LOS ANGELES ISSUE 611 Sep 2016
Bret Hartman Los Angeles
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Photographer: Bret Hartman
Project: TED Fellows
Amanda Nguyen - Policymaker - US
Founder and president of Rise, a national nonprofit working with multiple state legislatures and the U.S. Congress to implement a Sexual Assault Survivor Bill of Rights
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Photographer: Bret Hartman
Project: TED Fellows
Sanford Biggers - Interdisciplinary Artist - US
Visual artist creating multimedia and musical performances which upend traditional narratives about far-ranging topics from hip hop to Buddhism to American history
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Photographer: Bret Hartman
Project: TED Fellows
Michael Twitty - Culinary Historian - US
Culinary historian, blogger and chef who uses food to ignite a conversation about cultural appropriation, African identity and American racial history
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Photographer: Bret Hartman
Project: TED Fellows
Samuel 'Blitz the Ambassador' Bazawule - Musician & Filmmaker - Ghana
Artist using music and film to explore magical realism and how it influences modern African identity and aesthetic, globally
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Photographer: Bret Hartman
Project: TED Fellows
Kiana Hayeri - Photographer - Iran + Canada
Exploring complex topics such as youth culture, migration and sexuality in Iran and Afghanistan, highlighting an often hidden side of life in the Middle East
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Photographer: Bret Hartman
Project: TED Fellows
Nicole Amarteifio - TV Director/Producer - Ghana + US
Creator, writer, and director of ''An African City,'' a hit web series that follows five successful women from Ghana navigating 21st century life in Accra
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Photographer: Bret Hartman
Project: TED Fellows
Negin Farsad - Comedian & Filmmaker - US + Iran
currently working on The Muslims are Coming!, a film that follows Muslim-American comedians on the road as they perform, meet locals and counter Islamophobia
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Photographer: Bret Hartman
Project: TED Fellows
Nikhil Pahwa - Digital Rights Advocate - India
Journalist and free speech advocate, who co-founded the SavetheInternet.in coalition, which galvanized support of over a million Indian citizens for net neutrality
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Photographer: Bret Hartman
Project: TED Fellows
Carrie Nugent - Asteroid Hunter - US
Astronomer using NASA's NEOWISE spacecraft to discover and study near-Earth asteroids, our smallest and most numerous cosmic neighbors
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Photographer: Bret Hartman
Project: TED Fellows
Laura Indolfi - Biomedical Entrepreneur - Italy + United States
Biomedical innovator revolutionizing cancer treatments with new technologies Ð including implantable devices for delivering drugs locally at the tumor’s site
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Photographer: Bret Hartman
Project: TED Fellows
Prosanta Chakrabarty - Ichthyologist - US
Evolutionary biologist and natural historian researching and discovering fish around the world in an effort to to understand fundamental aspects of biological diversity
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Photographer: Bret Hartman
Project: TED Fellows
Safwat Salem - Graphic Designer, film maker & Satirist - Pakistan + US
He's best known for making politically-charged satirical art. Safwat's artwork has used a variety of media, including illustration, writing, animation, audio, film and sculpture
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- Identity - celebrity portrait photography exhibition by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, until 26th February 2017.
- 5th Annual San Pedro Film Festival - from 6th to 16th October
- On Location 2016 Film Festival - on 8th October at Hollywood Center Studios
Our cover story was shot by LA-based portrait and celebrity photographer Bret Hartman. He has had the honor of photographing the incredible personalities of TED Fellows – the leading innovators in their respective fields ranging from scientists, activists, artists, inventors, journalists, musicians, and so much more.
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