Chris Rainier

Chris Rainier is considered one of the leading documentary photographers working today. His life's mission is to put on film both the natural wilderness and indigenous cultures, around the globe., - and help empower cultures to tell their own stories through the use of technology.....Rainier is a National Geographic Society Fellow and co-directs the National Geographic Societies Enduring Voices. - as well directs the All Roads Photography Program . Rainier is a Contributing Editor for the NG Traveler Magazine specializing in Culture, and is a contributing Photographer for NG Adventure Magazine, as well as a Correspondent on Photography for NPR Radio’s Day to Day Show. He has traveled to all seven Continents, including the extensive expeditions throughout Africa, Antarctica and New Guinea. Rainier's photography has been seen in the leading publications of the day including: Time, Life, Smithsonian, The New York Times, Outside, and publications of the National Geographic Society. In addition Rainier has photographed global cultural and conflict, famine, and war in such places as: Somalia, Sarajevo/Bosnia, Sudan, Ethiopia, Cambodia, Iraq, and recently the Tsunami disaster in Indonesia for numerous publications, - including Time Magazine & The New York Times. He has won awards for his photography, including the prestigious Lowell Thomas Award given by the Explorers Club for adventure stories. Rainier’s photography has been shown and collected by numerous Museums around the world including the Australian Museum in Sydney, The Biblotheque Nationale in Paris, The International Center of Photography in New York. The George Eastman House International Museum in Rochester, New York, and the United Nations.

Culture, Photography,- helping traditional cultures use modern techology ( web, digital communications, photography and video ) to document their own stories, language and ways of being.

We help connect minority and under-empowered traditional cultures to technology that can help them have access to education, medicine, & the revitilzation of their language/culture. We do this by helping gather organizations that place solar power, internect connectivety, and that provide grass roots solutions for isolated communities . Working together through our National Geographic project called The Enduring Voices - we bring like minded organizations together to help improve the lives of people in very isolated communities around the globe.

I come to TED seeking like minded people.

Ability to communicate across cultures through the visual medium.