Unstoppable Purpose Found Through Photography with Mobeen Ansari

Описание: What happens when your voice is built through visuals, not volume? In this Unstoppable Mindset episode, I talk with photographer and storyteller Mobeen Ansari about growing up with hearing loss, learning speech with support from his family and the John Tracy Center, and using technology to stay connected in real time.

We also explore how his art became a bridge across culture and faith, from documenting religious minorities in Pakistan to chronicling everyday heroes, and why he feels urgency to photograph climate change before more communities, heritage sites, and ways of life are lost.

You’ll hear how purpose grows when you share your story in a way that helps others feel less alone, and why Mobeen believes one story can become a blueprint for someone else to navigate their own challenge.

Highlights:

00:03:54 - Learn how early family support can shape confidence, communication, and independence for life.
00:08:31 - Discover how deciding when to capture a moment can define your values as a storyteller.
00:15:14 - Learn practical ways to stay fully present in conversations when hearing is a daily challenge.
00:23:24 - See how unexpected role models can redefine what living fully looks like at any stage of life.
00:39:15 - Understand how visual storytelling can cross cultural and faith boundaries without words.
00:46:38 - Learn why documenting climate change now matters before stories, places, and communities disappear.

About the Guest:

Mobeen Ansari is a photographer, filmmaker, and artist from Islamabad, Pakistan, whose work is shaped by both fine arts training and lived experience. Diagnosed with hearing loss as an infant due to meningitis, he learned to observe the world visually, a perspective that led him to photography and lifelong advocacy for people with hearing loss. What began in high school as photographing friends and everyday life evolved into a calling to become a pictorial historian.

His work centers on Pakistan and its people, using photojournalism and film to share human interest stories around culture, faith, climate change, global health, and migration. Mobeen has published three photography books, Dharkan: The Heartbeat of a Nation, White in the Flag, and Miraas, and has created two silent films highlighting overlooked lives. His work has been exhibited internationally, displayed in locations like Times Square, and recognized with the Swedish Red Cross Journalism Prize.

Ways to connect with Mobeen:

www.mobeenansari.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/mobeenart
Linkedin:   / mobeenansari  
Instagram: @mobeenansariphoto
X: @Mobeen_Ansari


About the Host:

Michael Hingson is a New York Times best-selling author, international lecturer, and Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe. Michael, blind since birth, survived the 9/11 attacks with the help of his guide dog Roselle. This story is the subject of his best-selling book, Thunder Dog.

Michael gives over 100 presentations around the world each year speaking to influential groups such as Exxon Mobile, AT&T, Federal Express, Scripps College, Rutgers University, Children’s Hospital, and the American Red Cross just to name a few. He is Ambassador for the National Braille Literacy Campaign for the National Federation of the Blind and also serves as Ambassador for the American Humane Association’s 2012 Hero Dog Awards.

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