Nichole Sobecki

1:06:09 Creating Impact New Visual Perspectives on the Climate Crisis This symposium explores three urgent questions about creating impactful communications on the climate crisis, in advance of the UN Climate Change Conference 2021 (COP26) to be held in Glasgow, Scotland starting 1 November 2021: How can visual images and stories impact the climate crisis agenda? Are there new global voices and perspectives emerging? How can images improve public engagement ahead of COP26? Hosted by VII Insider, the symposium is a collaboration between Climate Visuals, University of the Arts London’s Photography and Arts Research Centre, Slideluck Editorial and The VII Foundation. VII Insider events are made possible by the generous support of PhotoWings. This hour-long event, held on 30 June 2021, also introduced the Climate Visuals programme, its evidence base and previewed submissions to ‘Visualizing Climate Change: An Open Call for Photography’, which is a partnership with TED Countdown. Moderator: Paul Lowe Participants and Agenda: Toby Smith, Climate Visuals Introduction to Climate Visuals, its evidence base on impact, and the concept behind the ‘Visualizing Climate Change’ initiative Maria Teresa Salvati, Slideluck Editorial A personal selection from the Open Call highlighting new voices and perspectives on climate change Nichole Sobecki, VII Recent photographic work on the climate crisis Moderated Q&A PhotoWings 1:13:19 No Choice Reporting on Sexual Violence in Refugee Contexts Sexual violence punctures the lives of women in every conflict and crisis zone across the globe. Yet the women in these crisis areas who become pregnant from rape are almost universally unable to obtain safe abortions, even when they are legally entitled to them. As global crises escalate and refugee situations become ever more protracted, this problem only becomes more significant for a greater share of the world’s women, who often turn to unsafe self-induced procedures, risking their lives and health and driving up rates of maternal mortality. Photographer Nichole Sobecki and writer Jill Filipovic have reported this story from Colombia, Bangladesh, Honduras and Uganda, each of which illustrates a different aspect of this overlooked global health emergency. In this event, Nichole and Jill present their reporting on the issue, and discuss what they consider to be the most effective ways to tell this story. How can the trauma of women’s experience be visualised respectfully? How, when injustice needs to be witnessed, do reporters navigate the issue of what can and cannot be shown? And how do these considerations translate into a story with visual impact? You can read Jill and Nichole’s reporting in the NY Review of Books (16 June 2021), UnHerd (June 2021), Les Glorieuses (June 2021), and Politico (June 2019). PhotoWings 55:52 Four Questions on Photography: Ilvy Njiokiktjien in Conversation With…Nichole Sobecki “Four Questions on Photography: Ilvy Njiokiktjien in Conversation With…” is a series of events where well-known photographers discuss with Ilvy their responses to the four questions below. – What is your most important photograph, how did you make it, and what impact do you think it had? – What is your biggest photo failure; an image you wanted or needed but you messed up somehow? – What is your dream image or story? – What advice would you give to your younger self? In this episode, Ilvy is in conversation with Nichole Sobecki. PhotoWings 13:00 Nichole Sobecki: Community | VII Community PhotoWings 1:02:48 “Women on on the Move” with Everyday Projects WOMEN ON THE MOVE presented with Everyday Projects Featuring Amrita Chandradas, Danielle Villasana, Ksenia Kuleshova, Miora Rajaonary, Mridula Amin, Nichole Sobecki, Saiyna Bashir, Thana Faroq, and moderated by Jennifer Samuel Photoville 2021 Talks On-demand recordings are made possible in partnership with PhotoWings Eight women photographers from The Everyday Projects discuss their group project published in National Geographic about the impact of migration on women worldwide, touching on themes such as working in collaboration, photographing your own community, and uncovering the nuance of issues often stereotyped in the media. photoville.nyc/2021-women-on-the-move/ PhotoWings 8:02 Lessons Learned | Nichole Sobecki | Foundry 2021 Nichole Sobecki is an American photographer and filmmaker with VII Photo Agency based in Nairobi, Kenya. After graduating from Tufts University, Nichole spent the early years of her career in Turkey, Lebanon, and Syria, focusing on regional issues related to identity, conflict, and human rights. From 2012-2015, she led Agence France-Presse’s East Africa video bureau and was a 2014 Rory Peck Awards News Finalist for her coverage of the Westgate mall attacks in Kenya. Nichole’s work has been recognized by Pictures of the Year, the One World Media Awards, the Alexandra Boulat Award for Photojournalism, The Magenta Foundation, and The Jacob Burns Film Center, among others, and her work has been exhibited internationally. PhotoWings 2:57 Climate Change: Photographing the Imperceptible Crisis The changing climate is one the most urgent concerns for our global community, and in this video, award-winning photographers Daniel Beltrá, James Whitlow Delano, Daniel Schwartz, and Nichole Sobecki discuss the ways they have used the power of photography to catalyze conversations about our environmental crisis. Born in Madrid, Spain, Daniel Beltrá is a photographer based in Seattle, Washington. His passion for conservation is evident in images of our environment that are evocatively poignant. The most striking large-scale photographs by Beltrá are images shot from the air. This perspective gives the viewer a wider context to the beauty and destruction he witnesses, as well as revealing a delicate sense of scale. After two months of photographing the Deepwater Horizon Gulf Oil Spill, he produced many visually arresting images of the man-made disaster. Over the past two decades, Beltrá’s work has taken him to all seven continents, including several expeditions to the Brazilian Amazon, the Arctic, the Southern Oceans and the Patagonian ice fields. For his work on the Gulf Oil Spill, in 2011 he received the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Award and the Lucie Award for the International Photographer of the Year - Deeper Perspective,. His SPILL photos toured the world independently and as part of the Prix Pictet exhibitions. In 2009, Beltrá received the prestigious Prince’s Rainforest Project award granted by Prince Charles. Other highlights include the BBVA Foundation award in 2013 and the inaugural “Global Vision Award” from the Pictures of the Year International in 2008. In 2006, 2007 and 2018 he received awards for his work in the Amazon from World Press Photo. Daniel’s work has been published by the most prominent international publications including The New Yorker, Time, Newsweek, The New York Times, Le Monde, and El Pais, amongst many others. James Whitlow Delano, b. 1960, is an American-born reportage photographer based in Tokyo, Japan, and one of today’s foremost photographers of Asia. Delano's substantial oeuvre of photography in Asia, characterized by his ethereal use of vignette and partial defocus, captures quiet subjects immersed in moments of passage. His work has appeared worldwide in numerous magazines and photo festivals, from Visa Pour L’Image to Rencontres D’Arles to Noorderlicht, and has been awarded internationally, including the Alfred Eisenstadt Award (from Columbia University and LIFE magazine), Leica’s Oskar Barnack, Picture of the Year International, NPPA, and PDN, among many others. James Whitlow Delano is a grantee of the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. His series Empire was the first ever one-person show at La Triennale di Milano Fine Arts Museum. His book “Black Tsunami: Japan 2011," published by FotoEvidence, received a 2012 PX3 Award. Daniel Schwartz graduated from Zurich School of Arts and Craft (now Zurich University of the Arts) in 1980. He concentrates on book projects, with exhibitions, based on extensive travels, photographic essays, and reportages covering the Eastern Hemisphere from Iran to East Timor, from Turkmenistan to Bangladesh. Schwartz's art is documentary; it is in the history of places. His journalism is not a reaction to events; it builds on memory. His method is best expressed in "Travelling through the Eye of History" (published, in 2009, like all his books by Thames & Hudson), a pre- and post-9/11 observation covering Central Asia including Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Kashmir. Nichole Sobecki is a photographer and filmmaker based in Nairobi, Kenya. She is represented internationally by the photo agency VII. Sobecki graduated from Tufts University before beginning her career in Turkey, Lebanon, and Syria, focusing on regional issues related to identity, conflict, and human rights. From 2012-2015 Nichole led Agence France-Presse’s East Africa video bureau, and was a Rory Peck Awards News Finalist for her coverage of the Westgate mall attacks in Kenya. In 2018 she was awarded by Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights prize in new media for her images documenting Europe's response to the African migration crisis. Nichole's work has been recognized by Pictures of the Year, the One World Media Awards, the Alexandra Boulat Award for Photojournalism, The Magenta Foundation, and The Jacob Burns Film Center, among others. Compilation 4:01 PTSD: The Lasting Effects of Photojournalism The life of a photojournalist can be hard and dangerous, and none are immune from the detrimental effects of PTSD. In this video, award-winning photojournalists Mary Calvert, MaryAnne Golon, Ron Haviv, Lynn Johnson, John Moore, and Nichole Sobecki give expert advice about how they deal with low moments and cultivate resilience. Mary Calvert is committed to using photography to affect meaningful social change and is known for producing work on gender-based human rights issues. Calvert has been focusing her journalistic attention on the continually under-reported relegation and abuse of women in the US Armed Forces. Calvert has won the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award twice and is a two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist in Feature Photography. Recently, Calvert was awarded the 2015 W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund Fellowship. MaryAnne Golon is director of photography at the Washington Post. As a member of the senior management team, she supervises all aspects of photography for the daily newspaper and its digital forms: on the web, mobile and tablet. MaryAnne received an IFA Lucie award as Picture Editor of the Year in 2013. She was previously Time magazine's director of photography and co-managed the international newsweekly’s photography department for more than 15 years, and was directly involved in the production of scores of award-winning Time covers and special editions, as well as coordinating Time's photographic coverage of the Olympic Games for sixteen years. She led the photo team that produced the Hurricane Katrina and the September 11, 2001 special Time editions that each won coveted ASME National Magazine Awards. She is on the Board of Directors of the Eddie Adams Workshop. Ron Haviv is an award-winning photojournalist and conflict photographer who as documented international and civilian conflicts around the world since the Cold War. His work on Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, Russia and the Balkan concentrates not only on the direct effects of conflict but also upon the humanitarian consequences which are longer term and continue long after the gunfire has ceased. His awards include World Press Photo, Picture of the Year, Overseas Press Club and the Leica Medal of Excellence. Appreciating the need for a different kind of photo-collective to support and market the images of photographers he co-founded VII in 2001. Lynn Johnson is a National Geographic Photography Fellow and a regular contributor to National Geographic magazine. She is known for shooting elusive subjects—language, disease, rape, water—and for asking tough questions. Her gripping photo essays of a family struggling with AIDS, of children coping with the brain death of their mother, and transgender teens are classics of the genre. She has led workshops for refugees in Colombia and for young people at National Geographic Photo Camps. John Moore is a senior staff photographer and special correspondent for Getty Images. He has photographed in 65 countries on six continents and was posted internationally for 17 years, first to Nicaragua, then India, South Africa, Mexico, Egypt and Pakistan. Since returning to the U.S. in 2008 he has since focused on immigration and border issues. Moore has won top awards throughout his career, including the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography, World Press Photo honors, the John Faber Award and the Robert Capa Gold Medal from the Overseas Press Club, Photographer of the Year from Pictures of the Year International, the NPPA and Sony World Photography Organization. Nichole Sobecki is a photographer and filmmaker based in Nairobi, Kenya. She is represented internationally by the photo agency VII. Sobecki graduated from Tufts University before beginning her career in Turkey, Lebanon, and Syria, focusing on regional issues related to identity, conflict, and human rights. From 2012-2015 Nichole led Agence France-Presse’s East Africa video bureau, and was a Rory Peck Awards News Finalist for her coverage of the Westgate mall attacks in Kenya. In 2018 she was awarded by Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights prize in new media for her images documenting Europe's response to the African migration crisis. Nichole's work has been recognized by Pictures of the Year, the One World Media Awards, the Alexandra Boulat Award for Photojournalism, The Magenta Foundation, and The Jacob Burns Film Center, among others. PhotoWings 11:57 Nichole Sobecki - Foundry Presentation Nichole Sobecki gives a presentation at the 2019 Foundry Photojournalism about the complexities around photojournalism created by community "insiders" and "outsiders" and talks about her work with Everyday Africa, a photoblog and book of collective of photographers capturing daily life in Africa. The Foundry Photojournalism Workshop offers majority world students who could not otherwise afford it a chance to learn from some of the world's most well respected photojournalists and photography professionals. Nichole Sobecki is a photographer and filmmaker based in Nairobi, Kenya. She is represented internationally by the photo agency VII. Nichole graduated from Tufts University before beginning her career in Turkey, Lebanon, and Syria, focusing on regional issues related to identity, conflict, and human rights. From 2012-2015 Nichole led Agence France-Presse’s East Africa video bureau, and was a Rory Peck Awards News Finalist for her coverage of the Westgate mall attacks in Kenya. In 2018 she was awarded by Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights prize in new media for her images documenting Europe's response to the the African migration crisis. Nichole's work has been recognized by Pictures of the Year, the One World Media Awards, the Alexandra Boulat Award for Photojournalism, The Magenta Foundation, and The Jacob Burns Film Center, among others. She is also a contributor to Everyday Africa, a collection of images shot on mobile phones across the continent, and an attempt to showcase the moments missing from dramatic news images — everyday life that is neither idealized nor debased. Nichole aims to create photographs and films that demand consideration for the lives of those represented – their joys, challenges, and ultimately their humanity. She has completed assignments throughout Africa, the Middle East and Asia for National Geographic, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Newsweek, Time, Foreign Policy, The Financial Times Magazine, The Guardian, and Le Monde, and her work has been exhibited internationally. PhotoWings 3:16 Nichole Sobecki on Self-Care Award-winning photojournalist Nichole Sobecki has been on assignment in conflict zones around the world, bearing witness to a variety of difficult situations and harrowing events. We sat down for a conversation with Sobecki at the 2019 Foundry Photojournalism Workshop, and in this video, she describes some of the techniques and practices she has developed to deal with the trauma that comes along with such work in healthy and productive ways. Nichole Sobecki is a photographer and filmmaker based in Nairobi, Kenya. She is represented internationally by the photo agency VII. Nichole graduated from Tufts University before beginning her career in Turkey, Lebanon, and Syria, focusing on regional issues related to identity, conflict, and human rights. From 2012-2015 Nichole led Agence France-Presse’s East Africa video bureau, and was a Rory Peck Awards News Finalist for her coverage of the Westgate mall attacks in Kenya. In 2018 she was awarded by Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights prize in new media for her images documenting Europe's response to the African migration crisis. Nichole's work has been recognized by Pictures of the Year, the One World Media Awards, the Alexandra Boulat Award for Photojournalism, The Magenta Foundation, and The Jacob Burns Film Center, among others. She is also a contributor to Everyday Africa, a collection of images shot on mobile phones across the continent, and an attempt to showcase the moments missing from dramatic news images — everyday life that is neither idealized nor debased. Nichole aims to create photographs and films that demand consideration for the lives of those represented – their joys, challenges, and ultimately their humanity. She has completed assignments throughout Africa, the Middle East and Asia for National Geographic, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Newsweek, Time, Foreign Policy, The Financial Times Magazine, The Guardian, and Le Monde, and her work has been exhibited internationally. The Foundry Photojournalism Workshop offers majority world students who could not otherwise afford it a chance to learn from some of the world's most well respected photojournalists and photography professionals. All of the instructors volunteer their time and talent, coming from the workshop region and abroad, bringing with them a commitment to a better future through responsible visual journalism. PhotoWings 1:26 Nichole Sobecki on Research At the 2019 Foundry Photojournalism Workshop, we sat down for a conversation with Foundry instructor and award-winning photojournalist Nichole Sobecki, who gave us insight into the importance of research to her success as a visual journalist. Nichole Sobecki is a photographer and filmmaker based in Nairobi, Kenya. She is represented internationally by the photo agency VII. Nichole graduated from Tufts University before beginning her career in Turkey, Lebanon, and Syria, focusing on regional issues related to identity, conflict, and human rights. From 2012-2015 Nichole led Agence France-Presse’s East Africa video bureau, and was a Rory Peck Awards News Finalist for her coverage of the Westgate mall attacks in Kenya. In 2018 she was awarded by Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights prize in new media for her images documenting Europe's response to the African migration crisis. Nichole's work has been recognized by Pictures of the Year, the One World Media Awards, the Alexandra Boulat Award for Photojournalism, The Magenta Foundation, and The Jacob Burns Film Center, among others. She is also a contributor to Everyday Africa, a collection of images shot on mobile phones across the continent, and an attempt to showcase the moments missing from dramatic news images — everyday life that is neither idealized nor debased. Nichole aims to create photographs and films that demand consideration for the lives of those represented – their joys, challenges, and ultimately their humanity. She has completed assignments throughout Africa, the Middle East and Asia for National Geographic, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Newsweek, Time, Foreign Policy, The Financial Times Magazine, The Guardian, and Le Monde, and her work has been exhibited internationally. The Foundry Photojournalism Workshop offers majority world students who could not otherwise afford it a chance to learn from some of the world's most well respected photojournalists and photography professionals. All of the instructors volunteer their time and talent, coming from the workshop region and abroad, bringing with them a commitment to a better future through responsible visual journalism. PhotoWings 13:53 Part 1: Everyday Africa – Education Introduction Part 1 of The Everyday Projects educational videos. Students are introduced to the Everyday Africa project and are tasked with considering their own perceptions of Africa and media-driven stereotypes. 0:00 Introduction to Everyday Africa and The Everyday Projects. 1:01 What word comes to mind when you think of Africa? 2:04 Discussion of African news stories / diversity and size of the continent. 3:16 Reporting on a news story: Peter DiCampo and Austin Merrill in Ivory Coast. Comparison of news photos to what became the first Everyday Africa photos. 10:16 Meet the Everyday Africa photographers and see their photos. By Peter DiCampo and Nichole Sobecki. Created in Partnership with PhotoWings. For more: everydayprojects.org photowings.org/everyday PhotoWings 9:35 Part 3: Everyday Africa – Behind the Photos Part 3 of The Everyday Projects educational videos. Seven Everyday Africa photographers tell the stories behind their photos. Hear from Barry Christianson, Edward Echwalu, Yagazie Emezi, Tom Saater, Ricci Shryock, Ley Uwera, and Sam Vox as they describe photographs of everyday life that they made on assignment, in their community, or in their own homes. Students should apply the visual literacy and storytelling lessons they've learned in the last two videos to the photographs they see here from South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Tanzania. 0:37 Barry Christianson 1:30 Yagazie Emezi 2:40 Tom Saater 4:15 Sam Vox 5:17 Ley Uwera 6:41 Ricci Shryock 7:40 Edward Echwalu By Peter DiCampo and Nichole Sobecki. Created in Partnership with PhotoWings. For more: everydayprojects.org photowings.org/everyday PhotoWings 4:27 Part 4: Everyday Africa – Yagazie Emezi Part 4 of The Everyday Projects educational videos. Follow Nigerian photographer Yagazie Emezi as she explores a new city, Nairobi, guided by Kenyan photographer Mutua Matheka. Yagazie focuses on street fashion in Nairobi's bustling Central Business District. Students will get tips on approaching people with respect while asking for a photograph, how to put people at ease, and how to motivate yourself to get out and make pictures! By Nichole Sobecki. Created in Partnership with PhotoWings. For more: everydayprojects.org photowings.org/everyday PhotoWings 2:58 Part 5: Everyday Africa – Edward Echwalu Part 5 of The Everyday Projects educational videos. Follow Ugandan photographer Edward Echwalu as he adds to his longterm project on road safety in Nairobi, Kenya. Edward explains his motivations for the project and how he approaches a longterm project. By Peter DiCampo and Nichole Sobecki. Created in Partnership with PhotoWings. For more: everydayprojects.org photowings.org/everyday PhotoWings 9:20 Part 6: The Everyday Projects – Documenting Your Community Part 6 of The Everyday Projects educational videos. Learn about the spread of The Everyday Projects and the importance of local storytelling from four photographers: Tasneem Alsultan / Everyday Middle East Orlando Barria / Everyday Latin America + Everyday Dominican Republic Khaula Jamil / Everyday Asia Rhynna Santos / Everyday Bronx 0:00 Introduction to The Everyday Projects 2:20 Behind the Photos 6:16 Tips on Documenting Your Community By Peter DiCampo and Nichole Sobecki. Created in Partnership with PhotoWings. For more: everydayprojects.org photowings.org/everyday PhotoWings 3:35 Part 7: The Everyday Projects – Connecting Schools Part 7 of The Everyday Projects educational videos. Learn about an educational workshop we held that connected high school students from Aga Khan Academy in Mombasa, Kenya and Nicholas Senn High School in Chicago, USA. Students in both locations learned photography, shared it with each other, and even discussed their perceptions of each other. We hope this is a model for something you can do in your own classroom. By Peter DiCampo and Nichole Sobecki. Created in Partnership with PhotoWings, Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, and Cassandra Herrman. For more: everydayprojects.org photowings.org/everyday PhotoWings 52:33 Photoville 2017 – Climates in Conflict Climates in Conflict Presented in partnership with The Ground Truth Project Featuring: Laura Heaton, Nichole Sobecki and Charlie Sennott Saturday, Sept 16, 2017 Global warming no longer feels like a threat just for future generations. Extreme weather and rising temperatures are destabilizing communities across the globe and pushing people from their homes. This conversation featuring Photojournalist Nichole Sobecki, Journalist Laura Heaton and award winning foreign correspondent and The ground Truth Project Founder and Executive producer, Charles Sennott, will explore how the major challenges of our time — migration, extremism, conflict over dwindling natural resources — have roots in climate change. From Afghanistan to Colombia and Somalia, environmental changes have dire implications for security and are harbingers of global risks to come. What’s being done to address these concerns? What more can be done? How can visual storytelling help? ----- Nichole Sobecki is a photographer and filmmaker based in Nairobi, Kenya, and represented internationally by Panos Pictures. She began her career in Turkey, Lebanon, and Syria, focusing on regional issues related to identity, conflict, and human rights, before leading Agence France-Presse’s East Africa video bureau from 2012-2015. Nichole has completed assignments throughout Africa, the Middle East and Asia for Foreign Policy, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The New York Times Magazine and National Geographic, and her work has been exhibited internationally. Laura Heaton is a writer and journalist based in Nairobi, Kenya. Her writing in East Africa over the past decade has focused primarily on conflict, human rights, and women’s experiences in war. “The Watson Files,” her feature story for Foreign Policy Magazine (May/June 2017), retraces the steps of a British scientist working in Somalia in the 1980s, to see how the environment has changed after a quarter century of war. Laura’s reporting has appeared in The New York Times, National Public Radio, Newsweek, and National Geographic. Charles M. Sennott is the Founder and Executive Director of The GroundTruth Project. An award-winning foreign correspondent, author, editor and entrepreneur, Sennott has reported on the front lines of wars and insurgencies in at least 15 countries, including the 2011 revolution in Cairo and the Arab Spring. Throughout a career that spans 30 years, Sennott has consistently broken new ground in building award-winning teams that report across platforms in print, video, and audio. Sennott’s deep experience reporting internationally led him to launch The GroundTruth Project in 2014 and to dedicate himself to training the next generation of journalists. GroundTruth is a non-profit based at the PBS flagship, WGBH in Boston. Sennott is also the Co-Founder and Executive Editor of GlobalPost, an award-winning news website which merged with Public Radio International’s The World in 2015. Sennott recently completed the one-year Sulzberger Executive Leadership Program at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. PHOTOVILLE TALKS Produced by United Photo Industries at Photoville 2017 Presented in partnership with PhotoWings Hosted by St. Ann’s Warehouse with additional support by Two Trees Management (Photoville Talks Producer - Amy Wolff) PhotoWings