Sam Contis (b.1982) received her BFA in Photography and Art History from New York University and her MFA in Photography from Yale University.

Her work has been exhibited in the US and Europe. Her photographs have appeared in publications including The New York Times Magazine, Capricious and Blind Spot. She is a recipient of the 2016 Aaron Siskind Foundation Individual Photographer’s Fellowship, a Tierney Fellowship and is a Paul Huf Award nominee. Her photographs are in the collections of the Yale University Art Gallery and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.