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About Sarah

 

 

Multimedia storyteller Sarah Fretwell looks deeper into the intersection of the environment, people, and business with one question: “What if the new bottom line was love?

Her award-winning work explores the lives of everyday people with extraordinary stories and creates the human connection that engages people on a personal level. Her work offers individuals a voice for justice, insight for solutions, and the human connection needed for international engagement. Some of her notable work and clients include the United Nations, USAID, The Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation, and Tara Expeditions Foundation.

She loves collaboration, working as a team, creating compelling stories, and living outside of the box. Some of her favorite past times include sipping on farmers market green juice, spiking her espresso with superfoods, surfing in Papua New Guinea, hitchhiking through remote jungles of Indonesia, biking Gibraltar peak in Santa Barbara, visiting with Syrian Refugee families in Southern Turkey, and road tripping through Banff Canada.

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Current Location & Upcoming Travel

Uganda - April 5 - 20th

California - April 20 - 24th

French Polynesia/Tuamotus - April 25 - May 26th

Uganda - October 2023

 

 

Clients

World Bank Group, United Nations, USAID, USAID Indonesia, Tara Expeditions Foundation, The Royal Academy of Engineering, The Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation, BioCarbon Fund Initiative for Sustainable Forest Landscapes, Vitamin Angels, Beads of Esiteti, International Peace Initiatives, Parker Clay (virtual reality).

 

Publications

American Photo Magazine, Photo District News, Digital Photo Pro Magazine, LA Times Magazine, Sports Illustrated/ CNN online, Outside Magazine, Parker Clay, California Polytechnic Institute, Community Environmental Council, The Surfrider Foundation, Citrix Online, State Street Ballet, United Way, The Fund For Santa Barbara.

 

TEDx

Sarah's TEDx Talk – Unreasonable Activism In Democratic Republic of Congo

     

The Road to Ted Interview Podcast

Highlights

 

2019

World Bank Group / BioCarbon Fund Initiative for Sustainable Forest Landscapes  - video/photography

Permaculture Magazine - "Permagarden Refugees - Reversing Malnutrition in Refugee Camps"

 

2018

African Women Rising - video/photography/design  

 

Vitamin Angels - photography

FitWild Correspondent

 

2017

Tara Expeditions - Tara Pacific - onboard correspondent

 

USAID Indonesia / Indonesian Clean Energy Development Program - video/photography/design              

FitWild Correspondent

2016

National Geographic Fulbright Digital Storytelling Fellowship - Semi-Finalist

 

Amala Foundation 

 

International Peace Initiatives - Queen Hilda

 

Beads of Esiteti

Parker Clay - Virtual Reality 

Syrian Refugees in Southern Turkey

Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation

Tara Expeditions - Tara Pacific

 

2015  

The Truth Told Project Soho Gallery Taipei Solo Exhibition

 

2014

United Nations - photographer

 

USAID Clean Energy - video/photography/design              

 

 

2013

TEDx Skid Row – Unreasonable Activism In Democratic Republic of Congo

 

Featured by Photo District News - PDN is the largest magazine in photo industry worldwide "Facing a History of Violence"

     

Bren School of Environmental Science and Management - University of California Santa Barbara featured speaker

     

Invisible Children Blog features The Truth Told Project  

 

My Modern Met features The Truth Told Project

 

TrendHunter.com – Literary War Zone Portraits online feature

     

Victims of War in the Congo Under The Camera Lens  

   

Combat Survivor Portraits TrendHunter.com

 

TOMS shoes hosts – The Truth Told Project – TOMS headquarters in Los Angeles

 

Featured by Michigan State University Writing Rhetoric and American Cultures 

 

Palm Springs Photo Festival (PSPF) – Sarah Fretwell / The Truth Told Project featured afternoon lecturer.  PSPF is a premier event in photo world of magazine editors, art curators, and journalists.

 

The Truth Told Project partners with STAND (Student – Led Movement to End Mass Atrocities) for a national speaking tour and exhibits in

 

2013 – 2014

The Truth Told Project is featured on their website as a part of  their student action campaign - STAND

 

The Road to Ted Interview Podcast

 

USC - the University of Southern California featured speaker

2012

SXSW Featured presenter

 

American Photo Feature Story - Portraits Document The Effects of Sexual Violence In The Congo

     

Contemporary Arts Forum Santa Barbara - The Truth Told Project Installation

   

UCSB - University of California Santa Barbara featured speaker

 

Human Rights Watch Exhibition - Los Angeles

Jewish World Watch Exhibition - Los Angeles

Sarah during her embed with the military police during their training at 29 Palms.

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