TOTIM Exposures
TOTIM Exposures
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TOTIM Exposures is a forum for photojournalists and industry adjacent professionals to interview featured contributors to the TOTIM app. Each episode covers the photographer’s background, career path, and approach to their work. Conversations focus on photographic technique, the purpose and intention behind each story, and a detailed debrief of how the story was produced and executed. The podcast is intended for anyone interested in the process and challenges of documentary photojournalism. totim.substack.com
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The podcast explores themes of conflict, social justice, and human rights through the lens of photography, with episodes such as Eros Hoagland's coverage of Haiti's political turmoil and Veejay Villafranca's reflections on Typhoon Haiyan's impact. It emphasizes techniques in photojournalism, the intentions behind visual storytelling, and the production challenges photographers face in various contexts.
TOTIM Exposures is a forum for photojournalists and industry adjacent professionals to interview featured contributors to the TOTIM app. Each episode covers the photographer’s background, career path, and approach to their work. Conversations focus on photographic technique, the purpose and intention behind each story, and a detailed debrief of how the story was produced and executed. The podcast is intended for anyone interested in the process and challenges of documentary photojournalism.
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In Episode 006 of Exposures, Tasneem Alsultan discusses her project Saudi Tales of Love, where she documents the private, often unseen experiences of love, marriage, and divorce in Saudi Arabia. Her work challenges stereotypes by highlighting the personal stories of women navigating tradition, modernity and social change. Through intimate portraits and candid narratives, Alsultan opens a window into questions of identity, freedom, and resilience. Her story is now available on the TOTIM app.
Tasneem Alsultan
Tasneem Alsultan is a Saudi-American investigative photographer and visual storyteller whose work explores women’s rights and social dynamics in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf region. Her work has been published in The New York Times and National Geographic amongst others.
Tasneem became thefirst Arab female Global Ambassador for Canon in 2018, a Catchlight fellow in 2019, was voted the ‘Princess Noura University Award for Excellence’in the Arts Category and received honourable mention for the Anja Niedringhaus Courage in Photojournalism. In 2020, she cofounded Ruwa Space, a platform to support visual creatives and offer education and consultation across the Middle East & North Africa. She’s a member of Rawiya women’s Middle Eastern photography collective.
Camille Farrah Lenain
Camille Farrah Lenain is a French-Algerian documentary and portrait photographer. She relocated from Paris to New Orleans in 2013, where she teaches at Tulane University and works on long-term projects that challenges societal preconceptions, exploring the notions of stereotypes, collective memory, and plural identities.
Her work has been published in The New York Times, Rolling Stone, The Marshall Project, The Washington Post, T Magazine, Sierra Magazine, The Bitter Southerner and Libération amongst others.
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