About me
I am an enthusiastic and experienced professional with a strong background in photojournalism, humanitarian and development photography, video production, and content strategy. I have a deep commitment to documenting marginalised communities with integrity and a focus on ethical imagery governance.
My career includes roles as an independent photojournalist, UNICEF’s senior photo editor, and leading emergencies content and strategy for UNICEF’s private fundraising and partnerships communication audiences.
My expertise lies in developing and creating emotionally engaging, strategic content driving fundraising, expanding reach, and enhancing organisational reputation. This includes producing content for various income streams, including corporate partnerships, philanthropy, and public sector engagement.
I have a proven track record of coordinating with offices globally to produce compelling content for digital and traditional media platforms, and I have led capacity-building initiatives through information exchange and webinars.
My leadership in imagery has strengthened brand identity and promoted inclusive representation in humanitarian narratives. As a collaborative and consultative team player and leader, I foster a psychologically safe environment for high-performing teams.
With a native-level proficiency in photography, photo editing, and video production with a critical eye and a strong commitment to ethical imagery, I am eager to leverage my transferable expertise to AI-related imagery work, to support the development and governance of generative AI imagery and responsible visual practices. I have a growing capability in digital investigation and image forensics, and passionate about accuracy and transparency in digital media environments.
Core strengths
- Photo & Video Production: Classically trained in small/medium/large-format film across advertising, portraiture, fashion, architecture, landscape, and documentary. Expertise in studio lighting, visual composition, film processing/printing, digital editing workflows, and industry techniques. Extensive experience in photojournalism, humanitarian/development photography and videography, plus video production and post-production. Advanced knowledge of multimedia intellectual property, personal data protection, and generative AI imagery.
- Photo Editing & Content Management: Native-level proficiency coordinating with photographers, videographers, and global offices to deliver compelling content across digital and traditional platforms. Strong photo/video research background. Extensive experience administering Orange Logic Digital Asset Managers (DAMs) and building capacity for ethical multimedia production, distribution, and archiving.
- Content Strategy: Audience-centric strategy that drives engagement and strengthens organisational reputation; emotionally engaging, insight-driven storytelling with emphasis on ethical imagery and familiarity with high-value audience income streams.
- Leadership: Collaborative leader fostering psychologically safe, high-performing teams; senior technical advisor on imagery ethics and reputation/financial risk related to imagery; committed to inclusive representation in visual narratives.
Excepts from recommendation letters
- “Christine is a very principled person who has a strong commitment to representing marginalised people in an ethical way.”
- “Her imagery does not just rely on an emotional connection, she is informed a great deal by detailed factual information on issues such as mother to child transmission, sanitation and the intricacies of rural development. She is able to links these issues to the reality of people’s lives in her pictures where she shows them as human beings, not just the face of a problem.”
- “Huge stigma about HIV and Aids still very much exists in Zambia, and Ms. Nesbitt had to work hard to win the trust of her subjects – pregnant women who are living with the virus – but she succeeded. She works with the utmost level of respect for vulnerable people and respects every person’s right to dignity.”
- “In that and in every task she undertook, Ms. Nesbitt never showed anything less than complete diligence and commitment in accomplishing every project on time and to the highest standards possible, while establishing herself among her peers as a cheerful, helpful, trusted and well-liked colleague.”
- “At PFP, Christine led the humanitarian content team creating new and compelling ways to tell the story of UNICEF’s work in emergencies for private sector audiences. She created efficient processes for producing, managing, and curating content and led her team with clarity and compassion. “
- “Her leadership in UNICEF’s imagery working group - another key role she fulfilled at PFP - has strengthened the governance of content at UNICEF. Christine is a collaborative professional and brings energy, creative problem solving skills along with her wealth of expertise in multimedia production and imagery governance.”
- “Christine is an expert in her field. She is absolutely dedicated to ensuring the visual content (film and photos) that UNICEF uses for fundraising, advocacy and communication is respectful and that a child safeguarding and risk-informed lens is applied.”