About Us
The Raw Society was founded in 2016 as a way for us to share our love for travel and photography with other like-minded individuals from all over the world. The organization started out by exclusively offering on-location photography workshops in countries such as Nepal, Morocco, Cuba, and more. Since then, we have organically grown and evolved into something much richer and more beautiful: A community united by our passion for photography.
As photographers and educators, it is our wholehearted belief that the photographic image can be a powerful tool for inward and outward change, within reach of anyone and everyone willing to learn the language. Through our workshops (on and offline), weekend conferences, projects, fundraisers and our membership program we aim, together with our growing community, to be participants of this change, one photograph at a time.
What sets The Raw Society apart is not so much what we do, but how we do it: differently. When it comes to membership and our community, anyone who is passionate about the type of photography that we work with (street, documentary and travel photography), can become a part of it, regardless of whether they bought their camera the week before or are already professionals in the field.
The same goes for our workshops. By being small and intimate (and having two mentors in every workshop), we are able to cater to our workshop participants individually and promote a safe and warm learning environment in which all photographers can thrive.
In addition to this, we're in it for the long run, so, as we get to know the people in our community, we get better at guiding them through their photographic journeys, in all the different forms the they might take on. From simply sharing project ideas or critiquing their work, to creating a photo book or pitching a story to a magazine, to navigating the business of photography or preparing an exhibition -- our community is there for each other and we are able to provide guidance and support to members and also provide one-off mentorship for anyone interested.
Aside from our on-location workshops, The Raw Society organizes community-building events, hosts live online workshops, provides a blog with insights, inspiration and learning tools, produces projects to promote photography, like The Raw Society Magazine, along with any other unique ideas that we or our members come up with.
Christelle Enquist
Co-founder & PresidentChristelle Enquist is a photographer and co-founder of The Raw Society. She speaks four languages and was raised in Singapore, and her curiosity of other cultures and passion for travel started at an early age, instigated by her mother and father. A 6-month solo travel at 33 awoke her passion for photography. She would soon go on to found The Raw Society along with Jorge Delgado-Urena in 2016.
Her work has been exhibited in Australia, USA, Belgium and Nepal and is featured in the "Woman Street Photographers" book published by Penguin Random House in March 2021.
With a background in business and marketing, and over 10 years of experience in advertising, she leads the organization's marketing, logistics, and finance operations.
Jorge Delgado-Ureña
Co-founder & Director of PhotographyJorge Delgado-Ureña is a photographer and the co-founder of The Raw Society. Originally a commercial and fashion photographer, an assignment in Nepal opened up a whole new world of photography to him and sparked the inspiration to found The Raw Society. As lead mentor of The Raw Society, Deglado-Ureña's experience as an educator has been key to the successful planning and execution of over 50 workshops since 2016.
In 2020, he was commissioned by National Geographic of Spain to document the COVID-19 pandemic. As part of this assignment, Delgado-Urena photographed the decontamination work of the Spanish military in Spain. Deglado-Ureña’s photography has been published in numerous national and international magazines including National Geographic, La Vanguardia, Público and Fisheye Magazine and his work has been exhibited in Spain, Germany, the United Kingdom, and Nepal. In 2019, Delgado-Urena won the National Geographic Travel Photo People’s Choice Award.
Mei Seva
Editorial & Communications ManagerMei Seva is a photographer, visual artist and the Editorial and Communications Manager of The Raw Society. She brings over 8 years of experience working with non-profits and in the creative field, and is committed to supporting photographers through their work and continuing to build community through various initiatives. Mei is also the Deputy Editor of the Raw Society Magazine and the Raw Society Substack.
In her artistic practice, she works primarily with photography, film, and archival materials on long-term projects that visualize political histories through personal narratives, with particular attention to her homeland of Albania.
She graduated from Hampshire College with a B.A. in Peace/Conflict Studies and Art, and is currently an M.F.A. candidate in Visual Arts at Columbia University.
She was a 2025 Fellow in the NYFA Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program and a Lucie Foundation Finalist in Photojournalism/Documentary.
Micah Green
Photographer & U.S. MentorBorn in Texas and living much of his childhood in Laurel, Mississippi, Micah Green graduated from Mississippi State University in Starkville, Miss.
He began taking photographs while working at The Commercial Dispatch. He has since worked with many local newspapers around the South, while also freelancing for clients like The New York Times, Bloomberg, and Reuters.
Green recently was published in the 39th edition of the American Photography Annual, he's had exhibitions of his work in South Carolina and Mississippi and was featured in The Raw Society Magazine Issue One & Two with his stories: On The American South: Perspectives from a Perpetual Optimist and American Journalism & Local News.
Kayla Green
Writer & U.S. MentorKayla Green, writer and copy editor-in-chief for The Raw Society Magazine, has worked in the trenches of local journalism since 2009. After earning her bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Florida, she worked her way up from reporter to her current role as executive editor for a group of newspapers.
She is part of a three-person leadership team that turns failing family-owned newspapers into profitable business models through advertising and newsroom makeovers, transforming traditionally print-only outlets into full-fledged multimedia companies. She currently serves in that role for two properties, The Sumter Item in Sumter, South Carolina, and Gulf Coast Media, in Baldwin County, Alabama, that publish a total of five newspapers.
She has been awarded on the state and national level for her writing and newsroom leadership, including Editor & Publisher's 25 Under 35 Next Gen of News Professionals and reporting on topics ranging from art and entertainment to heroin addiction and child trafficking.
The Raw Society’s community is made up of Ambassadors, Members, and Pro Members, all committed to photography and willing to support and uplift each other, bring new ideas to the table and participate in our projects and events.
Rory Doyle
The Raw Society AmbassadorRory is a freelance editorial and commercial photographer based in Cleveland, Mississippi.
Known for his personal project on American cowboys and cowgirls in the Mississippi Delta that received a 2018 Visual Artist Fellowship from the Mississippi Arts commission and has won many prizes, Rory’s editorial work is regularly published in The New York Times, The Guardian, Men’s Journal and Wall Street Journal to name a few.
Gustavo Minas
The Raw Society AmbassadorGustavo Minas was born in Cássia (MG, Brazil). He currently works as a journalist and freelance photographer in Brasilia.
Since 2009, he has photographed the daily life of the cities where he lives. In 2017, his ‘Bus Station’ series won the POY LATAM award in the category "The Future of the Cities”. In 2019, he launched his first book, "Maximum Shadow, Minimal Light (Edition Lammerhuber).
Carlos Antonorsi
The Raw Society AmbassadorStreet photographer Carlos Antonorsi was born in Caracas, Venezuela and currently lives in Miami, USA.
The strong sense of aesthetics in his images, in which light, shadow and colour merge, is the result of his beginnings in Miami: a city that has strongly influenced him.
Finalist of numerous festivales, Carlos was also recently invited to give a conference in Miami about his ongoing project, “Chasing the light”.
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