Podcast
Smita Sharma
documentary photographer
Smita Sharma is a Delhi-based photojournalist and visual storyteller reporting on critical human rights, gender, social justice and environmental issues – both in India and throughout the Global South.
Natalie Keyssar
documentary photographer
Natalie is a documentary photographer based in Brooklyn, New York. She is interested in inequality, youth culture, and the personal effects of political turmoil and violence, primarily in the US and Latin America.
Gemma Atkinson
documentary filmmaker
Gemma Atkinson is a documentary filmmaker based between London and Barcelona. She has a vast amount of experience within the industry, currently running the production company Fat Rat Films, and has produced countless films and other content for NGOs and international institutions.
Michael Snyder
documentary photographer and filmmaker
Mike Snyder explores the dynamic relationship between environmental and cultural change. An environmental and climate scientist by training, Mike uses his combined knowledge of visual storytelling and conservation to create narratives that drive social impact.
Savannah Dodd
photographer
Savannah Dodd is a photographer and anthropologist from the USA, but now living in Northern Ireland. In 2017, Savannah founded the Photography Ethics Centre – an organisation dedicated to promoting ethical literacy across the photography industry.
Laurel Chor
documentary photographer and filmmaker
Laurel Chor is 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. Among other things we explore the biases we as individuals have that influence how we explore the stories we document.
Stuart Freedman
documentary photographer
Stuart Freedman is a documentary photographer with over 30 years of experience. We discuss power dynamics within photography, the need to lead with empathy and curiosity when exploring human stories, and so much more.
Aubrie Canfield
documentary film producer
Aubrie Canfield is a media producer from the USA, and founder of a company called Actuality Abroad – a social enterprise that uses documentary storytelling as a means to provide more meaningful travel experiences.
Klaus Thymann
documentary photographer and filmmaker
Klaus Thymann has walked an unconventional path, developing a range of different skills along the way – not just photography and filmmaking – that allow him to create and manage multidisciplinary projects. Since 2008 he has achieved this in part through Project Pressure, an organisation he created with a focus on climate change.
Rebecca Conway
documentary photographer
Rebecca Conway is a documentary photographer from the UK who won the Camille lepage prize at last year’s (2022) Visa pour L’Image photography festival in Perpignan, France. A few years ago Rebecca made the transition from picture editor and written-word journalist to photographer out of a desire to explore stories visually, and feeling a greater affinity with photography.