VISUAL ANTHROPOLOGIST. DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY AND FILM. SES EXPLORER OF THE YEAR. THE EXPLORERS CLUB FELLOW & AWARDEE. FOUNDER WOMBSPHERE PROJECT AND WHALE-ENCOUNTERS.
Alegra holds an (MRes) in research, Masters in Anthropology, Masters in Documentary filmmaking.
Alegra Published her thesis based on years of field observations in the topic Human- Whale Interactions in Ha’apai, Tonga: Does the Intersubjective Exchange Create A Unique Reciprocal Experience for the Participants?
Alegra Ally is a visual Anthropologist, author, speaker, and a SES Explorer, currently based in Australia. Her long-term project “Wombsphere” explores the themes of cultural and environmental change in the context of, motherhood and reproductive justice. Her ability to produce photographs with profound emotional resonance and sensitivity earned her the Explorers Club’s Scott Pearlman Field Award for her expedition: ‘Women at the End of the Land’ in 2016 which resulted in the book “New Path- A Window into Nenets Life” published by Schilt publishing. In 2020, Alegra received the Gough Explorer of the Year Award for Medical Aid & Research for her Expedition ‘A Journey to the Origins of Midwifery’ to the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in Colombia.
Alegra’s work has been published by The New York Times, Huffington Post, The Guardian, Shackleton Journal, The Walt Disney Society, Sidetracked, Ocean Geographic, The Telegraph, Refinery29, British Journal of Photography, and more. Keynotes includes Cambridge and Oxford Expedition Society, King’s college London wilderness medicine society, Explorers club headquarters, various midwifery departments and Photography schools.
She graduated from Macquarie University in Sydney with a master’s of research with focus in Anthropology. She is about to complete her second master’s degree in Documentary Filmmaking from Steve Tisch and produces her first short Documentary Film in Colombia.