September 2014
This year has given me the opportunity to travel in both new and familiar places. I returned to Iran, leading a delegation of international CEOs through YPO-WPO. A series of articles discussing entrepreneurship and a more nuanced perspective on the country, including one published in the Washington Post, came out of the trip. I recently walked the 96-mile West Highland Way in Scotland on the eve of their vote on independence/devolution (dependent on your perspective) and published a photo essay in the Huffington Post through the lens of kNOw THEM. I trekked in the Kingdom of Mustang in Nepal, where Tibetan Buddhism thrives, unlike in today's Tibet under China. New and updated galleries posted on dicksimon.com include Iran, Mustang-Nepal, and Sri Lanka and even more images have been uploaded to Flickr. I hope to have images from my recent travels to Argentina, Canada, Sweden and Uruguay posted soon.

 

 

I have been busy spreading the message of kNOw THEM through keynotes, public presentations and exhibitions. I shared my work at Public Conversations; Houston Club as a part of Fotofest; Sustained Dialogue Campus Network's inaugural PULSE Institute; Tufts University; Family Office Association; Amherst, Bedford, Framingham and Newton Libraries; as well as various YPO groups.  kNOw THEM also continues to flourish on social media; stay connected on Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr.

 

Beginning this fall kNOw THEM is sponsoring the Tufts University Institute for Global Leadership Program on Narrative and Documentary Practices' kNOw THEM Speaker Series, bringing top journalists and photographers to campus to broaden students' perspectives on the complexities in geopolitical affairs. I will be participating in RiseUp Cairo, photographing the Pushkar Camel Fair in India, meeting with social enterprises and entrepreneurs in Kolkata and Bangladesh and learning more about Buddhist culture in Bhutan. Any introductions or suggestions related to these projects would be appreciated.

Presentations and exhibitions this fall include:



kNOw THEM 
Presentation
: September 23, 10:30am
Middlesex College
Bedford, MA

Iran: Beyond the Headlines

Presentation: October 6, 7-8:30pm
Newton Free Library, Druker Auditorium
Newton, MA

kNOw THEM
Presentation: October 13, 2014
RiseUp Cairo
Cairo, Egypt

3rd Annual Juried International Exhibition of Contemporary Islamic Art
Exhibition: Oct 25-Nov 29, 2014
LuminArte Gallery
Dallas, Texas 

kNOw THEM
Solo Exhibition: December 2014

Presentation: December 2, 7-8:30
Cary Memorial Library
Lexington, MA



    
Would love to hear what you are up to as well as your thoughts, comments, and suggestions. Please pass this along to others who may be interested.  Hope all is well! 

Dick

Dick Simon | [email protected] | 219 Lake Avenue
Newton, MA 02461 USA