Selected video work

Visual Storyteller

Documentary and motion work from Branden’s published portfolio, with project roles and recognition stated as credited.

Award-winning documentary

2022 Southeast Emmy · Historical Long Form.

2D and 3D Motion Graphics, Modeling, and Animation

2022 Telly Award winner.

Newsroom experience

Freelance work for AP, The Washington Post, CNN, and more.

Feature documentary · Official trailer

That Georgia Rhythm | Official Trailer

Branden Camp led the effort on years of research, archival retrieval, and archival digitization that shaped this documentary about producer and engineer Rodney Mills and Atlanta’s Studio One. The film draws on more than 50 interviews. Branden orchestrated the interviews, managed a team that included 3D artists and a music producer, and handled budget planning.

Credited roles: director, editor, producer, motion graphics, 3D modeling and animation.

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Historical documentary · GSUTV

Last Letters

Jan Hester Stephens searches for answers about her father, lost with Tiger Flight 739, and the effort to recognize the servicemembers missing from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

Credited roles: directed, produced, and edited. 2022 Southeast Emmy Award · Historical Long Form.

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3D animation · Visual explanation

3D Modeling and Animation Samples

Branden’s 3D work transforms complex ideas into clear, compelling visuals, from satellite systems to the Earth from orbit.

Created using 3D and 2D software · 59 seconds

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3D visualization of satellite dishes in a forested landscape
Satellite systems · 3D environment
3D satellite orbiting above the illuminated Earth at night
Satellite in orbit · 3D animation
3D satellite above North America at night
Earth observation · 3D visualization
Shepherd Center patients celebrating at the Enchanted Garden prom in Atlanta

Photo essay · Atlanta Journal-Constitution

A photo essay from Enchanted Garden, a prom for Shepherd Center patients. The work was nominated for a 2023 Atlanta Press Club Award of Excellence, alongside AJC photojournalist Arvin Temkar.

Family surveys the damage to their home after a tornado in Adel, Georgia

Photojournalism · Associated Press

A family returns to a home damaged by a tornado in Adel, Georgia. This AP image is part of Branden Camp’s documentary approach to reporting, with attention to context, place, and lived experience. The news coverage had placement on front pages of The Washington Post, The New York Times, USA Today, and more.

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A family prays inside Historic Ebenezer First Baptist Church in Atlanta on King Day

Photojournalism · Associated Press

Coverage of MLK Day in Atlanta for the Associated Press, documenting the day’s observances at Historic Ebenezer First Baptist Church, where Martin Luther King Jr. preached.

Experience & approach

A journalist’s eye. A filmmaker’s toolkit.

Branden Camp is a freelance photojournalist and videographer in the Washington, D.C. area. His photographs have appeared in The New York Times, The Boston Globe, The Washington Post, NBC News, CBS News, The Guardian, and TIME. He has freelanced for the Associated Press, CNN, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and European Pressphoto Agency.

That newsroom background brings a strong instinct for context, accuracy, and the detail that makes a story human.

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Documentary producing & editing

Directed, produced, and edited award-winning documentary work, from deep research and interviews to a finished film.

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Motion graphics & 3D

A 2022 Telly Award-winning motion graphics practice, alongside 3D modeling and animation for visual storytelling.

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Editorial reporting instincts

Freelance work for The Associated Press, The Washington Post, CNN, and other news organizations informs careful framing and accuracy.

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Human-centered interviews

Long-form conversations that give subject-matter experts room to explain the story in their own words.

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