She is a contributing photographer at The New Yorker and has published portraits as well as photo-essays in magazines such as LIFE, The New York Times, Rolling Stone, and Vanity Fair. She is recognized as one of the most respected and influential photographers of her time. Her work has been exhibited at galleries and museums all over the world and she has achieved worldwide recognition through her numerous books and editorial magazine work. She received rave reviews for her photographic portrayals of Mother Teresa, Indian Circuses, and Brothels in Bombay as well as a photo essay on runaway children in Seattle, it became the basis of the academy award nominated film ‘Streetwise’, directed and photographed by her husband, Martin Bell.