Pressing Matters - A Conversation with Ed Kashi/Photojournalist and Filmmaker
September 16, 2024 | Source: Monroe Gallery of Photography
September 16, 2024
Ed Kashi/photojournalist and filmmaker. He will discuss his experiences photographing vulnerable communities, center on seeking solutions and driving policy change, Sept 26, 2024 from 3:30-4:50pm in the Wang Center Lecture Hall 2. Part of the “Pressing Matters” lecture series.
Ed Kashi is a photojournalist and filmmaker renowned for his compelling storytelling and intimate portrayal of global issues through photography. A native of New York City, Kashi has used the power of images to communicate complex narratives about conflict, social issues, and environmental concerns in the past decades, and his work has been published in prominent media outlets such as National Geographic, The New York Times, and Time Magazine. He has received numerous awards for his photography, including the 2023 President's Medal of the American Society of Nephrology, for his recent series of work documenting chronic kidney disease from undetermined causes around the world. His research implicates climate change as an important contributor to its rise because repeated dehydration, severe heat, and environmental toxins are the likely factors in the rising death toll among young people from hot, rural, resource- limited parts globally. Kashi has been recognized as a major advocate for raising awareness of this disease through his works showing patients suffering and dying in Sri Lanka, Nicaragua, Peru, and India.
Thursday, September 26, 2024
3:30 PM - 4:50 PM (ET)
100 Nicolls Road
Stony Brook NY 11794