Workshop Participants
Joshua Smith is a documentary photographer and the Vice President of the International Guild of Visual Peacemakers.
Joshua was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. He studied photography and art history at the University of North Texas, and afterward became an aircraft mechanic to try his hand at something tangible outside the world of ideas. It wasn’t until he completed an assignment in Kenya that photography started to become more than a passion. Photography became a way to express his experiences and create a visual witness to these events. He continues traveling to the horn of Africa, a place mostly misunderstood and in need of visual peacemaking.
Joshua is passionate about visual storytelling, art, peacemaking, and the grand narrative of our shared humanity. He and his family are planning to move back to East Africa later this year to pursue peacemaking through a long form project documenting the lives of Somalis.
Joshua participated in the January 2012 MediaStorm Methodology Workshop. He had the following to say about his experience:
The Methodology Workshop will give you an intimate look into how Brian and his team have run this successful multimedia production company. They will walk you through every aspect of their business from pre-production, field reporting, licensing, through interactive application creation and multi-platform distribution. Brian discusses what it means to be a purpose-driven company rather than profit-driven, along with the challenge of striking a balance between feeding the soul and the pocketbook. The value of this workshop is not just in the information presented, but also in the relationships formed with the other amazing participants and staff. If you want to learn how to run a financially viable business, tell stories you feel need to be told, and connect with others that are passionate about storytelling, then you should attend this workshop.