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INDIA + NEPAL // field study

1/22/2021

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 During my MA work, I was fortunate to be a graduate mentor on art education research trips in India and Nepal.

While hiking in the Khumbu region of the Himalaya, I developed questions about holistic education and ecology—which eventually spilled into my MA thesis.

We observed teachers and students in high altitude schools, in dim Buddhist monasteries, in Tibetan refugee communities, and in crowded urban cities.

Photography became a tool for me to engage with the people around me. The camera helped me to break down barriers and open conversations.

Obviously, there can be big problems with photography in these types of scenarios. Images created by foreigners could be viewed, rightly, as voyeuristic and fetishizing. 

I view the camera primarily as a vehicle for social interaction and communication.
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RHEUMATIC RELIEF

1/22/2021

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I accompanied cardiologists from the Mayo clinic as they diagnosed children with Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) in Samoa. The photo, video, and branding assets that I created over the course of four years helped the program get more visibility and secure more funding.

* RHD is a potentially fatal disease which causes inflammation to the heart and its valves. It is preventable, yet it affects over 32 million people worldwide and causes over 200,000 deaths annually (WHO). The Pacific islands are disproportionately affected, and children in Samoa are much more susceptible than others in the Pacific.
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