Maya Valentine is currently at The Washington Post as a Photo Assignment Editor, overseeing visuals for National Health + Science and Features teams. Previously, she worked with visuals at National Geographic Magazine.
(photos linked to articles)

The acclaimed character actress, who appears in Season 3 of ‘The White Lotus,’ has mastered the art of emanating mounting fury | Photography by Philip Cheung
Amid West Texas measles outbreak, vaccine resistance hardens | Photography by Ramsay De Give

Potential Medicaid cuts could devastate America’s teetering rural health-care system and jeopardize Republicans’ political power among rural voters | Photography by Kaylee Greenlee

Parents of fentanyl victims united by grief, divided by politics | Photography by Cassidy Araiza


Skims was already big. Kim Kardashian dreamed bigger | Photo by Jeenah Moon
Kerry Washington has a message to deliver | Photography by Elianel Clinton
Kerry Washington has a message to deliver | Photography by Elianel Clinton

Texas is home. The Briggle family and their trans child are fighting for it | Photograph by Julia Robinson

Why is everyone so mad at Jada Pinkett Smith? The actress has a theory about the backlash to her new memoir | Photography by David Urbanke

Psychedelics gave terminal patients relief from their intense anxiety | Photography by Taehoon Kim

Samuel Zimmerman, the curator of Shudder, is king of the feel-bad movie. | Photography by Drew Gurian

The call of Tokitae | Photography by Nick Cote

Icons wanted to be photographed by Anthony Barboza — and be his friend | Photography by Marvin Joseph

State and county fair season is in full swing. but the H5N1 outbreak is changing the look of the annual ritual of summer and fall | Photography by KC McGinnis

Meagan Good knows what — and who — you’re dying to ask her about | Photography by Andre D. Wagner

State and county fair season is in full swing. but the H5N1 outbreak is changing the look of the annual ritual of summer and fall | Photography by KC McGinnis

Parents of fentanyl victims united by grief, divided by politics | Photography by Cassidy Araiza

New Alzheimer’s drugs bring hope. But not equally for all patients | Photography by Hannah Yoon for The Washington Post

How Lara Trump found her place in the family business | Photography by Taurat Hossain

How Lara Trump found her place in the family business | Photography by Taurat Hossain

How will you be remembered? Here’s how to adopt a ‘legacy’ mind-set | Photography by Madeleine Hordinski

Three couples and their IVF hopes, jolted by Alabama’s court ruling | Photograph by Charity Rachelle

The Tony-winning actress and “Cosby Show” mom is stepping down after leading the school’s College of Fine Arts. | Photography by Marvin Joseph

They call it ‘murderball.’ Wheelchair rugby isn’t for the faint of heart | Photography by Charity Rachelle

Surviving Measles. Photograph by Jovelle Tamayo

Surviving Measles | Photograph by Hannah Beier

After wowing audiences in ‘The Holdovers,’ the actress is a favorite to win an Academy Award. Maybe then she’ll believe the hype. | Photography by ABDM

Turf fields may have ‘forever chemicals.’ Should kids be playing on them? | Photography by Sandy Huffaker

Designer Destiny Pinto turns medical devices, such as ostomy bags and hearing aids, into fashion accessories | Photography by Elena Heatherwick

Plant pathologist Mannon Gallegly developed the first blight-resistant tomato in 1963. The waiting list for his new variety is already in the thousands.| Photography by Kristian Thacker

The most powerful fashion designer you don’t know about | Photography by Pooneh Ghana

Brittany O’Grady does it all with feelings | Photography by Melissa Isabel Quiñones

Their children’s decline was precipitous and dramatic, with patients losing function in days or weeks, including the ability to talk, move or take care of themselves | Photography by Philip Cheung

Skims was already big. Kim Kardashian dreamed bigger | Photo by Jeenah Moon

The most powerful fashion designer you don’t know about | Photography by Pooneh Ghana

Why some U.S. disabled workers are making less than a dollar an hour | Photograph by Jackie Molloy

Siberia’s ice is melting, revealing its past and endangering its future | Photography by Natalya Saprunova

She knows the ache of losing a baby. Her calling is to help other Black moms | Photography by Jahi Chikwendiu

Linnea Bullion for The Washington Post

Photograph by Linnea Bullion

59 stylish holiday gifts for stylish people | Zen Sekizawa for The Washington Post

Linnea Bullion for The Washington Post

Avocado hand: How to avoid an injury so common that surgeons have a name for it | Stop motion by Elysa Weitala

Do you have a hunger habit? How to conquer mindless eating. | Stop motion by Linnea Bullion

Linnea Bullion for The Washington Post

Skip the pricey moisturizer. The cheaper stuff is often just as good. | Stop motion by Elysa Weitala

Skip the pricey moisturizer. The cheaper stuff is often just as good. | Stop motion by Elysa Weitala

Andrea Arevalo for The Washington Post

Linnea Bullion for The Washington Post

7 brain foods that can help you beat anxiety. | Stop motion Linnea Bullion

The proper way to use an ironing board, an easier way to iron sleeves and other tips and tricks from laundry experts. | Stop motion by Elysa Weitala

Peggy Cormary for The Washington Post

Linnea Bullion for The Washington Post

Linnea Bullion for The Washington Post

Photographs by Gab Mejia

Photographs by Graham Dickie

Photographs by Graham Dickie

Photographs by Michael A. McCoy

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Photographed by Balazs Gardi

Photographs by William Keo

Photographs and Embroidery by Rehab Eldalil

Photographs by Lynsey Weatherspoon

Photographs by Ian Cheibub

Photographs by Kiana Hayeri

Photographs by Graham Dickie