George Steinmetz is an award-winning documentary photographer whose large-scale projects on pressing global issues have been published in National Geographic magazine, the New York Times, and many other leading publications. Steinmetz’s interest in food production began as a story assignment for National Geographic and was deepened when he was arrested after taking aerial photos of a cattle feedlot near Garden City, Kansas.
He realized that there are parts of our food chain that some people don’t want us to see, and he embarked on a global project to add more transparency to our food system. His books for Abrams include The Human Planet (2020), New York Air (2015), Desert Air (2012), Empty Quarter (2009), and African Air (2008). He lives in New Jersey with his wife, journalist Lisa Bannon.