Jean-Paul Mari
National Geographic Photographer | Storytelling & Visual Experiences
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Jean-Paul Mari is an acclaimed National Geographic photographer whose visceral images have captured the world's most compelling stories. With over two decades of experience documenting conflict zones, endangered cultures, and natural wonders, Mari's work has been published in leading magazines and earned prestigious awards. His talks take audiences behind the lens, revealing how powerful visual narratives can inspire empathy, drive action, and shape our understanding of the world.
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The chilling aftershock of a brush with death
In April 2003, just as American troops began rolling into Baghdad, a shell smashed into the building author and war correspondent Jean-Paul Mari was reporting from. There he had a face-to-face encounter with death, beginning his acquaintance with a phantom that has haunted those who have risked their lives on battlefields since ancient times. "What is this thing that can kill you without leaving any visible scars?" Mari asks. We know it as post-traumatic stress disorder -- or, as Mari describes it, an experience with the void of death. In this probing talk, he searches for answers to questions about mortality and psychosis and in the aftermath of horror and trauma.
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