Sej Saraiya is an interdisciplinary visual artist, acclaimed photographer, and filmmaker known for her ethnographic and fine art photography documenting Indigenous cultures across the globe. She earned her MFA in Screenwriting from the University of Southern California in 2009 and has since undertaken immersive photographic journeys throughout Asia and the Americas, creating portraits that offer intimate windows into remote communities and their deep relationships with the natural world.

Her work has taken her to some of the most remote regions on earth, where she has spent time with tattooed headhunters in Northeast India, medicine women in British Columbia, shamans of the Venezuelan Amazon, and globally respected leaders and humanitarians. At the heart of Saraiya’s practice is a commitment to preserving cultural heritage, ancestral wisdom, and fragile ecosystems through visual storytelling.

Her work has been featured in publications including ELLE, LA Yoga Magazine, Deadline, and Luxury Lifestyle Magazine. A published author, she wrote the book Becoming Still, and her essays have appeared in national publications and peer-reviewed journals such as USA Today, STEAM Journal, and Hindustan Times. Her photography has been exhibited internationally in galleries, museums, and public venues such as John Wayne Airport, and is held in private collections worldwide.