Virtual reality has become the forefront of video exploration. Ben Solomon of The New York Times is one of the key people trying to find new ways of storytelling in this emerging medium. In what might be one of the most daring experiments in VR storytelling, Ben documented military efforts by Iraqi forces to retake… Continue reading Shooting VR in a conflict zone — how the NY Times did it in Iraq
Month: August 2016
Behind the scenes with IRC and cast from the Game of Thrones
Recently, Tara Todras-Whitehill and I had the pleasure of joining the IRC and cast members of HBO’s Game of Thrones on a visit to several refugee camps in Greece. It was a whirlwind three days. We packed a kit small enough to fit on the cramped domestic flights that charter passengers to the islands. We visited Lesvos island, where… Continue reading Behind the scenes with IRC and cast from the Game of Thrones
How photography workshops transformed women in Indonesia
Empowering people with photography isn’t a new idea. Teaching communities how to use cameras so they can document their own lives has been done before. But PhotoVoice, a UK based NGO, figured out a way to impact change with their method of participatory photography, and produced amazing results for a group of Indonesian women. We wanted to… Continue reading How photography workshops transformed women in Indonesia