The Art of Single Frame Storytelling

If a picture can say a thousand words, how do we choose which words we want it to say? Join us for a panel discussion featuring storytellers that use the camera as their storytelling tool of choice.

Photography is all about perspective and point of view. It can be a powerful form of communication of ideas and themes. Each of our panelists have managed to carve a unique niche in the photography world by developing “their voice” in the images they shoot.

MODERATOR

Shameel Arafin

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Shameel Arafin is the Director of Platform Engineering for the News Group, at Time Inc. He is responsible for the time.com, fortune.com, money.com and timeforkids.com websites, serving nearly 1 billion unique visitors a year. Prior to Time Inc., he worked at MediaStorm as a software architect, where he developed a storytelling platform for the distribution of cinematic, multimedia narratives.

Shameel studied literature at Harvard and electrical engineering at Caltech. He lives in Brooklyn.

PANELISTS

Daphne Chan

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Daphne Chan is an artist, photographer, filmmaker and social media strategist. Canadian-born Chinese and African nomad, she's a graduate of the National School of Photography in Arles and the International Center of Photography in New York (ICP).

Chan's work explores identity through gender, culture, sexuality and body image. Her work has been featured in many group and solo exhibitions internationally. She has been acclaimed for her fine art nude portraiture and articles about her work have been published in different media. She is an international speaker and lecturer at many public and private photographic institutions including Parsons, NYU and ICP.

Matthew Cherry

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A photographer and cinematographer, Mathew Cherry's visual storytelling ability resonates in both his portraiture and conceptual imagery. His work has the ability to intrigue, delight and inspire the viewer while merging art, theater and photography.

In addition to his creative work behind the lens, Mathew has been involved in business marketing for the past fifteen years and has designed and run numerous local, national and international marketing campaigns. His fine art work has been exhibited at Art Chicago, Art Basel and at the Ukrainian National Museum.

Josh Raab

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Josh Raab is a Multimedia Editor at TIME, focusing on Lightbox and overseeing the visual approach of the Technology, Business and Space sections. He is a professor at the International Center of Photography.