This episode and features Laurel Chor – a documentary photographer, filmmaker, and journalist who is exploring a range of different topics – from manta ray conservation to the war in the Ukraine, using a variety of media.

We explore the biases we as individuals have that influence how we explore the stories we document through documentary photography and filmmaking, but also the value of our own unique experiences and perspective. We talk about the challenges Laurel has experienced being a woman of colour, the need for self-care to ensure we’re able to continue to document the issues we care about and push for the change we want to see, and much more.

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Podcast hosted and produced by Chris King

Notes

Arman Dzidzovic

Andrei Kalashnikov

What it’s like being a stripper in Florida during Covid

Coconuts

Vice on HBO

MSc in Biodiversity, Conservation and Management

National Geographic Grant

Julia Kochetova

Hannah Reyes Morales

Natalie Keyssar

Hind Hassan