Religion Through A Different Lens | Lauren Pond | TEDxOhioStateUniversity

Religion, like photography, can be considered a way of framing things: a framework for creating meaning, or even, some suggest, a Western concept created to help classify and study cultures around the world. Lauren Pond explores how photography, while it carries risks of reinforcing preconceptions about religion, can also do the opposite: how it can add nuance to our understanding and foster connection with, and empathize for, people whose religious backgrounds differ from our own. Lauren Pond is a documentary photographer whose work focuses on religion in the United States. She uses her camera to share the nuanced stories of communities across the country and to illustrate how religion intersects with everyday human experience. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx