los angeles issue 611

Sep 2016

Bret Hartman

Los Angeles

  • Photographer: Bret Hartman , Project: TED Fellows , Amanda Nguyen - Policymaker - US , Founder and president of Rise, a national nonprofit working with multiple state legislatures and the U.S. Congress to implement a Sexual Assault Survivor Bill of Rights

    Photographer: Bret Hartman , Project: TED Fellows , Amanda Nguyen - Policymaker - US , Founder and president of Rise, a national nonprofit working with multiple state legislatures and the U.S. Congress to implement a Sexual Assault Survivor Bill of Rights ... see more

  • Photographer: Bret Hartman , Project: TED Fellows , Sanford Biggers - Interdisciplinary Artist - US , Visual artist creating multimedia and musical performances which upend traditional narratives about far-ranging topics from hip hop to Buddhism to American history

    Photographer: Bret Hartman , Project: TED Fellows , Sanford Biggers - Interdisciplinary Artist - US , Visual artist creating multimedia and musical performances which upend traditional narratives about far-ranging topics from hip hop to Buddhism to American history ... see more

  • Photographer: Bret Hartman , Project: TED Fellows , Michael Twitty - Culinary Historian - US , Culinary historian, blogger and chef who uses food to ignite a conversation about cultural appropriation, African identity and American racial history

    Photographer: Bret Hartman , Project: TED Fellows , Michael Twitty - Culinary Historian - US , Culinary historian, blogger and chef who uses food to ignite a conversation about cultural appropriation, African identity and American racial history ... see more

  • Photographer: Bret Hartman , Project: TED Fellows , Samuel 'Blitz the Ambassador' Bazawule - Musician & Filmmaker - Ghana , Artist using music and film to explore magical realism and how it influences modern African identity and aesthetic, globally

    Photographer: Bret Hartman , Project: TED Fellows , Samuel 'Blitz the Ambassador' Bazawule - Musician & Filmmaker - Ghana , Artist using music and film to explore magical realism and how it influences modern African identity and aesthetic, globally ... see more

  • Photographer: Bret Hartman , Project: TED Fellows , Kiana Hayeri - Photographer - Iran + Canada , Exploring complex topics such as youth culture, migration and sexuality in Iran and Afghanistan, highlighting an often hidden side of life in the Middle East

    Photographer: Bret Hartman , Project: TED Fellows , Kiana Hayeri - Photographer - Iran + Canada , Exploring complex topics such as youth culture, migration and sexuality in Iran and Afghanistan, highlighting an often hidden side of life in the Middle East ... see more

  • Photographer: Bret Hartman , Project: TED Fellows , Nicole Amarteifio - TV Director/Producer - Ghana + US , Creator, writer, and director of ''An African City,'' a hit web series that follows five successful women from Ghana navigating 21st century life in Accra

    Photographer: Bret Hartman , Project: TED Fellows , Nicole Amarteifio - TV Director/Producer - Ghana + US , Creator, writer, and director of ''An African City,'' a hit web series that follows five successful women from Ghana navigating 21st century life in Accra ... see more

  • Photographer: Bret Hartman , Project: TED Fellows , Negin Farsad - Comedian & Filmmaker - US + Iran , currently working on The Muslims are Coming!, a film that follows Muslim-American comedians on the road as they perform, meet locals and counter Islamophobia

    Photographer: Bret Hartman , Project: TED Fellows , Negin Farsad - Comedian & Filmmaker - US + Iran , currently working on The Muslims are Coming!, a film that follows Muslim-American comedians on the road as they perform, meet locals and counter Islamophobia ... see more

  • Photographer: Bret Hartman , Project: TED Fellows , Nikhil Pahwa - Digital Rights Advocate - India , Journalist and free speech advocate, who co-founded the SavetheInternet.in coalition, which galvanized support of over a million Indian citizens for net neutrality

    Photographer: Bret Hartman , Project: TED Fellows , Nikhil Pahwa - Digital Rights Advocate - India , Journalist and free speech advocate, who co-founded the SavetheInternet.in coalition, which galvanized support of over a million Indian citizens for net neutrality ... see more

  • Photographer: Bret Hartman , Project: TED Fellows , Carrie Nugent - Asteroid Hunter - US , Astronomer using NASA's NEOWISE spacecraft to discover and study near-Earth asteroids, our smallest and most numerous cosmic neighbors

    Photographer: Bret Hartman , Project: TED Fellows , Carrie Nugent - Asteroid Hunter - US , Astronomer using NASA's NEOWISE spacecraft to discover and study near-Earth asteroids, our smallest and most numerous cosmic neighbors ... see more

  • Photographer: Bret Hartman , Project: TED Fellows , Laura Indolfi - Biomedical Entrepreneur - Italy + United States , Biomedical innovator revolutionizing cancer treatments with new technologies Ð including implantable devices for delivering drugs locally at the tumor’s site

    Photographer: Bret Hartman , Project: TED Fellows , Laura Indolfi - Biomedical Entrepreneur - Italy + United States , Biomedical innovator revolutionizing cancer treatments with new technologies Ð including implantable devices for delivering drugs locally at the tumor’s site ... see more

  • Photographer: Bret Hartman , Project: TED Fellows , Prosanta Chakrabarty - Ichthyologist - US , Evolutionary biologist and natural historian researching and discovering fish around the world in an effort to to understand fundamental aspects of biological diversity

    Photographer: Bret Hartman , Project: TED Fellows , Prosanta Chakrabarty - Ichthyologist - US , Evolutionary biologist and natural historian researching and discovering fish around the world in an effort to to understand fundamental aspects of biological diversity ... see more

  • Photographer: Bret Hartman , Project: TED Fellows , Safwat Salem - Graphic Designer, film maker & Satirist - Pakistan + US , He's best known for making politically-charged satirical art. Safwat's artwork has used a variety of media, including illustration, writing, animation, audio, film and sculpture

    Photographer: Bret Hartman , Project: TED Fellows , Safwat Salem - Graphic Designer, film maker & Satirist - Pakistan + US , He's best known for making politically-charged satirical art. Safwat's artwork has used a variety of media, including illustration, writing, animation, audio, film and sculpture ... see more

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Our cover story was shot by LA-based portrait and celebrity photographer Bret Hartman. He has had the honor of photographing the incredible personalities of TED Fellows – the leading innovators in their respective fields ranging from scientists, activists, artists, inventors, journalists, musicians, and so much more.