EPISODE 19: NEIGHBORING NARRATIVES: PERSPECTIVES FROM VENEZUELA + COLOMBIA
JOIN US FOR A ROUND TABLE WITH with guests Elizabeth Schummer and romina hendlin AS WE DISCUSS THE ROLE PHOTOGRAPHY CAN PLAY IN SHARING PERSPECTIVES AND THEIR 100CAMERAS PROGRAMS IN COLOMBIA AND VENEZUELA.
THE ROUND TABLE EXPLORES
Join us with guests, Elizabeth Schummer, Visual Artist and Cultural Promoter, and Romina Hendlin, Visual Artist and Educator. Together we discuss the language of photography, the importance of seeing from different perspectives, and trusting the creative process. Specifically as seen through the 100cameras programs they each led in Colombia and Venezuela (Part I, Part II). Conversation hosted by Angela Popplewell, CEO, and Lydia Billings, COO, of 100cameras.
“I was blown away by the curriculum of 100cameras. I've taught photography for many years, and it's just so beautiful to see how well integrated is photography and the written word - and thinking beyond the visual. Because it is the camera that allows you to start the conversation, but then every question that is made through the curriculum allows them to go further. So it was really nice to see them engage with their environment, to get to know other places around that through the program they were able to see,” reflects Hendlin.
“Creative process - it’s everything. You have to always first imagine everything that you want to do in life. You are capable of doing everything, having a nurtured environment to do so - I know it’s very easy to say, but then you take your first pulse! But you cannot start thinking about the little step if you don’t have the whole picture.”
MEET THE GUESTS
ELIZABETH SCHUMMER. Born in Venezuela, is a photographer and Cultural Promoter. She is a Doctor of Dental Surgery with a Masters in Oral Surgery from Universidad Central de Venezuela and fellowship from NYU. She has a Photography Degree from Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Fotográficos CIEFVE in Caracas and a Master in PhotoEspaña for photography projects. Currently she is Cultural Director for NPO Espacio Anna Frank as of curator in different exhibitions, editorial coordinator for several publications and coordinator of various photography projects. Her work has been published in different digital magazines. Elizabeth has participated in collective exhibitions in Venezuela and Madrid, and has her first solo exhibit in Beatriz Gil Galeria in Caracas. She is co author of the Photobook Mirada Inversa,2021. Elizabeth has led two 100cameras programs in Caracas, Venezuela.
ROMINA HENDLIN. Born in Venezuela and holds a BA in Mass Media with a major in AudioVisual Arts from the Catholic University in Caracas. As a graduate of the International Center of Photography in NYC, currently she is enrolled in the Master in Visual and Media Anthropology at Freie Universität Berlin. Romina has participated in group shows in Caracas and New York, and her work for the past 10 years has been an exploration of the human condition through the exchange of conversations and photography. Romina has led a 100cameras program in Cúcuta, Colombia.