Karady works with real people to dramatize their stories through metaphorical, narrative, and allegorical techniques. The 2010 winner of The Baum Award for Emerging American Photographers, Karsdy’s recent exhibition, In Country: Soldiers’ Stories from Iraq and Afghanistan at SF Camerawork, San Francisco, was reviewed in the New York Times. Her editorial assignments have been published in The New York Times Magazine, GQ, New York Magazine, Newsweek, Discover, Seventeen, Mademoiselle, Details, TimeOut, Women’s Health, BusinessWeek.