Michael O Snyder | First Rolls

FIRST ROLLS

In 1997 my father bought me my first film camera, a 1978 35mm Nikon FE. It was the most cherished item of my adolescence. In 2017, my wife and I bought our first house and finally moved my old photo albums out of my father's closet and into ours. In the process, I rediscovered the first rolls of film that I shot and the thoughts that I recorded on the back of the prints.

Michael O. Snyder is a photographer, filmmaker, and writer whose work sits at the intersection of environmental sustainability and social justice. As founder of Interdependent Pictures, has directed films in the Arctic, the Amazon, the Himalaya, East Africa, and his home in rural Appalachia. He holds an MSc in Environmental Sustainability and uses his combined knowledge of visual storytelling and environmental conservation to create narratives that connect people to the other-than-human-world and drive social change.

His journalism work has been featured by National Geographic, The Guardian, Vox, Roads & Kingdoms, The Washington Post, High Country News, The Wild Magazine, Condé Nast, NPR, Political Science and Politics, Social Documentary and Beautiful Decay. His films have been selected to over 40 festivals and have taken home numerous awards.

He is a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar, a Blue Earth Photographer, a Fearless Photographer, and the co-founder of two environmental organizations. Mike has hiked the Appalachian and John Muir Trails, cycled across Europe and ridden trains across Siberia. He currently resides in Charlottesville, Virginia with his wife and son.

Michael O. Snyder is a photographer, filmmaker, and writer whose work sits at the intersection of environmental sustainability and social justice. As founder of Interdependent Pictures, has directed films in the Arctic, the Amazon, the Himalaya, East Africa, and his home in rural Appalachia. He holds an MSc in Environmental Sustainability and uses his combined knowledge of visual storytelling and environmental conservation to create narratives that connect people to the other-than-human-world and drive social change.

His journalism work has been featured by National Geographic, The Guardian, Vox, Roads & Kingdoms, The Washington Post, High Country News, The Wild Magazine, Condé Nast, NPR, Political Science and Politics, Social Documentary and Beautiful Decay. His films have been selected to over 40 festivals and have taken home numerous awards.

He is a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar, a Blue Earth Photographer, a Fearless Photographer, and the co-founder of two environmental organizations. Mike has hiked the Appalachian and John Muir Trails, cycled across Europe and ridden trains across Siberia. He currently resides in Charlottesville, Virginia with his wife and son.

MICHAEL

O. SNYDER