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Rene` Edde is a freelance photojournalist, aspiring writer, and is currently nearing graduation from Columbia College in Chicago, IL, US with a dual degree in photography and journalism.

Initially drawn to photography as a commercial and artistic pursuit, Rene` began her photographic education at The Art Institute of Atlanta, GA, US in 1999. Currently she is seeking to create a stronger body of documentary work as a way to explore and promote social change. She has a strong interest in human rights and awareness of society, and in exploring the potentially effective role that the media is responsible for within communities.

“The guy who takes a chance, who walks the line between the known and the unknown, who is unafraid of failure, will succeed.” – Gordon Parks, photojournalist, (1912-2006)