Ep 14 • Jarrad Henderson
About Jarrad
Jarrad Henderson is a two-time Emmy award winning senior video producer for USA Today’s Investigative and Enterprise video unit. Recognized for being a forward thinking, digital savvy, media and video production expert, Henderson helps others pursue their dreams of becoming visual storytellers through his roles as an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University's School of Continuing Studies, Multimedia Judge for the Hearst Journalism Awards Program and as the Chair of the National Association of Black Journalists - Visual Task Force. When he’s not working, you can find him at the nearest roller rink, singing along to your favorite R&B artist.
SHow Notes
Website: jarradhenderson.com
Where are you based?: Washington DC
Camera Brand: Sony
Most Influential Photographer: Gordon Parks
Favorite Lens: 50mm
In your opinion, what is the most/least diverse field of photography?:
I would think that traditional photography is more diverse. Film is the least diverse. I know several black cinematographers and that landscape hasn't changed much in the last 20 years.
What do you consider the biggest hurdle for Black photographers today? Access
Share any upcoming shows/galleries/exhibits. What are you currently promoting?
View The Long Road Home
Instagram: @jarradhenderson
1619 Project - Wanda Tucker, a 61-year-old African American, is trying to document an audacious claim: that her family, the Tuckers of Tidewater Virginia, is directly descended from the first child born to the first Africans to arrive on the mainland of English America 400 years ago.
