CCT Student, Amanda Andrei, Showcases Her Talents Through Her Typhoon Haiyan Photo Essay

Amanda Andrei is a second-year graduate student in the CCT program, with a background in anthropology, theater, and journalism. As a mixed-race Filipina American, she is interested in the Philippines and active in the Fil-Am community. Her interest in disaster studies began when Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) struck in 2013, while she was studying mixed-language social media in the Philippines. She visited Tacloban, Leyte (one of the hardest-hit areas by Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda) as a solo traveler to gain a better understanding of the situation on the ground. She plans to conduct a participatory design workshop for Filipino Americans to also gain a greater understanding of the typhoon, and these photographs will be integrated into the workshop as part of other multimedia communication and artistic techniques. 

For her project, she used a Gelardin camera plus a Lynda.com tutorial.

View her project at the Gelardin Showcase.