a Green New Deal rally At Trump Tower in New York City on May 13 2019. Mayor de Blasio recently unveiled his Green New Deal to reduce carbon emissions in New York City. (Photo by Yana Paskova/Getty Images)
  • Michael Cohen, U.S. President Donald Trump's personal attorney, takes a call near the Loews Regency hotel on Park Ave on April 13, 2018 in New York City. Following FBI raids on his home, office and hotel room, the Department of Justice announced that they are placing him under criminal investigation. Photo by Yana Paskova/Getty Images
  • Jewel Allison, an alleged victim of sexual assault by actor Bill Cosby, closes her eyes while posing for a portrait her apartment in Brooklyn, NY, on March 05, 2015.(For Washington Post)
  • Pritzker Architecture Prize recipient Shigeru Ban poses for a portrait in Manhattan, NY.(For The New York Times)
  • Former U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at the Gates Foundation Inaugural Goalkeepers event on September 20, 2017 in New York City.Photo by Yana Paskova/Getty Images
  • Former U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at the Gates Foundation Inaugural Goalkeepers event on September 20, 2017 in New York City. Photo by Yana Paskova/Getty Images
  • Steven Turner, tennis instructor and Kabbalah scholar, poses for a portrait after practicing tennis at St. Catherine's Park in Manhattan, NY on August 22, 2016.(For The New York Times)Assignment ID: 30194388A
  • The Visions In Motion dance group prepares to march down Eastern Parkway for the West Indian American Day Parade in celebration of the Caribbean Carnival on September 04, 2017 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Photo by Yana Paskova/Getty Images
  • Thousands of people gather in front of Trump Tower in Manhattan, NY, on August 14, 2017, to protest this weekend's violent white nationalist rallies in Charlottesville, Virginia.Yana Paskova for The Wall Street Journal
  • Erin Laubenheimer, in a yoga pose on the rooftop of her apartment building in the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY, on June 26, 2009. Laubenheimer is an artist looking for work, who does yoga in her spare time to reduce stress. (For The New York Times)
  • Twenty-three-year-old Patrick Stewart, a lifelong fan of the MTA subway system who makes his own train T-shirts, poses for a portrait on the Queens-bound platform of the N, Q and 7 trains' Queensboro Plaza station in Queens, NY, on September 04, 2017.(For The New York Times)Assignment ID: 20195127A
  • Looking through the grass at Ft. Tilden beach on June 18, 2017.
  • British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson gives a press conference in the Security Council Stakeout area of the United Nations Headquarters after meeting with United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon (not seen) on July 22, 2016 in New York City. Photo by Yana Paskova/Getty Images
  • Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a Democrat from New York, speaks during a town hall event in the Bronx, New York, U.S., on Wednesday, April 17, 2019. Ocasio-Cortez met with veterans and registered nurses and discussed protecting the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care system from privatization. Photographer: Yana Paskova/Bloomberg
  • Fashion designer Nanette Lepore poses for a portrait in the hallway outside of her offices in Manhattan, New York on January 21, 2014. (For The New York Times)
  • Aida Andreu, a Republican in Miami, FL, poses for a portrait in the restaurant where she works, La Carreta, on March 11, 2016. She says she would like to vote for U.S. Presidential candidate Donald Trump (R-NY) in the state's Tuesday primary because she believes he is capable of changing America for the better. As far as Ted Cruz (R-TX) or Marco Rubio (R-FL), she says she does not believe either to be ready for a presidency, and is not influenced by their Cuban roots. (For Washington Post)
  • Thousands of people gather in front of Trump Tower in Manhattan, NY, on August 14, 2017, to protest this weekend's violent white nationalist rallies in Charlottesville, Virginia.Yana Paskova for The Wall Street Journal
  • Audience members immerse themselves into their phones while a fashion show goes on just in front to the tunes of singer Julee Cruise during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week on September 08, 2016 in New York, NY.Yana Paskova for The New York Times
  • Film director and screenwriter Mike Cahill fixes himself up during a portrait in his apartment in Brooklyn, NY, on July 11, 2014. (For Washington Post)
  • Noemi Perez poses for a portrait during a teen {quote}anti-prom,{quote} an alternative for students from the High School of Fashion Industries, at The New York Public Library, on Friday, June 03, 2011 in Manhattan, New York.
  • Marty Reisman, 81, 1958 and 1960 U.S. Open table tennis champion, poses for a portrait playing ping pong at Spin New York on Sunday, May 29, 2011 in Manhattan, New York. (For The New York Times)
  • Sibte Hassan, owner of BK Jani, poses for a portrait in front of his restaurant in Brooklyn, NY on April 02, 2016.(For The New York Times)
  • Designer Dominic Louis smokes a cigarette outside of a party at The Electric Room at the Dream Downtown hotel in Manhattan, NY, on February 14, 2013, the last day of New York Fashion Week. (For The New York Times)
  • Frayda Levin, who is a political donor to conservative candidates, poses for a portrait outside of her home in Mountain Lakes, NJ, on July 08, 2016. (For The Washington Post)
  • Max Gold, who is bound to a wheelchair after losing his leg to a congenital vascular problem, poses for a portrait in the backyard of his home in Merrick, NY, on August 15, 2013. Max is suing the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum after being denied access to a flight simulator. (For The Washington Post)
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