Mission work
Half of every year's project slate goes to mission and nonprofit partners at or below cost. This is the part of the work that pays for itself in a different currency.
The commitment
No footage is captured before a partner and the people in it understand exactly where it will run and for how long.
Every trip includes training. If a partner still needs me in five years, I've done the job badly.
Field staff and community members narrate their own work. I don't hire a voiceover artist to explain someone's life to them.
Partnerships
2017 — present
Guatemala
Nine trips over eight years documenting well construction and, more recently, training the local water committees to film their own maintenance reports and community updates.
2021 — present
Kenya
Annual documentation of a four-clinic network, plus a standing workshop for the communications staff who now produce the majority of the initiative's donor material in house.
2022 — 2024
Mexico
A three-year film series following one graduating cohort. Handed the project off to two of the students, who now run the organization's media entirely.
2023 — present
United States
Post-flood recovery documentation across three counties, shot slowly and released only with the consent of every household featured.
Mission partners are quoted on a sliding scale, and training your own staff is always part of the scope. Tell me what you’re working on.
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