About Brad

Bradley E. Clift specializes in Weddings, Family Portraits, Children, Corporate and Editorial Photography. He is one of the most versatile photographers in the country who also does sports and lifestyle photography. He is a Connecticut-based photographer working throughout New England, New York City and is available Worldwide.

His personal connection with people is renowned.  Brad's ability to capture quiet meaningful moments is his trademark. Bringing dedication and passion to his work, Brad strives to put people at ease so they are comfortable being photographed.
Brad's work has appeared in hundreds of publications and web sites around the globe. Including Time, Newsweek, Paris Match, Stern, The New York Times and Los Angeles Times newspapers, Smithsonian magazine and NationalGeographic.com. Corporate clients include Discovery Communications, Yale University, Walgreen's and Grace Ormande's Wedding Style.

Clift's images have been exhibited globally not only as a World Press photo winner, but also as a multiple Pictures of the Year award winner for over 20 years. His images have been displayed internationally as part of the Day in the Life photography book projects and one of his pictures graces the cover of A Day in the Life of California.

Accolades include being named National Newspaper Photographer of the Year; winning the prestigious Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award for International Photojournalism; and The Kodak Crystal Eagle Award for Impact in Photojournalism for decades-long work on Addiction in America, a subject for which Clift was a finalist for the 2003 Pulitzer Prize. To view Brad Clift's editorial portfolio visit: www.bradleyeclift.com

In addition, Brad’s Human Rights coverage from his 25-year photojournalism career was recently acquired by the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center for Human Rights at the University of Connecticut, special collections division. It includes his images, notes, personal papers, published stories and speeches at major institutions around the country.

Clift’s accomplishments garnered an invitation to join an elite team of world-renown photographers for the Day in the Life books series. Fifty of the world’s leading photojournalists gathered to document a single country on a single day. Projects took Brad around the globe recording everyday life: from the unique shoreline of Northern California, to Ireland’s rolling hills and ancient villages and temples in China. Brad has traveled on assignment throughout the world and most of the United States. This experience prepares him well for any situation, in any culture.  He has become an expert at making extraordinary pictures out of ordinary life from family photographs to portraits of a Fortune 500 company CEO.

 To see more of Brad's work and accolades please visit the following sites: 

The New York Times

POYi (Pictures of the Year)   

National Geographic

Smithsonian 

The Robert F. Kennedy Awards in Journalism

The Pulitzer Prizes

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