She founded Kids with Cameras,[1] a non-profit organization that teaches the art of photography to marginalized children in communities throughout the world.

In 1995, she made her first trip to India, producing a story on female infanticide.

[citation needed] Her latest project Reverence is an experiential multimedia exhibit about transformation.

Inspired by dreams of a praying mantis, she was led around the world to collaborate with living insects, capturing their portraits in photographs and film.

[4] Briski and co-director Ross Kauffman were awarded grants from the Sundance Institute, the Jerome Foundation, and the New York State Council on the Arts for Born into Brothels.