Videos
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Buck Angel: Bucking the System
Buck Angel shares his moving life story and discusses the process of his gender transition from female to male, while challenging notions of what makes someone a man or a woman.
Timothy Greenfield-Sanders: Inside Iris Nights
Timothy Greenfield-Sanders discusses the overarching themes of his work and other aspects of his life and career.
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Wazina Zondon: Coming Out Muslim: Reflections and Observations as an American Insider/Outsider
Wazina Zondon discusses her work and her experiences as a queer Muslim woman raised in New York City.
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Beverly Johnson: The Face That Changed It All
Beverly Johnson discusses her pioneering career in fashion and business.
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Ruddy Roye: When Living is a Protest
Ruddy Roye discusses his career in environmental portraits and photojournalism.
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Art Streiber: How It Happens
Art Streiber presents a look behind the scenes at some of his more complex editorial shoots for magazines such as ESPN, Vanity Fair, Entertainment Weekly and The New York Times Magazine.
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Nick Adams: Transgender Stories – The Changing Media Landscape
Nick Adams discusses his experiences as a transgender man working with Hollywood to create more authentic portrayals of transgender people.
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Alok Vaid-Menon: Gender Selfie-Determination
Alok Vaid-Menon discusses the stakes of visual representation for trans and gender non-conforming people.
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Timothy Greenfield-Sanders: Thoughts on Photography and Film
Timothy Greenfield-Sanders discusses the overarching themes of his work and other aspects of his life and career.
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Meridith Kohut: Migration
Meridith Kohut discusses her work as a photographer, including her travels throughout Latin America covering refugee and migration issues.
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Leslie Knott and Clementine Malpas: Inside Iris Nights
Leslie Knott and Clementine Malpas from Tiger Nest Films discuss how the line between observer and participant is blurred while filming and photographing in situations of intense drama and human suffering.
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Brian Sokol: People, Not Numbers: Using Photography to Humanize the Global Refugee Crisis
Brian Sokol discusses how photography can build empathy in audiences while demystifying and humanizing marginalized people.