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34:46 Melissa Ryan & Mercy Mason – Engaging Communities In Conservation Through Photography | Collaborations for Cause 2017 Nature Conservancy magazine’s Director of Photography Melissa Ryan will discuss the participatory photography workshop that she and photographer Jason Houston created to use photography as an engagement experience for individuals & communities working to conserve their natural resources. Mercy Mason, one of the high school students who participated in the workshop, will present her personal experience and speak to the impacts the workshop had on her and her community. The participatory photo workshop was held in July 2016 in the remote village of Klemtu, deep in the heart of British Columbia’s Great Bear Rainforest. http://blog.nature.org/science/magazine/outtakes-class-in-session-in-the-great-bear-rainforest/ Mercy Mason is a high-school senior at Kitasoo Community School in Klemtu, British Columbia, Canada. Mercy has participated in several programs supported by the Spirit Bear Lodge and designed to help engage youth in the community with their cultural heritage and the environment including the Súa Youth Cultural Group and the Supporting Emerging Aboriginal Stewards (SEAS) Community Initiative Internship. In 2016, as part of a Nature Conservancy magazine assignment on the SEAS program, TNC Canada hosted Photography Director, Melissa Ryan, and photographer, Jason Houston, to run a participatory camera workshop with SEAS interns. Mercy is in the Blackfish clan of the Kitasoo Xai'Xais First Nations. Melissa Ryan is the director of photography for Nature Conservancy magazine, the flagship publication of the world’s leading environmental conservation organization, The Nature Conservancy. Melissa works in close partnership with photographers to create & publish dynamic environmental conservation stories that reveal the connections between global natural resource use, scientific research, and the beauty & wonder of the natural world. Melissa’s goal is to elevate the authentic, unique vision of the photographer so they can create compelling visual images that will inspire & inform viewers and help ensure lasting conservation solutions. Previously, Melissa was a photo editor at National Geographic Books where she edited 16 books on topics, such as: nature, space, travel, ancient civilizations, dolphins, and clean water. Melissa began her career more than twenty-five years ago at the University of Texas-Austin where she earned her photojournalism degree specializing in social documentary projects on youth, incarceration, and elder care. Collaborations for Cause 17:49 Tim Matsui – Story: From Awareness To Action | Collaborations for Cause 2017 Tim Matsui is an Emmy-nominated visual journalist and filmmaker focusing on human trafficking, alternative energy, and the environment. His most recent project, the award-winning documentary feature film The Long Night, tells a visceral narrative of domestic minor sex trafficking. Tim's clients have included Newsweek, Stern, Der Spiegel, GEO, Wired and many other domestic and international publications. Today, Tim partners with non profits and corporations, and self publishes, to tell meaningful stories grounded in tenets of journalism. A non profit founder, Pictures of the Year and World Press Photo winner, and recipient of grants from the Alexia Foundation, Open Society Foundations, Fledgling Fund and Fund for Investigative Journalism, Tim seeks to inform and engage viewers through his projects, using media for social change. Collaborations for Cause 27:05 Thomas Patterson – What I Look For When I Hire A Photographer | Collaborations for Cause 2017 Thomas Patterson is a photo editor and content specialist for the international humanitarian organization Mercy Corps. After more than a decade on the photo staff of the Statesman Journal newspaper, Thomas earned a master's degree in Multimedia Journalism and undertook a Graduate Teaching Fellowship at the University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication. Based in Portland, Oregon, Thomas is also a photojournalist and multimedia storyteller specializing in multimedia projects for editorial, corporate and non-profit clients around the world. Collaborations for Cause 27:55 David Moskowitz – Fundraising and Public Engagement in Conservation Storytelling | Collaborations for Cause 2017 David Moskowitz is the author and photographer of two books, Wildlife of the Pacific Northwest and Wolves in the Land of Salmon. As a biologist, photographer and educator, David has worked on wildlife studies and conservation initiatives around the United Sates and internationally. The focus of much his work has been on using tracking and other non-invasive research methods to study wildlife and promote conservation. David is certified as a Track and Sign Specialist, Trailing Specialist, and Senior Tracker through Cybertracker Conservation and is an Evaluator for this rigorous international professional certification program. David holds a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Studies from Prescott College. David’s current project, the Mountain Caribou Initiative, is a multi-media exploration of the conservation challenges faced in the world’s largest remaining inland temperate rainforest, found in the interior mountains of western North America and home to one of the most unique and endangered populations of caribou found on the planet. Collaborations for Cause 31:39 World Vision – Content Is Not King | Collaborations for Cause 2017 The role of content and image in fulfilling storytelling, marketing and editorial needs at World Vision US. Tom Costanza spent the sixteen years as television news photographer at stations from Scranton to Seattle covering everything from presidential inaugurations and shuttle launches to earthquakes, hurricanes, and house fires. TV news helped him develop resourcefulness, compassion, and solid storytelling skills. When the opportunity to work at World Vision presented itself, Tom was able to use storytelling for a cause. Since joining World Vision in July 2001, Tom has spent a good part of the last sixteen years on the road capturing stories, spending three weeks traveling around the world to cover the Asia tsunami and in 2010, the earthquake in Haiti. He’s reported on child soldiers in Uganda, street children in Mexico, AIDS in India, and hunger in the Horn of Africa. Fortunately, the many heart-rending moments have been balanced by witnessing the joy, faith, and resilience of the world’s extraordinary people, his camera reflecting their light in some of the world’s darkest places. Phil Manzano is the director of Content Development in the Brand & Campaigns division of World Vision US. Currently, he oversees a team of writers and photographers, publications and promotional content. Prior to World Vision, he worked at The Oregonian in Portland, Ore. for more than 25 years as a writer and editor. He lives in the Rainier Valley area of South Seattle, and, on sunny days, can be found biking along Lake Washington. For almost 30 years, Jon Warren has dedicated his life to helping the poor to be seen and heard. He has traveled to upward of 60 countries producing photographs for many global publications and organizations such as World Vision. As Photojournalism Manager for World Vision, Jon travels the globe to tell the story of the charity’s work to build a better world for children. He’s photographed everything from the Haiti earthquake to the famine in Somalia. He lived with a Kenyan family trying to survive on food rations and spent a month with children in Cambodia working in a garbage dump. Through it all, his goal is to go beyond the statistics of poverty to show his subjects as individual and worthwhile human beings, loved and treasured by God. Jon has won awards from the National Press Photographers Association Pictures of the Year, Communications Arts, Folio, Maggie Awards, the Society of Professional Journalists, and Magnum Opus. Collaborations for Cause 30:18 Bryan Monroe – Why What We Do Still Matters? Hint: We're Not There Yet | Collaborations for Cause 2017 Bryan Monroe is the Verizon Chair and professor at Temple University’s School of Media and Communication (SMC). Before joining Temple, he was most recently the Washington editor, Opinion & Commentary at CNN and editor of CNNPolitics.com. His work at that network included editorial planning and content strategy across all online platforms for CNN in its Washington, D.C., bureau. He also served as the assistant vice president of news at Knight Ridder Newspapers, where he helped lead journalists at the Biloxi Sun Herald to the 2006 Pulitzer Prize Gold Medal for Public Service for their coverage of Hurricane Katrina. Monroe was also vice president and editorial director at EBONY and Jet magazines, where he led coverage of the 2008 presidential election, conducted the first post-election interview with President Barack Obama and did the last interview with pop legend Michael Jackson before his death. Monroe was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University and served as a visiting professor at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism. He was president of the National Association of Black Journalists from 2005 to 2007. Collaborations for Cause 35:02 Collaborations for Cause 2017 Panel Collaborations for Cause 30:09 Poulomi Basu Postmodernism in Photography and Transmedia Activism | Collaborations for Cause 2017 Poulomi Basu's body of work, A Ritual of Exile, investigates the causes and the consequences of normalized violence against women in Nepal. Perpetrated under the guise of Hindu tradition, the root cause of this violence is the belief in the impurity of a women’s menstrual blood. Hidden, under-reported and unresolved, these women are untouchable and, as a result, this violence takes the form of ‘exiles,” a way to keep menstruation shrouded in mystery and taboo, a weapon to shame women into subservience. In a world that is ravaged by war, the media is often full of images of those affected by conflict but, for many, the conflict begins at home. This multidisciplinary project, combining still photography and virtual reality films, is designed to reach multiple audiences across different platforms, including print, virtual and physical installations. "I want to turn my audience into activists and crack open the veil of silence and shame around women whose lives are shattered by such gender based violence," Basu says. A Ritual of Exile reveals how the chaupadi ritual disrupts the lives of girls, exposes them to recurring danger and imposes unjust restrictions on women throughout their lives. Poulomi Basu is a storyteller, artist and activist. Her name sounds like ‘follow me’ with a ‘P’. She was raised by her mother in Calcutta, India and found early inspiration in the city’s rich cinematic history. After her father’s sudden death when Poulomi was 17, her mother told her to leave home, to follow her dreams and live a life of breadth and choices that was denied to her. Since then, Poulomi prefers the path less trodden. She has slept in the wilderness under a cloudless sky staring at a million stars in search of a guerrilla army whose story strikes right at the very heart of modern India’s global ambitions, through to divided families eking out an Alaskan existence on the last rocky outpost of American soil. Time and again, she has found herself amongst ordinary people who quietly challenge the prevailing orthodoxies of the world in which they live: rural women in armed conflict, a mother's pain for a son lost to ISIS, to the wonder of a near blind child reaching for the light. Poulomi is forever in awe of the resilience shown by those in extraordinary circumstance, by those who are bent but not broken. Poulomi’s work has become known for documenting the role of women in isolated communities and conflict zones and more generally for advocating for the rights of women. In December 2015, she shared a platform with the parents of the Nirbhaya Delhi rape victim talking about her social activist initiative, The Rape in India Project. And, in January 2016 at the UN Young Changemakers Conclave, Poulomi spoke on the social impact of sustainable development with specific reference to her long-term project A Ritual of Exile and her collaboration with NGO Water Aid and their To Be A Girl campaign, which raised £2 million, using this material. Poulomi was featured alongside Hilary Clinton as one of the one of the 'Amazing women from around the world giving their best advice' by Refinery29. Poulomi was part of the VII Mentor Program. She is based between New Delhi and London. She has covered issues across Asia, Europe and America. She is co-founder and director of Just Another Photo Festival, a festival that democratizes photography by taking photography to the people and forging new audiences. Poulomi has also undertaken the 'Reporting in Crisis Zones' hostile management training at Columbia School of Journalism, kindly supported with a bursary from the Rory Peck Trust. Collaborations for Cause

1:27 Adriana Zehbrauskas: Things keeping me going - PhotoWings Interview, Foundry Workshop 2011 Adriana Zehbrauskas talks about retaining her love of photojournalism, and her need to keep going. PhotoWings Interview with Adriana Zehbrauskas - Foundry Workshop 2011 in Buenos Aires, Argentina PhotoWings' mission is to highlight and help facilitate the power of photography to influence the world. We help photography to be better understood, created, utilized, seen, and saved. Adriana Zehbrauskas was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil. She received her degree in Journalism in 1989 and moved to Paris where she studied Linguistics and Phonetics at the Sorbonne Nouvelle. She worked as a staff photographer for Folha de S. Paulo, in Brazil for 11 years, traveling extensively throughout the country and abroad. As a free-lancer, she contributes regularly with The New York Times. Foundry Photojournalism Workshop 2:26 Kael Alford: Essence of Photography - PhotoWings Interview, Foundry Workshop 2011 Foundry Photojournalism Workshop 1:54 Michael Robinson Chavez: Power of Photography and Its Lasting Impact, Foundry Photojournalism Workshop 2011 Foundry Photojournalism Workshop 2:48 Michael Robinson Chavez: Lost photos and effective archiving, Foundry Photojournalism Workshop 2011 PhotoWings Interview with photographer Michael Robinson Chavez - Foundry Workshop 2011 in Buenos Aires, Argentina Michael Robinson Chavez discusses lost photographic work and stresses the need proper archiving processes PhotoWings' mission is to highlight and help facilitate the power of photography to influence the world. We help photography to be better understood, created, utilized, seen, and saved. Michael Robinson Chávez has been a photographer at The Los Angeles Times since 2007 and lives outside of Los Angeles, California. He has covered wide-ranging national and international assignments in over 45 countries including: the Congolese Civil War, the 2010 earthquake in Chile, the revolution in Egypt, life in India's slums, economic decline in the United States, the 2006 Hezbollah/Israeli war, the Georgian/Russian war in 2008 and the US led invasion and occupation of Iraq. Foundry Photojournalism Workshop 1:57 Photographer James Whitlow Delano: Impact of Family Photographs, Foundry Photojournalism Workshop 2012 With a father who was an avid hobbyist photographer, James Whitlow Delano discusses how looking at his family's photo albums have given him food for thought when considering the value and function of photography. James Whitlow Delano has lived in Asia for 18 years. His work has been awarded internationally: the Alfred Eisenstadt Award (from Columbia University and Life Magazine), Leica’s Oskar Barnack, Picture of the Year International, PDN and others. Delano’s series on Kabul’s drug detox and psychiatric hospital was awarded 1st place in the 2008 NPPA Best of Photojournalism competition for Best Picture Story. His first monograph book, “Empire: Impressions from China” and work from “Japan Mangaland” have shown at several Leica Galleries in Europe. “Empire” was the first ever one-person show of photography at La Triennale di Milano Museum of Art. “The Mercy Project / Inochi” his charity photo book for hospice received the PX3 Gold Award and the Award of Excellence from Communication Arts. His work has appeared in magazines and photo festivals on five continents from Visa Pour L’Image, Rencontres D’Arles; to Noorderlicht. His new iPad book, Black Tsunami (FotoEvidence), documents the Japanese tsunami and nuclear crisis. http://www.jameswhitlowdelano.com PhotoWings' mission is to highlight and help facilitate the power of photography to influence the world. We help photography to be better understood, created, utilized, seen, and saved. Foundry Photojournalism Workshop 9:35 Photographer Paula Bronstein: Resilience, Foundry Photojournalism Workshop Paula Bronstein opens up about the traumatic experiences that many photographers encounter. Speaking only for herself, Paula discusses how she deals with those troubling moments. Paula Bronstein has been working as a photojournalist for close to 30 years and as a senior staff photographer with Getty Images for 10 years. In the Asian region and beyond, she has covered an enormous variety of natural disasters, war – conflict zones, news and features. After September 11, 2001 she was assigned to cover Pakistan and Afghanistan, focusing a lot of attention on Afghanistan over the past decade of war there. Among the many coveted awards, Pulitzer finalist in the “Breaking News” category in 2011 for her work covering the “Pakistan Floods”. Photographer of the year by the Foreign Correspondents Club (FCC) of Thailand. 2010, runner-up “Photographer Of The Year” for her portfolio, in both Pictures of the Year-International ( POY ), and National Press Photographer’s Association (NPPA) . Other awards include Days Japan contest, finalist in the Leica Oskar Barnack Award. In 2008, the John Faber award from the Overseas Press Club of America. Other prizes include China’s International Press Photo contest. http://www.reportagebygettyimages.com/paula-bronstein/ PhotoWings' mission is to highlight and help facilitate the power of photography to influence the world. We help photography to be better understood, created, utilized, seen, and saved. Foundry Photojournalism Workshop 17:17 Andrea Bruce - Evening Presentation, Foundry Photojournalism Workshop 2014 Foundry Photojournalism Workshop 8:31 Kirsten Luce - Evening Presentation, Foundry Photojournalism Workshop 2014 Foundry Photojournalism Workshop

3:10 Natalie Fobes: Fresh lemonade and a photographic epiphany At the Blue Earth Alliance's Collaborations for Cause conference, documentary photographer Natalie Fobes sat down with PhotoWings to offer inspirational stories from her career, as well as her insights into the photographic medium. No stranger to the power of photography to create change, she may be best remembered for her harrowing coverage of the Exxon Valdez disaster in the pages of National Geographic. Fobes founded the Blue Earth Alliance along with Phil Borges in 1996 to act as an aid for documentary photographers who seek to create positive change through their storytelling. Here, she discusses her thoughts about the power of photography and recalls her first experience of photography's potential for storytelling. PhotoWings' mission is to highlight and help facilitate the power of photography to influence the world. We help photography to be better understood, created, utilized, seen, and saved. Blue Earth Alliance 3:48 Natalie Fobes: The ethics of presenting reality At the Blue Earth Alliance's Collaborations for Cause conference, documentary photographer Natalie Fobes sat down with PhotoWings to offer inspirational stories from her career, as well as her insights into the photographic medium. No stranger to the power of photography to create change, she may be best remembered for her harrowing coverage of the Exxon Valdez disaster in the pages of National Geographic. Fobes founded the Blue Earth Alliance along with Phil Borges in 1996 to act as an aid for documentary photographers who seek to create positive change through their storytelling. While discussing ethics in her craft, Natalie tells us that photographers have a distinct responsibility to be fair and honest. She does not believe in setting up situations for the camera, especially in nature. PhotoWings' mission is to highlight and help facilitate the power of photography to influence the world. We help photography to be better understood, created, utilized, seen, and saved. Blue Earth Alliance 5:28 Natalie Fobes: Photography as a passport to experience At the Blue Earth Alliance's Collaborations for Cause conference, documentary photographer Natalie Fobes sat down with PhotoWings to offer inspirational stories from her career, as well as her insights into the photographic medium. No stranger to the power of photography to create change, she may be best remembered for her harrowing coverage of the Exxon Valdez disaster in the pages of National Geographic. Fobes founded the Blue Earth Alliance along with Phil Borges in 1996 to act as an aid for documentary photographers who seek to create positive change through their storytelling. For this segment, Natalie Fobes shares some haunting memories from the Exxon Valdez spill. Despite the hard times, however, she makes it clear that photography can also be a vehicle to wonderful experiences. “The good and the bad are part of being a photographer, and I would never trade that for another line of work,” she explains. PhotoWings' mission is to highlight and help facilitate the power of photography to influence the world. We help photography to be better understood, created, utilized, seen, and saved. Blue Earth Alliance 4:38 Natalie Fobes: Trust & photographic subjects At the Blue Earth Alliance's Collaborations for Cause conference, documentary photographer Natalie Fobes sat down with PhotoWings to offer inspirational stories from her career, as well as her insights into the photographic medium. No stranger to the power of photography to create change, she may be best remembered for her harrowing coverage of the Exxon Valdez disaster in the pages of National Geographic. Fobes founded the Blue Earth Alliance along with Phil Borges in 1996 to act as an aid for documentary photographers who seek to create positive change through their storytelling. How does Natalie approach people in order to photograph them? She is keen to stay honest with the subjects about the use of the photographs and never deliberately intends to make others look bad, whether she was covering the Exxon Valdez spill or shooting stock photography. Natalie also relates a story about a special connection she had to a subject while working in Siberia. PhotoWings' mission is to highlight and help facilitate the power of photography to influence the world. We help photography to be better understood, created, utilized, seen, and saved. Blue Earth Alliance 1:50 Natalie Fobes: “Never take ‘no’ for an answer” At the Blue Earth Alliance's Collaborations for Cause conference, documentary photographer Natalie Fobes sat down with PhotoWings to offer inspirational stories from her career, as well as her insights into the photographic medium. No stranger to the power of photography to create change, she may be best remembered for her harrowing coverage of the Exxon Valdez disaster in the pages of National Geographic. Fobes founded the Blue Earth Alliance along with Phil Borges in 1996 to act as an aid for documentary photographers who seek to create positive change through their storytelling. Photographer Natalie Fobes talks with PhotoWings about her resilient attitude towards her work. “If one door closes, then look for a window in the room.” PhotoWings' mission is to highlight and help facilitate the power of photography to influence the world. We help photography to be better understood, created, utilized, seen, and saved. Blue Earth Alliance 18:59 Natalie Fobes: Lessons from two notable projects At the Blue Earth Alliance's Collaborations for Cause conference, documentary photographer Natalie Fobes sat down with PhotoWings to offer inspirational stories from her career, as well as her insights into the photographic medium. No stranger to the power of photography to create change, she may be best remembered for her harrowing coverage of the Exxon Valdez disaster in the pages of National Geographic. Fobes founded the Blue Earth Alliance along with Phil Borges in 1996 to act as an aid for documentary photographers who seek to create positive change through their storytelling. In this video, Natalie takes us through two of her most notable projects to explain her drive as a photographer. First, she recounts shooting the Valdez oil spill and the effects her photography made in the aftermath. Second, she explores her ten-year salmon project — the trials involved and the lessons learned. PhotoWings' mission is to highlight and help facilitate the power of photography to influence the world. We help photography to be better understood, created, utilized, seen, and saved. Blue Earth Alliance 1:46 Natalie Fobes: What makes a Blue Earth Alliance project? At the Blue Earth Alliance's Collaborations for Cause conference, documentary photographer Natalie Fobes sat down with PhotoWings to offer inspirational stories from her career, as well as her insights into the photographic medium. No stranger to the power of photography to create change, she may be best remembered for her harrowing coverage of the Exxon Valdez disaster in the pages of National Geographic. Fobes founded the Blue Earth Alliance along with Phil Borges in 1996 to act as an aid for documentary photographers who seek to create positive change through their storytelling. Speaking more about the Blue Earth Alliance’s activities, co-founder Natalie Fobes discusses the criteria behind selecting potential projects. PhotoWings' mission is to highlight and help facilitate the power of photography to influence the world. We help photography to be better understood, created, utilized, seen, and saved. Blue Earth Alliance 2:21 Natalie Fobes: The public & the photographers’ toolkit At the Blue Earth Alliance's Collaborations for Cause conference, documentary photographer Natalie Fobes sat down with PhotoWings to offer inspirational stories from her career, as well as her insights into the photographic medium. No stranger to the power of photography to create change, she may be best remembered for her harrowing coverage of the Exxon Valdez disaster in the pages of National Geographic. Fobes founded the Blue Earth Alliance along with Phil Borges in 1996 to act as an aid for documentary photographers who seek to create positive change through their storytelling. What could the general public learn from photographers? Natalie Fobes thinks that the wide set of skills that documentary photographers use in their trade can be applied across different contexts. She specifically identifies photographers’ way with people as well as their propensity for research as part of that set. PhotoWings' mission is to highlight and help facilitate the power of photography to influence the world. We help photography to be better understood, created, utilized, seen, and saved. Blue Earth Alliance