Documentary Storytellers

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Documentary Storytellers with Chris King explores the photography and filmmaking practice necessary to have meaningful impact on the issues we document and help create positive change in our cultures. A fortnightly series of in-depth interviews with documentary photographers and documentary filmmakers discussing their journies and practices. W: https://documentarystorytellers.com IG: https://www.instagram.com/documentarystorytellers/ LI: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/7492458/

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10 - Smita Sharma - Documentary photographer

Nov 28 2023 56 mins

In this episode I’m speaking to Smita Sharma - 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. Smita is actively engaged in public speaking, victim advocacy and international public education, and her work has been exhibited and published glo

09 - Natalie Keyssar - Documentary photographer

Jul 19 2023 60 mins

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. As always we cover a wide range of topics, including the impact her work as a photographer has had on Natalie’s view of the world, our capacity as documentary storyte

08 - Gemma Atkinson - Documentary filmmaker

Jun 09 2023 62 mins

This week I’m speaking to documentary filmmaker Gemma Atkinson, who is based between London and Barcelona, and co-founded the production company Fat Rat Films 15 years ago where she is the current creative director. Gemma has a vast amount of experience within the documentary filmmaking industry, and has produced countless films and other content for NGOs and international instit

07 - Michael Snyder - Documentary photographer and filmmaker

May 17 2023 77 mins

This week I’m speaking with Mike Snyder – a documentary photographer and filmmaker based in Charlottesville in the US. In his work, Mike 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 im

06 - Savannah Dodd - Photographer and founder of Photography Ethics Centre

May 03 2023 55 mins

Through Documentary Storytellers I want to help promote a more considered form of documentary storytelling, enhance the positive impact our work has on the issues we document, and to help in some way with decolonising photography and filmmaking, and visual communication in general. Because of the pervasive influence and insidious nature of forces such as patriarchal and colonial mi

05 - Laurel Chor - Documentary photographer, filmmaker, and journalist

Apr 12 2023 75 mins

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 th

04 - Stuart Freedman - Documentary photographer

Mar 22 2023 63 mins

This week I’m speaking with documentary photographer Stuart Freedman. We discuss power dynamics within photography, the need to lead with empathy and curiosity when exploring human stories, the benefits of getting support from others – be it a mentor or an photography agency, the need to be relentless in our pursuit to get the important stories we document in front of audiences

03 - Aubrie Canfield - Documentary film producer

Mar 01 2023 74 mins

This week I’m speaking to Aubrie Canfield a media producer from the United States, and founder of a company called Actuality Abroad. Actuality Abroad is a social enterprise that uses documentary storytelling as a means to provide more meaningful travel experiences. As you will hear, Aubrie has a wealth of knowledge and experience in crafting stories visually through documentary f

02 - Klaus Thymann - Documentary Filmmaker and Photographer

Feb 15 2023 60 mins

As a documentary storyteller, Klaus 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. Beyond Klaus’s evolution as a

01 - Rebecca Conway - Documentary Photographer

Jan 31 2023 68 mins

In this first episode of the new Documentary Storytellers podcast, I’m speaking to Rebecca Conway – 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 desi