UNOPS and UNMAS contract John to Produce Videos in Mali John Will travel to Bamako, Mopti, Kona, and Gao to document UNMAS’s (UN Mine Action Service) efforts to secure areas around the towns from explosive devices. John will be working with UNMAS bomb clearing specialists and produce a video on Explosive Detection Dogs on the..

France’s Px3 has announced the winners of it’s 2018 contest and John has won Gold and Silver in the Annual Report category.  The Gold award was taken by imagery produced in Oregon on assignment for The Environmental Defense Fund.  The Silver award was won by imagery produced on assignment for UNOPS in Kenya’s Turkana County.

WHO Awards JRP Contract to Produce Universal Healthcare Video John Will travel to Delhi, Davao City, and Manila in 7 days to interview families and collect B-roll. The imagery will go into a video to promote Universal Healthcare. The video will be shown at the Executive Board Meeting of the WHO and at Davos. Upon..

Supporting Maternal and Newborn Care in Kenya and Tanzania UNOPS is building rural health care centers in coordination with UNICEF to support maternal and newborn health care. Distance from health centers is often cited as one of the primary reasons for low healthcare outcomes. Time to travel (often over days) to remote centers and the..

Going to Pacific Ocean off Oregon for EDF to Promote Sustainable Fisheries The Environmental Defense Fund has asked John to work with their partners in Oregon to promote their sustainable fisheries program. John spent a day on a the commercial fishing boat Miss May feeling queasy as he produced video, stills, and flew a DJI..

John is off to Tanzania to shoot for World Bank GFF Program The GFF is ending preventable maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent deaths and improving the health and quality of life of women, children, and adolescents. GFF is building a new model for development financing for the Sustainable Development Goals era. John will travel to..

John Rae Wins 1st Place in SDN 2017 Contest! SDN is thrilled to preseant the winners of our recent Call for Entries, Celebrating the Global Community. The judges selected one first-place winner and four honorable mentions. The work submitted was outstanding and a clear demonstration of the commitment and interest in documentary photography and visual..

Newest video produced on location in Myanmar for Accion has just been released!  I spent 5 hot, long days in Yangon, Myanmar with Jim Rosenberg, Action’s Chief Communications Officer, and director Lee Skaife to produce this piece on Dawn Microfinance’s efforts to promote financial inclusion for women who own small businesses.  Accion is a global..

France’s Px3 has announced the winners of it’s 2017 contest and John has won Silver in the Annual Report category.  The award was taken by photography produced in India on assignment for Accion, a Boston based NGO that promotes financial inclusion worldwide. View the gallery here.

The ICA has announced the winners of it’s 10th annual Photo Contest and John Rae has won 2nd place in the Portrait Category. In addition John has been awarded an Honorable Mention also in the Portrait Category. The winning photograph was made in Lagos, Nigeria on assignment for Accion, a Boston based NGO that promotes..

The Guardian has picked up a photo story on Mobile TB clinics in Yangon, Myanmar produced by John on assignment for UNOPS.  Tuberculosis is the leading cause of death for people aged 15-49 in Myanmar.  The cost of reaching a hospital for diagnosis and treatment is prohibitive for many in Yangon. This program brings the..

Px3 has announced the winners of it’s 10th annual Photo Contest and John has won Gold, Silver, and Bronze in the Annual Report category. The PX3 contest is one of the largest and most prestigious contests in Europe with tens of thousands entries from 90 countries. The Gold Medal winning series of photographs were produced..