As an educator, my approach to community and skill building combines non-traditional resources; drawing from music, poetry, literature, film, trauma-informed care, painting and critical theory to help inform how we craft visual narratives.

I believe a nothing off-limits, transparent approach is the only way to move visual storytelling forward ethically.  Most of my students come from a documentary background, but are seeking to challenge inherent power dynamics within the documentary form, and to upend their own creative process. We seek to shatter the opaque, dated heirarchies of media which often limit and isolate visual creatives.

Below are samples from class discussions and student exercises.


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