Dorie Hagler

project photographer

During her service in the Peace Corps in Guatemala (1993-95), Dorie Hagler was inspired to use photography as a tool for both building community and working towards social change. Hagler has returned many times to Guatemala with Bill Fishbein to respectfully and authentically document the lives of people who live in coffee growing regions aways emphasizing the importance of our interconnectedness and our shared humanity. 

She’s an award-winning documentary photographer and social justice activist whose work has appeared in notable publications including The New York Times, Sports Illustrated, Forbes, Glamour, NYMAG, People, AARP, and New Mexico Magazine. 

In 2017, Hagler spearheaded a photography workshop for incarcerated women at Riker’s Island and is currently co-producing, 8x10, an independent feature length documentary about solitary confinement. 

Hagler founded @meandeve, a visual social justice movement which shares distilled stories of ordinary women and in 2019 she partnered with CENTER in creating the $5,000 me&EVE award presented to a female photographer 40 years or older.

In collaboration with Rutgers University and Johnson & Johnson, Hagler is also producing and directing a documentary about Mexican American community health care workers in New Brunswick, NJ.  

Hagler is frequently invited to present her work as well as lead workshops on art and activism.