About me

Elissa Bogos, originally from Eastern Pennsylvania, is a freelance photojournalist and videojournalist currently based in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Prior to returning to Afghanistan, Elissa was the editor-in-chief of The Sakhalin Times, an English language weekly in the Russian Far East.

Elissa's photographs and video have been published in the BBC, EurasiaNet, The Guardian, The Huffington Post, The Montreal Gazette, Reuters, New York Daily News and in other media. In Afghanistan, she freelances for a variety of NGOs and private companies and has worked with Tolo TV, Channel One TV and the Associated Press.

She speaks Dari and is learning Pashto.