I’ve spent much of my life documenting stories around the world, watching moments unfold and trying to shape them into something others might feel, not just understand.

Through the camera, I’ve witnessed grief, resilience, ritual, justice and injustice, beauty and grace, and tried to capture it one frame at a time.

I’ve filmed presidents and entertainers, yoga masters and tribal elders. I’ve followed anthropologists unearthing tombs in Sudan, and a biologist tracing the spiny shrub believed to have been used for the Crown of Thorns.

I once sat beside a sick child at the edge of the Gulf of Mexico, a boy dying after exposure to the toxic cleanup following the BP oil spill. He didn’t live to see the film’s premiere at Sundance.

The films have received honors over the years, including Emmy and Academy Award recognition, but I was never just after beautiful images. I wanted images that carried emotional weight — images that meant something