Andrea Dunlap
co-director

Andrea is a photographer and filmmaker whose work has appeared in KnitKnit and Wild Fibers magazines, and has been exhibited at the Museum of Anthropology at the University of Arizona, the Greene Street Salon and at the Art Fiend Foundation. Prior to working on the Seedling Project she was the Director of Design and Production for Umbrage Editions, a photojournalism book publisher. At Umbrage she acquired, designed and produced the 2005 PDN Photo Annual recognized book Journal: A Mother and Daughter's Recovery from Breast Cancer by photographer Annabel Clark with text by Lynn Redgrave and Dr. Barron Lerner. In addition she designed and produced Histories Are Mirrors with photographs by New York Times photographer Tyler Hicks and text by John F. Burns and Ian Fischer; and the 2006 PDN Photo Annual recognized book Born Into Brothels by the children of Calcutta and Zana Briski. Prior to working at Umbrage she graduated with Honors from Parsons School of Design with her BFA in photography. She was raised on a small organic farm in Sonoma County, California.

contact: andrea@seedlingproject.org

 

Hannah Heinrich
co-director

Hannah was born and raised in Nyack, New York, which has both rural and urban characteristics and is only a stone's throw away from New York City. Much of her perspective was formed during travels throughout the state of NY while observing different walks of life from suburbanites to rural dwellers. Her art envelops a blend of those observations and a sensibility of all the in between. It also draws many conclusions about travel, conservation and leaving the smallest possible footprint on this Earth.

Hannah graduated from Parsons School of Design in 2004 with a BFA in Photography. She has since worked on a variety of freelance film projects as well as served as the assistant to Director Jonathan Demme.

contact: hannah@seedlingproject.org

 

Joshua Guy Blanchard Lewis
translator

Joshua is a freelance translator and journalist who encountered The Seedling Project while volunteering for The Cusichaca Trust on his gap year. The work of the project appealed to his sense of adventure, so he decided to lend a hand where he could best—through his knowledge of Spanish. Before his journey to Peru, Joshua travelled extensively across four continents, and spent his formative years in the Catalan region of Spain. His wide range of interests include literature, ancient history and languages, all of which can be found in the degree in classics which he will be taking up in September at Cambridge University. He also enjoys creative writing (and has had his work published in the collections Express Yourself , and Open Other End ), tai chi and eating biscuits.

contact: joshua@seedlingproject.org

 

Meara O'Reilly
music

Meara studied experimental music and psychoacoustics at Hampshire College and is a member of the band Feathers. She is currently working on her solo album and lives on a dairy farm in Vermont.

 

Amy Deneson
press

Amy hustles public relations and development campaigns for indie photobook publishers in NYC and around the world while also representing artists in fashion, fine art, documentary and mixed media. Amy’s attraction to public relations is attributed to the spirit of star clusters in that stars gravitate toward others that emit the energy of life, belief, and enablement so that together they thrive—usually for a lifetime—creating new constellations.

contact: amy@adpnyc.com

 

Jonathan Samuel Kaufman Scher
science guy/ cameraman

Jon was born in Los Angeles, California and grew up in Nyack, New York. He received a BA of Biology from Brandeis University. Prior to his time in college and over the breaks, Jonathan traveled, volunteered, and worked throughout the world. He built trails in Vermont, learned masonry in the south of France, was an Outward Bound Logistics Coordinator in Colorado and completed the Outward Bound Alaska Summer Leadership Semester. Currently living in Congers, New York, he drives a commercial van part time and enjoys vaccinations against third world infections and road cycling in his spare time.