ABOUT:
Elodie Mailliet Storm is CEO of CatchLight, a leading media organization leveraging the power of images to inform, connect and transform communities. She is a recognized creative and business leader in the visual storytelling space. She was named one of the top 100 people in Photography by American Photo. In 2016, Elodie was also named a JSK fellow in media innovation at Stanford.
During her 11 years at Getty Images, she oversaw and helped build Getty Images’ content offering. Most recently, she was Getty Images’ Senior Director of Strategic Development based in the Bay Area, focusing on Getty Images’ relationships with platforms such as Google, Instagram and Pinterest. Previously, she managed content partnerships with over 300 large media companies globally such as Vice, Conde Nast, National Geographic, amongst others. Elodie co-founded Getty Images' high-end portraiture and fashion division, Contour, which she led until 2014, representing the work of over 100 high-end portrait and fashion photographers. Learn more at catchlight.io.
SESSION: Keynote
Thursday, October 26
Visual Journeys
Iconic images tell the story of a moment, but more importantly, they make an abstract issue immediate and concrete. When it comes to complex social issues, statistics explain a problem but images allow us to feel. They do more than raise awareness--they spark action from individuals and policymakers because they reach us in a way we cannot forget. Elodie Mailliet Storm, CEO of CatchLight, a leading media organization leveraging the power of images to inform, connect and transform communities, will share how visual storytelling establishes common ground for our society and democracy as images allow us to share in the emotions, stories and values that bind us. With them, history becomes easier to access; we are more engaged.
Elodie Mailliet Storm