it's the challenge to move people and
connect people and find ways that people
can be engaged meaningfully the
expectations for a photograph are very
great and it's not just in the
composition that a photographer might
achieve all that they would hope for
it's just the beginning point it's not
just the single photograph it's a
multitude of photographs it's sequencing
it's creating space for those
photographs I think we seek
opportunities for people to respond to
the photography and then the question is
what do they do
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what's our hope for a photograph how
much can a photograph carry the meaning
of what we've seen I think photography
has a huge potential to expand the
circle of knowledge there's a reality
that we are all the more linked globally
and we have to know about each other
I mean photography gives us that
opportunity
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can we really point to things that have
actually changed because photographs
were made I mean this is always the
dilemma and the challenge and the hope
the heart of it is we are focused more
aware more able to act when the
opportunities come
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having the little flame burning as a
photographer you have to have that
little light that guides you I don't go
into the field as an advocate I go into
the field to make a discovery I don't
start with the mission I start with what
is going on the question what is going
on what can I see what can I show and
convey through the photographs and then
it's with whom can I partner if that
seems appropriate for that work to have
an additional life which could be in a
life of advocacy or life tied to an
issue targeted in a very particular way
whether it's to policymakers or to a
public
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you have to keep documenting at the same
time asking those questions and seeking
as I said really opportunities to create
possibilities for engagement
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that's where the understanding is key if
we're gonna be able to build bridges and
I do think photography is a lot about
creating the bridge people still have to
walk over it
I think photographers other people who
perceive the bridge is a possibility and
it goes back to that hope the people
will feel the connection and that
connectivity is is the opening of the
door
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