J. Sybylla Smith, In Conversation With Preston Gannaway

Episode Notes Photojournalist Preston Gannaway won a Pulitzer Prize for her poetic photography documenting a New Hampshire family coping with a young mother's illness and death. Remember Me is her breathtakingly graceful and intimate chronology of EJ over the intervening years since he lost his mother at 3 years of age. Gannaway masterfully transcends one family's journey to speak to the universal touchstones of life, love, loss, and the abiding ties that bind.In this conversation, Preston discusses, among other things:Observation as a superpowerFinding a photographParameters of storytelling Intuitiveness and nuanceConsent & collaborationPhotojournalismDocumentary traditionCommunity journalismA prologue of imagesHindsightCapturing presence in the absenceTaking away the ‘fever pitch’Defining objectivityAn empathic eyeEditing and sequencingFunding projectsBig, weighty things

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