Interview, Fireside Chat
Misan Harriman, Photographer
- The speaker aims to secure the September issue of British Vogue by leveraging a specific visual style and voice demonstrated in a viral civil rights photography campaign.
- With a 35-year history of visual training prior to acquiring a camera, the speaker intends to pursue a filmmaking career creating documentaries and feature films modeled after the work of Gordon Parks and Steve McQueen.
- Future business operations will include lobbying the UK Home Office to implement an intranet in the prison system providing curated content designed to aid inmate personal growth.
- The media business "We See" plans to scale to a level comparable to Vice and BuzzFeed to drive tangible cultural change while continuing to prioritize the democratization of access to the arts.
- Long-term operational strategies involve sustaining an agenda focused on art and culture within the UK and globally, alongside current hiring practices that prioritize diverse backgrounds.
- Market expectations suggest a significant shift in race equity discourse driven by the expansion of a collective voice against racism to millions of people via the internet.
- Large corporate institutions are predicted to be compelled to adopt diversity and inclusion practices for optical reasons regardless of prior interest in the subject.
- A "trickle-down effect" is anticipated where diverse senior leadership hires will necessitate adjustments to HR policies and casting processes to include individuals with lived experience.
- The speaker advises individuals lacking historical understanding of the slave trade or colonialism to contribute to the cause by consuming educational media like podcasts and books rather than participating in public protests.