Storytelling through Photography & Film: What Indigenous Stories can Teach Us

Storytelling through Photography & Film: What Indigenous Stories can Teach Us

Join Contemporary Artist & Photographer Joel Redman in conversation with Susie Lawson, Director of Branch Arts, followed by a delicious, seasonal lunch from the FarmEAT Cafe. 

Internationally acclaimed photographer and artist, Joel Redman will talk about his experiences working with the charity If Not Us Then Who, supporting and mentoring indigenous storytellers. 

Indigenous communities protect 80% of the world’s biodiversity, this discussion will explore how internationally, local people are using photography and filmmaking to tell stories about the immediate impacts of climate change on their lives and communities. 

Leading us through a series of extraordinary photographs and short films, Joel and Susie will show how local narratives are becoming instrumental in the drive to save our most precious and endangered environments.

Talk & Coffee – 11.30 am

Lunch in the FarmEAT Cafe – 12.30 pm

Tickets - £20 per person

Joel Redman’s photographs have been exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery and the Royal Academy of Arts and he was shortlisted for the International Photographer of the year at the Lucie Awards. His travels have included documenting the fresh water crisis in Cape Town, South Africa, the impact of industry and a proposed railway on the indigenous Sami people within the Arctic, and the issues facing local and indigenous forest communities in South East Asia, and Latin America. 

If Not Us Then Who supports a global awareness campaign highlighting the role indigenous and local peoples play in protecting our planet. They work in partnership with communities to make films, take photographs, curate content, commission local artists and host events.

This talk is organised to coincide with an exhibition of Joel Redman’s work, A Desert’s Indifference, organised by Branch Arts. The exhibition is available to view online or in person by appointment.

Branch Arts, The Studio, Sheep Street, Charlbury, OX7 3RR 

www.branch-arts.com/joel-redman

 +44 (0) 1608 810654

Image © Tim Lewis / INUTW