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Podcast: EP 298: THE IMPORTANCE OF PERSONAL PROJECTS WITH GUEST JOSEPH RODRIGUEZ

Meet social documentary photographer Joseph Rodriguez from Brooklyn. He has photographed the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina; journeys of new immigrants to America; gang life in East Los Angeles; and life in Spanish Harlem. Joseph’s photographs have appeared in: The New York Times Magazine, GQ, Newsweek, Esquire, and more. We chat to Joseph..

The Price of Happiness [Multimedia]

Yan Cong

Documentary Family Featured Film Migration Multimedia Photojournalism Womens Rights

When Buntha left Cambodia to marry a Chinese man, she did so for money, not for love. Thirty-two years old at the time, and never married, she had few opportunities to earn money for her family in her village in Kampong Cham, Cambodia. The China she saw on TV was a wealthy country, so when a marriage broker, an older woman from her village,..

Recommend: From the archive of TED Talks: An interview with the founders of Black Lives Matter | Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, Opal Tometi (2016)

shared by Adriana Teresa Letorney, Visura Founder

Black Lives Matter Featured Film News

Born out of a social media post, the Black Lives Matter movement has sparked discussion about race and inequality across the world. In this spirited conversation with Mia Birdsong, the movement's three founders share what they've learned about leadership and what provides them with hope and inspiration in the face of painful realities...

Spirits We Dance

Natalija Gormalova

Arts Black Lives Matter Conceptual Disability Documentary Emotion Featured Film Film Fine Art Freedom Motherhood Parenting & Family Spirituality

Spirits We Dance is a poetic journey of two contemporary dancers as they show us what life is like being a disabled dancer in a harsh, urban landscape of Accra. In a tale of friendship between Afriyie and Alfred and a tale of love between a mother and daughter, Spirits We Dance takes viewers into an imaginative and surreal mindscape. A world..

#CuentosdeCuarantena: Experimenting in Storytelling from Home

Lexi Parra

Conceptual Covid-19 Documentary Domestic Violence Emotion Experiment Featured Film Freedom Gangs Hope Latin America Mixed Medium Pandemics Photojournalism Quarantine Reporting Venezuela

This series of diptychs, videos + collages are a reaction to the difficult layers of reality during quarantine in a country already plagued by violence, hyperinflation + political polarization. Venezuela is unlike any other country in dealing with COVID-19: we have corruption by state bodies, a failing economy making quarantine nearly impossible..

Podcast Conversation with Alina Rudya/ Bell Collective

Nadja Wohlleben

Featured Film News

Check out my first podcast conversation with the lovely Alina Rudya, founder of Bell Collective, available on Spotify now! . In the 2d episode of the Bell Collective podcast host Alina Rudya talks to Berlin-based photojournalist and black-belt martial artist Nadja Wohlleben ( @nadjawohlleben ) They discuss topics of domestic violence, importance..

THE SOLITARY SPRING - DAYS OF PANDEMIC

Andrew Biraj

Conceptual Covid-19 Featured Film Videos

A short-film by Andrew Biraj depicting the solitary and emotional journey of life, during the coronavirus pandemic on April, 2020.

Life after Covid-19

Arianna Pagani

Covid-19 Emotion Featured Film Film Health/Healing Pandemics Videos

You can heal, but it is important to review your certainties and change your habits - A story about Sara and Valentina.

In the Dark Podcast — COVID-19 in the Delta

Rory Doyle

Covid-19 Featured Film News

In one of the most interesting assignments of my career, I had the honor of photographing and reporting for "In the Dark" podcast. This year, the incredibly informative podcast explores the Mississippi Delta's response to COVID-19. Please listen to the episode here: https://bit.ly/2X8MdvJ

David Burnett, In Conversation With Andrew Biraj

Andrew Biraj

Featured Film News Videos

Legendary American photographer, co-founder of Contact Press Images, David Burnett shares his views and the behind-the-picture stories of his long career, with photographer Andrew Biraj. PHOTOS & STORIES I Episode 01 I David Burnett In Conversation with Andrew Biraj Legendary American photographer, co-founder of Contact Press Images, David..

SPIRITS WE DANCE- OFFICIAL TRAILER

Natalija Gormalova

Featured Film News Videos

I am so excited to share with you the trailer for my debut short film “Spirits We Dance”. Spirits We Dance is a poetic journey of two contemporary dancers as they show us what life is like being a disabled dancer in a harsh, urban landscape of Accra. In a tale of friendship between Afriyie and Alfred and a tale of..

Recommend: Music: Bongeziwe Mabandla Sukiyaki Tokyo 2014 Official archives

Adriana Teresa Letorney

Featured Film News

Introduced by Stella Nantongo , Programme Coordinator at Uganda Press Photo Award , I would love to share with you the music of South African singer-songwriter Bongeziwe Mabandla. He sings Afro-folk in his native Xhosa language. Enjoy this 30-minute live concert from 2014. He recently released a new album titled iimini , which is..

Fighting Poaching Through Education: the Story of Grace

rob feakins

Conservation Documentary Featured Film Film Photojournalism

A special message to the Visual Communications Department Class of 2020 of the S.I Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University

Adriana Teresa Letorney

Events Featured Film News

Honored to team up with Professional alumni, Professors, Pulitzer Prize winners, and Emmy Winners to Zoom bomb and send a special message to the Visual Communications department Class of 2020 of the S.I Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. Dean Amy Falkner’s Message: 01:30 Dean Mark..

THE HUNTER_MULTIMEDIA

Alvaro Laiz

Featured Film Multimedia

IT WAS THE TIME WHEN THE UDEGEI PEOPLE, SEEING A DEER, BELIEVED THEY SAW A DEER-MAN. SEEING A TIGER, THEY WOULD SEE A TIGER-MAN. IN SUCH TIMES, ALL MANNER OF THINGS HAPPENED TO PEOPLE. SUCH THINGS HAPPENED THAT TODAY DO NOT. UDEGE TALE In 1997 a Russian poacher called Markov ran into the trail of a gigantic Amur tiger. Despite the risk, Markov..

Listen: Lalaland Artists CEO Brianne Almeida - The Talent Whisperer

The Daring with music by Ben Tyree

Featured Film News Videos

“I speak on behalf of someone else too. I make sure my talent is comfortable with everything I'm doing. I don't make decisions without their okay. Not everyone operates like that, but we do. We're a team.” —Brianne Almeida Inside the Episode On the show today, Co-Founder and CEO of Lalaland Artists Brianne Almeida...