Ania Gruca is a French documentary and portrait photographer based in New York. While her personal approach revolves primarily around identity and cultural topics, she focuses mostly on development and women's issues.

Print and Online Publications: Zink Magazine, Bat'Carré, Die Presse, Profil, The Jewish Week, Al Hashulchan, The Citizen, Der Standard, The New York Times, At Magazine, Il Nostro Tempo, The Journal News, The Tribeca Trib, Le Patriote Nice, Vogue, Zagat, The Village Voice, Parcours, Bomb Magazine.

Institutional: Agence Française de Développement (AFD), United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE), Institut Français de Recherche en Afrique (IFRA), Open Society Foundation (OSF).

Commercial: Pipangai Production, Smashbox, Osterfestspiele, FilDoux, Red Line Studio, Galerie Mourlot, Pierre Bergé Auctions, Laura Vitonahu, Cristal Records.

Bibliography: Performing Site-Specific Theater. Politics, Place, Practice Edited by Anna Birch and Joanne Tompkins Published by Palgrave Macmillan, 2012

Collection: Nairobi National Museum

Distinctions:
2014: Coup de Coeur, l'ANI, Visa pour l'Image Festival, Perpignan, France for "Zanzibar, A Tale Beyond Fiction"
2009: Coup de Coeur, Bourse du Talent #38, Portrait Category, Paris, France for "Siblings Behind Closed Doors"

Solo Exhibitions:
2015 Alliance Française, Nairobi, Kenya: Zanzibar, A Tale Beyond Fiction
2015 Alliance Française, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: Zanzibar, A Tale Beyond Fiction

Group Exhibitions and Screenings:
2016 Ancien Hôtel de Ville, Saint-Denis, Reunion Island, Residency Fragments Nº3
2016 Patan Museum, Kathmandu, Nepal, Rising Nepal, organized by the United Nations
2016 Alliance Française, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania: Voting Matters organized by the French Institute for Research in Africa (IFRA)
2015 Nairobi National Museum, Kenya: Voting Matters, organized by IFRA
2015 Alliance Française, Kathmandu, Nepal: screening and presentation of Zanzibar, A Tale Beyond Fiction
2014 Bronx Documentary Center, New York, USA: screening and presentation of Zanzibar, A Tale Beyond Fiction
2014 Foto Fest, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Zanzibar, A Tale Beyond Fiction
2012 Black Box Gallery, Oregon, USA: Black and White, A picture show
2011 Gallery Bar, New York, USA: An Art Auction