Benjamin Von Wong - Unforgettable Social Impact - a podcast by CreativeLive

Benjamin Von Wong's work lies at the intersection of fantasy and photography and combines everyday objects with shocking statistics. It has attracted the attention of corporations, like Starbucks, Dell, and Nike and has generated over 100 million views for causes like ocean plastics, electronic waste, and fashion pollution. Von Wong was recently named one of Adweek's 11 content branded masterminds. He is a motivational speaker and educator whose mission is to help make positive impact unforgettable.

In this episode Von Wong explores what the term Artivist means to him and why since 2016 he’s only done social impact work, including the projects Strawpocalypse, Plastikophobia, and Tallest Closet. He explains why he wouldn’t be where he is today if he didn’t openly share his process via behind the scenes videos to a global audience, many of whom now volunteer to help with his big ideas such as gathering 168k straws off the streets. We talk about leaving a career as a hard rock mining engineer, why he resonates so much with unicorns, and the need for creatives to always readapt as the world evolves around us. 

This is We Are Photographers with Benjamin Von Wong and this is his story.

Connect with Von Wong at vonwong.com and unforgettablelabs.com, IG @vonwong, TW @thevonwong, YT @thevonwong    

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