After completing three short photographic courses at the The Market Photography Workshop in Johannesburg - Bieber participated on a photographic training programme at the Star newspaper in Johannesburg under the late Ken Oosterbroek in September 1993.  

She continued to work there as a photographer leading up to and during South Africa’s first democratic elections. 1996 was a turning point. She was chosen to participate in the World Press Masterclass held in Holland and started working on assignments for publications like the New York Times Magazine. Bieber has also worked on special projects for non-profit organizations like Medicin Sans Frontiere.

Her main focus is  her own long term projects which are exhibited internationally.

Over a ten-year period (1994 – 2004) her own project focused on the country of her birth, South Africa - photographing youth living on the fringes of South African society. This work finally found itself a home in a book “Between Dogs and Wolves – Growing up with South Africa”. It has been published and released in five countries in 2006.

Her most recent book SOWETO was published in partnership with the Goethe Intitut and Jacana Media in May 2010.

Biebers most recent award was the Prix de le l'Union Europeene at the Recontres de Bamako Biennale Africaine de la Photographie, November 2009.

She has won 8 World Press awards, a 1st Place in Picture of the Year International (POYi) 2009 and has received numerous other accolades. 

Her fist solo exhibition was at Visa Pour L’Image,Perpignan, France in 2002. Her most recent being ‘Las Canas' at 2nd Thessaloniki Biennale of  Contemporary Art, Greece 2009 and Real Beauty at The Goodman Gallery, Nov/Dec 2008.

Her work has been seen in many shows around the world - the most recent being “A Useful Dream - African Photography 1960 - 2010, The summer of photography @ BOZAR in Brussel, Belgium 26th June 2010 “. 

Bieber has taught or been a guest lecturer at the Market Theatre Photographic Workshop (JHB), London College of Communication (UK), Westminister University (UK), ICP school of Photojournalism (N.Y.) and at Photo Espane. 

She was a jury member on World Press Awards 2008.

Bieber is represented by The Goodman Gallery and the Institute for Artist Management.