Maya Valentine

Washington, D.C.

Visuals for The Home You Own, Well+Being and Real Estate

Education: University of Missouri-Columbia, School of Journalism

Maya Valentine is a Features Photo Assignment Editor at The Washington Post, where she generates visuals for The Home You Own, Business and Well+Being sections. Before joining The Post, she worked as a photo coordinator for National Geographic Magazine. There, she produced visual stories on digital and print platforms while collaborating with video production and social media teams. In 2020, she completed a mentorship program with Visura.co, a curated marketplace and site builder that connects image buyers, media publications and organizations with professional, diverse visual storytellers and
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These parishioners showed off their ‘Sunday’s best’ this weekend

Parishioners of Refreshing Spring Church of God in Christ in Riverdale, Md., dressed in their Sunday’s best this Easter Sunday.

April 1, 2024

See the red carpet looks, photos from the Oscars 2024

Stars and nominees arrive at the red carpet ready for the 96th Academy Awards.

March 10, 2024
Da'Vine Joy Randolph made history with this blue sequin dress with wonderfully fluffy trim, made by Louis Vuitton: she won the award for Best Supporting Actress.

How to stay friends for 50 years? Ask the women of Sugar Hill.

While many people have friendships that span decades, the women of the Sugar Hill Sisterhood are a case study in what it takes to maintain them.

February 12, 2024
For the past 50 years, the Sugar Hill Sisterhood has continued to meet at least once a year for dinners, weekend sleepovers and vacations around the world.

    See how people have learned to survive the sub-freezing temperatures.

    January 3, 2024
    In Russia’s Yakutsk, where winter temperatures drop below minus-40 degrees Fahrenheit, communications cables and pipes are built above ground because the land is frozen. Water pipes are heated with special electrical cables wrapped around a protective casing.