Aaron Huey - NatGeo Amplified - Award-winning National Geographic Photographer & TED presenter

"We make the compass that points to the future we want to live
in," says Amplifier.org founder and celebrated National
Geographic photographer, Aaron Huey. Aaron's deep photographic
storytelling captures and honors his subjects — from war victims
to rock climbers to indigenous peoples — with elegance and
fearless sensitivity. At 27, Aaron walked across America alone
for 154 days and 3349 miles, coast to coast, with his dog and a
camera. "After 1000 miles of doing nothing but walking, eating,
sleeping and talking to my dog and occasional strangers, I shook
off the world. And when you shake off the world, you can shake
off the anxieties and the fears and the hopes of that world,"
says Aaron. That walk led Aaron to spend years living with the
Lakota Sioux in S. Dakota, documenting what he describes as the
final chapter of a genocide. That experience became the TED talk,
"America's native prisoners of war," in which Aaron "picked a
side" to fight for justice for the Sioux. And that auspicious
moment morphed into Aaron founding Amplifier.org.  Amplifier
builds art and media experiments to amplify the most important
movements of our times. By activating a foundation of free and
open source art and the unlimited possibilities within a human
centered design process, Aaron has created a global phenomenon
that creatively advocates for what is fair and right. We could
not be more honored to welcome Aaron to Swan Dive, the next guest
in our Wide Awakes collaboration. 
Photo credit Dan Westergren





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