Only Real Ingredients: The Case for Authenticity and Connection in Visual Storytelling
4:30 PM - 5:45 PM CT
Speaker(s): Alex Garcia, Photographer and Photojournalist
Key Session
In an age when everything we see can be questioned as fake or artificial, authenticity and reality will become ever more important. Join Pulitzer-Prize-winning and Cannes Lions-awarded photographer/director Alex Garcia as he shares his work in still and film of real people, locally and around the world. His talk will cover the art and mechanics of making compelling stories of the mundane, how to connect with people in an intimate and authentic matter and how to distill the emotional core of a message to motivate audiences.