“Exercise your witnessing muscle: Go find a good photography book and look at it long and hard. Look at the pictures and practice empathy. Practice witnessing a story that you weren’t there to see and I promise you will find yourself moved. And whatever the source of that empathy is, see if you can’t direct it to someone in your own sphere, someone physically in your own sphere — someone that you can witness, you might never thought needed to be looked at, or maybe you thought it was inappropriate to look.”

— Katie Jett Walls

Documentary photographer Katie Jett Walls talks about how she has found her voice as a photographer, capturing images of the world’s rapid evolution around us. We speak about the power of bearing witness, which Katie defines as being unafraid to be with someone.

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Please explore Katie’s work at http://www.katiejettwallsphotography.com.

If you love this conversation, you will find episode 51 with Sara Taber captivating.