George Butler

Illustrator and artist-reporter George Butler reports from conflict zones, climate hotspots and humanitarian crises, using pen, ink and watercolor to tell deeply human stories that go beyond the headlines. Over two decades he has documented frontline experiences from Afghanistan, Yemen, Iraq, Nepal, Ukraine, Syria and Angola, focusing not on spectacle but on meaning, dignity and identity. George encourages a new perspective on the world’s most urgent stories. Butler’s work has been regularly funded by the Pulitzer Center and his drawings have been published by The Times of London, Monocle, The New York Times, The Guardian, the BBC, CNN, Der Spiegel, Germany’s ARD television, and NPR. His illustrations from Syria and Ukraine are held in the Victoria and Albert Museum as part of the U.K.’s National Archives. He is the author of two books: “Ukraine: Remember Also Me – Testimonies From the War” and “Drawn Across Borders: True Stories of Migration.” His “Drawn to War” report won a 2023 Amer