About — Seth Herald

Self Portrait, Detroit, 2020.

Seth Herald (b.1991) is an award winning American photojournalist and 2026 Pulitzer Prize Finalist for Breaking News Photography, for coverage of wide-ranging immigration enforcement actions across the United States. He is currently based in Nashville, Tennessee, and works Nationally and Internationally for major news outlets.

His work has appeared in publications such as The Atlantic, BBC, Bloomberg Businessweek, CNN, Esquire, Forbes, The Guardian, Huffington Post, Mondoweiss, NPR, Newsweek, TIME Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Rolling Stone, among others

Awards/Recognition:

2026 Pulitzer Prize Finalist for Breaking News Photography - Reuters Staff

2026 Rory Peck Awards Longlist - Freelance Journalist of the Year

POYi 81 Award of Excellence - General News

TIME’s Top 100 Photos of 2023

Indiana Associated Press Contest, Best Continuous Coverage of a Single Event: "Indiana's HIV Outbreak Highlights Indiana's Rural Opioid Addiction Epidemic"

Indiana Associated Press Contest, Best News Series: "Getting Right: HIV Outbreak Spurs Change in Austin, Indiana."

Hostile Environment/Medical Training:

Reuters HET 2024.

Reuters HET 2020.

RISC Training 2018.

A patient looks on while sitting on her bed in one of the last remaining and somewhat functioning hospitals in Severodonetsk, Ukraine which was around 12 miles from the frontlines, the hospital was regularly targeted by Russian artillery April 16,202

Former New York Firefighter and 9/11 first responder Robert Madden bows his head during a ceremony commemorating the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, attacks at the Fallen Firefighter’s Memorial, in Nashville, Tennessee U.S. Friday,

James Fleurijean, administrative assistant at the Haitian Community Help and Support Center in Springfield, helps a Haitian immigrant with paperwork before his mandatory immigration check later in the week as Viles Dorsainvil (right), co-founder and

Pastor Carl Ruby of Central Christian Church in Springfield, Ohio holds his head in his hand outside of the Department of Homeland Security field office in Blue Ash, Ohio, Pastor Ruby went in support of a Haitian member of his church who was summoned

Pastor Greg Locke of Nashville, Tennessee, and other ministers spoke near the Washington Monument during a worship service, Roots of Revival’, held by ‘Let Us Worship’, where people gathered together ahead of the “Rededicate 2

Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives Camron Sexton, R-Crossville, holds up his finger as he leaves the Tennessee state Capitol following the passage of a new congressional map by the Republican majority on the final day of a special sess

Tennessee State House Democrat representatives have been removed from their committees and subcommittees for protesting on the house floor against the redistricting of the Tennessee congressional map.

Caption: Tennessee Democratic State House repre

Image 1: Professor Sekou Franklin testifies during a special session of the Senate State and Local Government Committee on Republican leadership’s redistricting congressional election maps, at the Cordell Hull building  in Nashville, Tenne

Democratic state House representatives and Senators leave the Tennessee state Capitol following passage of a new congressional map by the Republican majority on the final day of a special session in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S., May 7, 2026. ( Photo by

Democratic state representative Justin J. Pearson’s brother KeShaun Pearson is arrested and removed from the gallery after not vacating at the order of Republican Speaker of the House Camron Sexton as people gathered to protest against efforts

Democratic State House Rep. Justin J. Pearson of Memphis, weeps in front of the memorial to the 14th and 15th amendments African American citizenship and male suffrage in the Tennessee state capital building ahead of a special session where the state

Community members react as Nashville metro police officers create a perimeter as U.S. federal agents conduct immigration operations at an apartment complex in Antioch, Tennessee, U.S., April 29, 2026. ( Photos by @seth_herald for @reuters ) #immigrat

Thousands gather near and marched through downtown as part of the nation wide No Kings protests in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. March 28,2026. ( Photos by @seth_herald for @anadoluimages ) #nashville #tennesee #unitedstatesofamerica #sonya9ii #protest

People gather at the Wilson County Courthouse during a County Commission meeting to voice their concerns amid reports that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) had purchased a detention facility in the area, in Lebanon, Tennessee, U.S., February

A U.S. federal agent looks on after using tear gas on angered community members, as tensions rise after federal agents were involved in a shooting incident, a week after a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent fatally shot Renee Nicole

Federal immigration agents stand at Interstate 35W, while conducting immigration enforcement tasks in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., February 3, 2026. ( Photo by @seth_herald for @reuters ) #minneapolis #immigration #unitedstatesofamerica #reutersphot

Federal agents detain a man as they conduct immigration operations in Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S., January 27, 2026 ( Photos by @seth_herald for @reuters ) #minnesota #saintpaul #immigration #unitedstatesofamerica #reutersphotos

A person walks past posters commemorating Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti, who were both fatally shot by federal immigration agents, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., January 29, 2026. ( Photo by @seth_herald for @reuters ) #minneapolis #minnesota #

A federal agent detains a person near the site where a man identified as Alex Pretti was fatally shot by federal agents who were trying to detain him, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., January 24, 2026. ( Photo by @seth_herald for @reuters ) #minneapo

Community members gather and protest near the site where a man identified as Alex Pretti was fatally shot by federal agents who were trying to detain him, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., January 24, 2026. ( photos by @seth_herald for @reuters ) #min