Award-winning photographer Karim Shamsi-Basha's secret to telling a story with photography is to show humanity. Karim is a writer and photographer who immigrated to the United States from Damascus, Syria at the age of 18. His work has appeared in National Geographic Traveler, Sports Illustrated, People, Time, Newsweek, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and more. He’s been on assignments all over the world. He is the author of the Caldecott medal book the Cat Man of Aleppo.

On this episode of Beginning Middle End Story Podcast we talk about:

1. What makes a good story?
2. How do you tell a story with a single image?
3. Photojournalism versus other types of photography
4. How do you compose a photo in the moment?
5. How has being an Arab-American shaped your storytelling?
6. What’s one of your favorite images?
7. How has technology changed storytelling with images?
8. How has social media changed photography?
9. What’s an important story for you that you haven’t yet told?
10. What’s your best piece of storytelling advice?

To learn more about Karim and his work, Visit www.karimbooks.com or visit his blog at arabinalabama.com. Follow Karim on Instagram

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