Change How You See, See How You Change: Meet New Exclusive Speaker Rick Guidotti
12 Oct 2023
Award-winning photographer Rick Guidotti has spent the past 25 years collaborating internationally with corporations, nonprofit organizations, hospitals, schools and communities to affect a sea of change in societal attitudes toward individuals living with genetic, physical, behavioral or intellectual differences.
In his fascinating talks, he draws from his incredible photography career as he explores cultural perceptions of beauty and the narrow parameters of the beauty standard. Helping audiences to understand the importance of self-acceptance and self-esteem as necessary ingredients for self-advocacy, Rick facilitates experiential opportunities for listeners to see beyond differences to the beauty and richness of our shared humanity through photography and film.
Rick customizes his content for specific audiences, including:
- Healthcare: Through the use of photography and film, gain a broader, more humanized understanding of medical conditions and critical topics—allowing us to see beyond diseases.
- Business/Nonprofits: Learn to value the need for everyone in the community to be seen, to be heard and to belong—celebrating the beauty of human diversity and to look at our assumptions and biases around disabilities.
- Educators, Students, Parents: An interactive exhibit promoting a more inclusive world through photography and film--allowing everyone to learn the importance of self-acceptance and to celebrate who they are and not fit someone else’s idea of beauty. This program is especially relevant in today’s unforgiving social media world.