Role: Field Director, stills photographer
From September 2022 to May 2023, I field directed and made photographs for four episodes of a six-part series in partnership with Room to Read and Rebel Girls about 6 girls across the world who are forging their own paths in the face of adversity.
Director: Martha Adams
Executive Producer: Ian Blei
Director of Photography: Hasitha Warnasooriya
Field Director & stills photographer: Brooke Herbert
Producers: Jenn Cain and Kate Harloe
Post-production supervisor: Nate Gust
Field Producers: Ihshan Iqbal, Hang Nguyen, Catherine Muema, Monon Montauka
Gaffer: Sundaresan Jegadeesan, Titu Bhai
Camera Assistants: A K Suresh, Foysal Mohammad Shaan, Fokrul, Monjarul
Sound Engineers: Desmika, Nahid Masud, Hamissi Mwema
Room to Read in-country: Afzal Siddique Shonto, Chau Doan, Tharanga Gunawardena, Juvenalius Kuruletera, Delphina Ntangeki
Drone operator: Reza Shahriar Rahman
Translations: Kalani Kumarasinghe
Voiceover: Freida Pinto, Charithra Chandran, Prajakta Koli, Dilshad Vadsaria, Adhir Kalyan, Amita Suman, Amrita Acharia, and Quyen Ngo
Original song: “Who I Am” written by Warsan Shire