This free webinar is generously co-sponsored by the Wellesley Free Library Foundation and World of Wellesley.
Through the lens of Philadelphia-based photojournalist Kriston Jae Bethel, gain a better understanding of the driving forces behind the Black Lives Matters movement, including issues of criminal justice, economic inequality and urban development. In addition to looking at social problems, examine the solutions that are being enacted to help solve them. This moderated talk will use his photos from diverse stories to spark a deeper conversation on what it means to be Black in America.
In 2020, Kriston joined American Reportage, a collective of photojournalists that specialize in telling stories about communities across the United States. That same year, he also joined Diversify Photo, a group of BIPOC and non-Western visual creators helping to diversify media outlets.
He also works with Resolve Philly, an industry-leading reporting collaborative between newsrooms across Philadelphia, that strives to lift up community voices in the region. With its partner organizations, he’s produced visuals for solutions stories that go beyond the problems we see in headlines to examine how they might be solved.