Pamela Chen
Producer, Photographer, Musician, Editor
Pamela Chen is a senior photo editor for National Geographic Magazine. Previously, she oversaw photography and multimedia production for the Open Society Foundations as part of the team developing the foundation’s visual communications strategy in tackling some of the most complex social issues around the world.
As a documentary producer with MediaStorm, her work earned numerous industry accolades, including the national News & Documentary Emmy Award, the duPont Award, Webby Awards, and Pictures of the Year International awards in photography, multimedia and music.
As a commissioned musician, her sound design and compositions appear in broadcast and online publications including The New York Times Magazine, The New York Times, Showtime, Hulu, and Wired.
She has served as adjunct faculty for the School of Visual Arts and the International Center of Photography, and currently on the Board of Advisors for the Alexia Foundation. Additionally she has served as an educator for national news outlets and journalism conferences, on storytelling topics ranging from the conceptual narrative to techniques in video editing and music composition.
Pamela studied photojournalism and mathematics at Syracuse University and received a Fulbright scholarship for journalism to Taiwan.
"Three Women" is a fictional film about women in pain, struggling to make sense of their lives. It is a series of stories reduced to their emotional essence. This is a fictional piece but one that is also true.
In Rwanda, in 1994, Hutu militia committed a bloody genocide, murdering one million Tutsis. Many of the Tutsi women were spared, only to be held captive and repeatedly raped. Many became pregnant. Intended Consequences tells their stories.
AIDS and Family is Kristen Ashburn's intimate portrait of African mothers, fathers and children being crushed by AIDS. Ashburn's work connects us to these people deeply; we learn that only through such connection is hope possible.
Zakouma National Park is one of the last places on earth where elephants still roam by the thousands. In a land where poachers will slaughter the huge animals for their tusks alone, it takes armed guards to keep them safe.
Two years after Hurricane Katrina ravaged Louisiana, photojournalist Brenda Ann Kenneally returns to find those who are headed home. Amid jobs lost, communities scattered, and houses destroyed, what does it take to rebuild a life?