Lauren Walsh is a professor and writer. She teaches at The New School and New York University, where she is the director of the Gallatin Photojournalism Lab. She is also the director of Lost Rolls America, a public archive of photography and memory. Walsh’s newest book, “Conversations on Conflict Photography” (2019), examines the value of documenting war and humanitarian crisis in the contemporary moment. She is the editor of three other books on photography, and has published widely in academic and mainstream media. Walsh’s scholarship specializes in visual media and memory, and she is currently co-directing “Biography of a Photo,” a documentary film about two iconic images of conflict. She holds a PhD from Columbia University and has been distinguished with NYU’s Excellence in Teaching award.