Pat York was born in Jamaica and has lived and traveled all over the world. She started her career in the Fashion Department of Vogue magazine in New York and then moved to Glamour magazine as the Photographer/Travel Editor. Photographing and writing assignments internationally continued the pattern of her life. Becoming a freelance photographer, her work appeared in numerous publications worldwide including Vogue, Time, Newsweek, Life, Town and Country, Playboy, Elle, Harper’s Bazaar, Vogue Hommes, The London Times, The Independent on Sunday, and Stern. Since 1997, York has exhibited her work in major museums in the United States, Russia, Poland, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Belgium, Germany, France, England, and Hong Kong. Documentaries have been made of her museum exhibitions in Europe and Aspen, Colorado.