Photo by Thomas Bassett

About

Carlin Stiehl is a second-generation Romanian-Israeli and American photojournalist based in Los Angeles, California.

He has worked across communities with diverse value systems throughout the United States, from metropolitan centers to rural frontiers, documenting human-environment relationships and humanizing socio-political issues often viewed from a distance.

Carlin earned his B.S. in Film & Television with a concentration in Marine Sciences from Boston University, where he specialized in narrative documentary storytelling. He is currently completing his master’s thesis in photojournalism at Ohio University’s School of Visual Communication.

Before pursuing journalism full-time, Carlin worked in multimedia production in Ethiopia and later in Los Angeles’ documentary and commercial film industry. His newsroom experience includes the Chesapeake Bay Program, The Kalamazoo Gazette, The Boston Globe, and the Los Angeles Times, where he served as a staff photographer producing daily and long-form documentary work.

Carlin also applies his photojournalistic sensibility to commercial photography, leveraging his ability to capture authentic, unscripted moments that convey trust, humanity, and depth, helping brands connect with audiences through genuine visual storytelling.

Featured work in

Los Angeles Times, Reuters, The Boston Globe, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The New York Times, De Los, Politico, Getty Images, MLive, The Chesapeake Bay Program, WGBH, CNN, NPR, Bloomberg, Rolling Stone and more...