René Edde is currently working full time as a staff photojournalist in the Chicago area.  Her studies in a self-designed interdisciplinary photography and journalism degree at Columbia College in Chicago are temporarily on hold while René takes advantage to learn about the industry first hand and while saving money in order to once again be able to afford the sky-rocketing costs of further education.

Initially drawn to photography as a commercial and artistic pursuit, René began her photographic education at The Art Institute of Atlanta, GA, US in 1999.

Currently seeking to create a stronger body of documentary work as a way to explore and promote social change, René interests focus on human rights and social photojournalism, and in exploring the potentially effective role of media and community responsibility.

Recently René spent five months in Nepal and India working for various magazines and non-profit organizations and working on a personal documentary project concerning Tibetan life in exile and Buddhist practices.  René is currently in the planning stages of projects to return to the area utilizing her current research on women and society.

 

 

 

“The guy who takes a chance, who walks the line between the known and the unknown, who is unafraid of failure, will succeed.” –

Gordon Parks, photojournalist, (1912-2006)