Malie Rich-Griffith was born and raised in New York City and makes her home now in Santa Fe. She has traveled widely and been photographing since her first trip to East Africa. She believes that photography gives her a greater appreciation of and connection to the world in both its vast, minute, natural and artificial forms.

She has exhibited in London, New York and Honolulu and has won  a number of awards for her landscapes, people and animals. Her work has appeared in magazines as diverse as American Photo, Apogee Photo, Birders' World, GEO Magazine, Girl Talk, National Wildlife, Natural History Magazine, Outdoor Photographer, Ranger Rick, and Smithsonian and has graced book covers from England to New Zealand.