GUARDIAN NEWS & MEDIA VIDEO JOURNALIST APPLICATION 

VIDEO WORK

I was director, photographer and editor on this self-assigned film about New York City’s famous Katz’s delicatessen.

 

I was director, photographer and editor on this self-assigned film about barbers shops in New Delhi. Saloon was part of the official selection for the London Short Film Festival 2012, the Atlanta Film Festival 2012 and the Florida Film Festival 2012. Saloon was also shortlisted for the 2011 Virgin Media Shorts Competition. You can read more about this film here.

 

I was director, photographer and editor on this self-assigned film. You can see photographs to accompany this film here. This film was featured on the Guardian website. You can read more about the making of this film here.

 

I was director, photographer and editor on this Oxfam UK-assigned film. This film was featured on The Guardian website. You can read more about the making of this film here.

 

 (Tom Pietrasik)

Click on the photograph to view this New York Times commissioned interview I filmed with their reporter Declan Walsh.

 

 (Tom Pietrasik)

Click on the photograph to view this unpublished (& password-protected) short-film from Uganda that I made for an international NGO and The Guardian.  Password is the name of the street on which I live  (on my application CV). Begins with a capital letter.

WRITING

I wrote this blog post about why access to generic drugs is so important for those I have photographed who live with HIV.

I wrote this blog post about the occasional hostility I have encountered while photographing in public spaces.

I wrote this blog post about the convergence of photography and film.

 

LINKS TO RECENT VIDEO & PHOTOGRAPHY WORK FEATURED ON THE GUARDIAN

Guardian hosting of film above: Two Indias Exist in Healthcare

Guardian hosting of film above: Farmer Doubles Rice Yield

Profile of author  and activist Naomi Wolf

Interview with author and activist Arundhati Roy

Living with natural disasters in India

Food security in India photo gallery

Tanzania land-rights photo gallery