Sisse Brimberg, a staff National Geographic photographer, was born in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1948. She worked as an apprentice in a commercial photo studio while attending photography school, and later operated her own studio in Copenhagen for five years before coming to National Geographic in 1976. She was awarded the Picture Story of the Year from the National Press Photographers Association for her photographs of migrant workers.

In 1988, Sisse documented the National Geographic Society’s Centennial. Her recent articles for the magazine include “The Fragile Recovery of California Sea Otters” in June l995, “When the Greeks Went West” in November 1994, and “The Hanseatic League: Europe’s First Common Market” in October 1994. Sisse also manages National Geographic’s photography studios. She lives in Maryland with her husband, long-time Geographic contributing photographer Cotton Coulson, and their two children. (Scotland to Iceland-June. 12, 2007; Ice Bears-Jul 9 & 16, 2007)