Ashima Yadava was born in New Delhi and lives in San Francisco where she works as a conceptual documentary photographer, independent curator and printmaker. With the camera as a conduit, she works on long-form stories which focus on issues of gender equity and racial justice, approaching art as a means to social activism and reform.

Her work has been exhibited around the world including at the deYoung Museum, the United Nations New York, Rotterdam Photo Festival, RISD, ICP, Technische Museum, Dresden and Camera Torino among others. And features in publications including NPR, National Geographic, Mother Jones, SChronicle, to name a few.

An alumna of International Center of Photography, New York, she is currently a California Arts Council Fellow, the Director of Community at Authority Collective where she helps build community and sits on the Board of SFCamerawork as their Programming Chair.

Ashima is the founder of Huq: | Seek No Favor which brings together over 100 artists and thinkers to respond to the abortion ban.