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Photographer Joel Pickford Documents Hmong Refugees in 'Soul Calling'

Heyday Books

Local photographer Joel Pickford's new book "Soul Calling: A Photographic Journey Through The Hmong Diaspora" is an intimate look into the world of the Hmong people.

The 256 page hardcover photo collection is the result of a five-year project that took Pickford around the world to document the saga of several thousand new Hmong refugees as they arrived in California from refugee camps in Thailand. Published by Heyday, the book is an intimate look into the world of the Hmong.

Credit Joel Pickford - http://joelpickford.com
Soul Calling: A Photographic Journey In The Hmong Diaspora

In this interview from Valley Public Radio's Valley Edition, Pickford tells host Juanita Stevenson about the process and inspiration behind this project, and about an upcoming exhibit of his work at the Fresno Art Museum, which opens on Friday, September 28, 2012 from 4:00-7:00 p.m.  

See a preview gallery of Pickford's work online...

Juanita Stevenson has lived and worked in Fresno for the past 24 years. She is perhaps best known to Valley residents as a longtime reporter and news anchor with local television station ABC30, and has also worked at stations KJWL, KYNO and ValleyPBS. She is the recipient of the 2001 Associated Press Award for Best Reporting, and the 1997 Radio & Television News Directors Association Regional Edward R. Murrow award for Best Reporting.
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