Taylor Rees
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About
American photojournalist and filmmaker whose work has been featured in prestigious publications like National Geographic. In 2015, she directed the award-winning documentary Down to Nothing, which chronicled an aborted ascent to the peak of Hkakabo Razi.
Before Fame
She graduated from Amherst Regional High School in Amherst, Massachusetts. She later studied at Penn State and Yale University.
Trivia
Her work on Down to Nothing earned her Best Cinematography honors at the Telluride Mountainfilm Festival.
Family Life
Both of her parents worked for the Forest Service in Idaho. She got engaged to renowned artist and climber Renan Ozturk.
Associated With
She documented Alex Honnold's free-solo climb of El Sendero Luminoso in Mexico.