Staff

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David Johnson (President/Founder)

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David is a former English teacher in Charlotte, NC, who left teaching to do full time international work. He is the president and founder of Silent Images and specializes in documentary photography.  His passion is taking his camera around the world to document persecuted and oppressed people and then uses his work to raise awareness and money for the indigenous people. David’s focus is to always find the hope in the midst of the injustice. He has documented the people of Darfur, Sudan, Burundi, Ethiopia, Uganda, Ghana, South Africa, Zimbabwe, China, Cambodia, Thailand, Haiti, and Peru.

 

  • Earned BA in Education from UNC Chapel Hill
  • Played college tennis
  • Taught English for 8 years at Providence Day School
  • Author of two books on Africa (Voices of Sudan and Voice of Beauty)
  • Eagle Scout
  • President of Johnson Photography, LLC
  • Lectured at Penn State, NYU, UC Berkeley, Stanford, UNC, Baylor, Duke and dozens of other high schools, universities and churches across the nation.



  • Kylie Akins (Director of Communications)

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  • Graduate of Harding University
  • BA in Print Journalism
  • Loves to tell stories and photograph
  • kylie@silentimages.org



  • Joshua Putnam (Project Manager)

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  • Graduate of Akron University
  • BA in Business and Organizational Communication
  • Loves making stories come to life
  • josh@silentimages.org



  • Andrea Snyder (Director of Finances)

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  • Undergraduate degree in Business Administration, University of Florida
  • Masters of Accounting, UNC Chapel Hill
  • info@silentimages.org




  • Elizabeth Brumbach (Event Coordinator)

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  • Graduate of UNCC
  • BA in Marketing
  • elizabeth@silentimages.org




  • Laura Price (Intern)

    Hannah Berry (Intern)



    TEAM MEMBERS

    • Elizabeth Marx (Team Photographer)
    • Seth Snider (Team Photographer)
    • Gary Dowd (Team Photographer)
    • Jenna Trapasso (Team Photographer)
    • Lindsay Rosenfeld (Team Photographer)
    • Liz Compton (Team Photographer)
    • Theresa Custis (Team Photographer)
    • Richard Sharpe (Team Photographer)
    • Sarah Smolen (Team Photographer)
    • Jonathan Young (Team Photographer)
    • Rodney Stoner (Team Photographer)
    • Melissa Mitchell (Editor)
    • Jordan Pinkston (Graphic Design)
    • Sherry Waters (Grant Writing)
    • Keith Furr (Team Videographer)
    • Toben Snow (Team Videographer)
    • Hannah Nemer (Team Videographer)
    • EVOKE (Video Production)
    • Jeremy Ball (Graphics/Web)
    • Andrew Schulz (Web design)


    Board of Directors and Advisors:

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    Paul Joyce

    Cor Hoekstra

    Braun Smith

    Bob Gourlay

    Melissa Mitchell

    Brad Greer


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