Anna Van Lenten is a curator, producer, and writer. With LightField, the nonprofit she founded in 2016, she launched a photo festival in Hudson, NY. LightField is dedicated to using the power of visual art to illuminate environmental and social issues.

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She consults with private clients who are looking to value photography, or purchase it for work spaces, collections, and homes.

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For nearly nine years, Anna curated the bi-monthly Half King Photography Series in New York City, exhibiting and presenting some of the most dynamic and distinguished documentary and fine art photographers. With over seventy exhibits, book launches, & pop-up screenings, each event had an opening night featuring a meaningful discussion between the photographer and the public.

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Other photo projects Anna has worked on include sourcing the photography (and securing usage rights and permissions) for Scott Anderson's two most recent nonfiction books: The Quiet Americans, September 2020, Doubleday; and Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East, June 2014, Penguin Random House. In addition, she curated and produced a large-scale exhibit of escapist photo collages in Vornado Realty Trust's corporate lobby; she designed and produced a traveling exhibit of photography and video for Be Vocal: Speak Up for Mental Health (2018) that delivers high-impact visuals and text about people with mental health challenges; she co-curated and -produced Surveillance. 01 (April 2014, NYC), and Surveillance.02 (March 2015, Dubai); and she curated and managed RISC training's photo auction benefit (2014).