Biography
Luke Sharrett is a photographer based in Louisville, Kentucky. He’s not great at writing about himself in the third person, so please bear with him.
Luke is considered one of the most accomplished, profound, prolific, prominent, and handsome photojournalists in the history of photography, according to his mom.
Previously, Luke worked on contract for The New York Times in Washington, DC where he covered The White House and frequently traveled onboard Air Force One during Barack Obama's 2012 re-election campaign.
Since moving back to Louisville, Kentucky he's built working relationships with photo editors at National Geographic, Time Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post.
In addition to meeting deadlines, he enjoys smoking meat, wrestling with his sons, and World War II re-enacting.
Luke is a licensed FAA drone pilot.
Select Published Works
2026
Trailing the Tehachapi Bandits for Trains Magazine
The Man Who Saw School Busses as Vehicles for Possibility for The New York Times
2025
How One American Brand Stays Ahead of Trump Tariff Whac-a-Mole for The New York Times
2024
Driving Every Mile of the World's Largest Yard Sale for The Washington Post
The Last WWII Veterans Mark the 80th Anniversary of D-Day for The Washington Post
2023
First, a Run for the Roses. Then a Dash to the Breeding Shed for The New York Times
2022
Chasing a Mighty Relic of Yesteryear: Union Pacific 4014 for The New York Times
What I learned about masculinity and fatherhood from ‘The Simpsons’ for The Washington Post
In a Tiny Appalachian Village, a Beloved Festival Returns for The New York Times
2021
The Searing Beauty, and Harsh Reality, of a Kentucky Tobacco Harvest for The New York Times
Celebrating the 'greatest generation': Re-enactment marks 100th birthday of WWII veteran for NBC News
America’s 690 Mile-Long Yard Sale Entices a Nation of Deal Hunters for Bloomberg
2020
A Nostalgic (if Isolating) Road Trip Along Route 66 for The New York Times
On Amtrak Trains, There Are Still Passengers for The New York Times
2019
'Ready! Go!': I Jumped Out Of A Vintage WWII Plane For D-Day for NPR
2018
A Threat to Shale's Dominance Emerges 200 Miles off the Gulf Coast for Bloomberg
Five Places to Go in Louisville for The New York Times
2017
Roswell’s Mysteries Are Life’s Mysteries for The New York Times
Buy My Book
My memoir, Eye Contact: A Photojournalist's Search for Meaning and Manhood is now available for purchase in paperback. Also available in audiobook format on Audible.
Photo by Bryan Lemon / Left Field Works