Born in Puerto Rico
Lives In New York
Works ANYwhere
Loves travel & tribes
Speaks English,Spanish, Pidgin & whatever IS necessary.
AS A photographer AND explorer- WYLDA’S VOICE AND 2 STORIES FROM HER SOLO JOURNEY IN Papua NEW GUINEA WILL BE featured AT tHE metropolitan museum of art IN NEW York CITY IN THE NEW OCEANIC gallery OPENING SUMMER OF 2025.
AS A FILMMAKER- Wylda recently worked on the live action film “moana”directed by tommy kail.
sHE WAS “B” CAMERA OPERATOR AND DP ON THE STAGE WORK FOR THE NETFLIX LIMITED SERIES “ZERO DAY” produced AND STARING ROBERT DE NIRO.
wylda also operated camera for the upcoming series “etoile” from acclaimed creators of “the marvelous mrs. maisel”, daniel and amy palladino.
HER SOLO photographY exhibition “BILAS:BODY ADORNMENT FROM PAPUA NEW GUINEA” OPENED IN JULY 2023 AT THE Australian Museum IN SYDNEY WITH AN ATTENDANCE OF 55,000 visitors.
WYLDA has been Director of photography IN 6 episodeS oF the HBO MAX SERIES “AND JUST LIKE THAT…” season 1&2
she also was the 2nd unit dp for the feature film ”are you there god? iT’s me, margaret.” aS well aS HBO’S “LOVE AND DEATH” directed BY LESLI LINKA GLATTER.
SHE HAS DirectED THE Netflix series "Dating Around” as WELL AS SERVING AS Director of Photography ON 3 episodeS.
IN JANUARY OF 2020 SHE HAD HER FIRST SOLO EXHIBITION IN PARIS AT 193 GALLERY, FOLLOWING A VERY SUCCESSFUL RUN AT THE MUSEE DE LA CASTRE IN CANNES, FRANCE, WITh her “heroes and spirits of papua New Guinea” show and book.
As Camara Operator she has worked on Natalie portman’s “lady in the lake”, “love and death”, “Russian doll 2”, “BOYS IN THE BAND”, “Lisey’s Story”, “invasion”, “Fosse/Verdon”, “Pose” season 2, "Orange is the New Black" season 4,5 & 6, “Billions” season 4, "Girls" season 6, "Madam Secretary" season 4 & 5 and "The Good Fight" season 2.
as Director of Photography she HAS worked on Netflix’s hit series “Orange is the New Black" Season 4-7 and 6/EP10 AS WELL AS SHOOTING 2ND UNIT FOR “FOSSE/VERDON” AND “pose” season 2 AND 3.
She has served as Director of Photography for Oprah Winfrey, Cindy Lauper and most recently directors Tommy Kail, MICHAEL PATRICK KING, Laura Prepon, Andrew McCarthy, Phil Abraham, Matthew Wiener, Eric Stoltz and Constantine Makris.
Wylda has lensed commercials for Royal Caribbean Cruises, Crown Royal and Converse for agencies like Anomaly London/NY and JWT.
As a photographer, she has spent 2 decades traveling to remote corners of the planet. Her passion for culture, adventure, human connection and creating images has taken her to 6 continents and over 45 countries.
In December of 2018 she had her first solo show as a Fine Art photographer in Brisbane Australia and she is represented IN OCEANIA by Andrew Baker Art Gallery.
Her photographic work has been selected for National Geographic and the Smithsonian Magazine.
WYLDA IS currently working on a book and several exhibitions about heR solo journey in Papua New Guinea.
