Portraits of Elizabeth Kolbert for the Guardian
April 6, 2021

Elizabeth Kolbert has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1999 and is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History," published by Henry Holt in 2014 (awarded in 2015). She is seen here outside her home in Williamstown, Massachusetts, on Fri., Feb. 26, 2021. "The Sixth Extinction" argues that the earth is currently in the middle of a global extinction event caused by humans.
Elizabeth Kolbert has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1999 and is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History," published by Henry Holt in 2014 (awarded in 2015). She is seen here outside her home in Williamstown, Massachusetts, on Fri., Feb. 26, 2021. "The Sixth Extinction" argues that the earth is currently in the middle of a global extinction event caused by humans.
Elizabeth Kolbert has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1999 and is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History," published by Henry Holt in 2014 (awarded in 2015). She is seen here outside her home in Williamstown, Massachusetts, on Fri., Feb. 26, 2021. "The Sixth Extinction" argues that the earth is currently in the middle of a global extinction event caused by humans.
Elizabeth Kolbert has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1999 and is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History," published by Henry Holt in 2014 (awarded in 2015). She is seen here outside her home in Williamstown, Massachusetts, on Fri., Feb. 26, 2021. "The Sixth Extinction" argues that the earth is currently in the middle of a global extinction event caused by humans.
Elizabeth Kolbert has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1999 and is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History," published by Henry Holt in 2014 (awarded in 2015). She is seen here outside her home in Williamstown, Massachusetts, on Fri., Feb. 26, 2021. "The Sixth Extinction" argues that the earth is currently in the middle of a global extinction event caused by humans.
Elizabeth Kolbert has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1999 and is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History," published by Henry Holt in 2014 (awarded in 2015). She is seen here outside her home in Williamstown, Massachusetts, on Fri., Feb. 26, 2021. "The Sixth Extinction" argues that the earth is currently in the middle of a global extinction event caused by humans.
Elizabeth Kolbert has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1999 and is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History," published by Henry Holt in 2014 (awarded in 2015). She is seen here outside her home in Williamstown, Massachusetts, on Fri., Feb. 26, 2021. "The Sixth Extinction" argues that the earth is currently in the middle of a global extinction event caused by humans.

I spent a lovely late winter afternoon with Pulitzer Prize-winning author and New Yorker staff writer Elizabeth Kolbert near her home in far northwestern Massachusetts to accompany an interview in the Guardian, my first assignment for the publication. Her recent books focus on climate change, so outdoors and surrounded by trees seemed perfect for the pictures.

We stomped around in the snow for a bit…I’m sure if someone was watching it would’ve been pretty funny to see me moving sandbags and lightstands around while trying not to make too many footprints near where I wanted her to stand for each picture.

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