Join Us for A Conversation With David Walter Banks: Finding Your Voice in Longterm Storytelling

We are thrilled to invite you to the next session of the  Vital Impacts Online Lecture Series, featuring the very special photographer, environmental advocacy artist, and Vital Impacts mentor David Walter Banks on Tuesday, August 12 at 11:00 AM EST.

David Walter Banks doesn’t just make photographs, he transforms the familiar into something otherworldly. He sees straight through the surface of things and reimagines the everyday, revealing moments of magic and mystery in places we thought we already knew. Whether through stylized portraiture or deeply personal documentary work, David has a gift for turning the world on its head and inviting us to look closer.

A self-proclaimed “swamp creature,” David brings both heart and artistry to his long-form storytelling. In this session, he’ll take us behind the scenes of Trembling Earth, his three-year odyssey through Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp, a place he renders as both endangered landscape and dreamlike world. He’ll share the lessons, doubts, and discoveries that shaped the project, and offer honest insights into finding your own creative voice in the process of long-term storytelling.

Register for the talk at vitalimpacts.org. Do not miss this special conversation!

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