AICE Projects

THE WORLD WE WALKED

The World We Walked: Lenses of a Gap Year is a curated photography exhibition and Fundraiser that highlights the powerful and personal journeys of Baret Scholars throughout the 7 world regions visited during its inaugural year. Designed as both a celebration and a storytelling tool, The World We Walked has held Shenzhen and Beijing as their host cities. The initiative also aims to spark engagement with prospective students and raise funds through art sales for a small merit-based scholarship supporting an artist scholar for the future cohort of Baret Scholars. 

Simbius Foundation

Designed towards emerging photojournalists in Latin America, the Simbius Foundation has as its purpose to capacitate the artistic youth of the region. We believe in the power of photography beyond as its image. The story and reality an image can portray of a community and its environment. By offering resources, strong network and guidance we hope to help mainstream local stories captured acrosss Latin America.

Through seasonal photo contest, mentorship programs, photo banks, gallery shows, and sponsorship opportunities we hope to help launch photographers and stories into the global scene.

Simbius Documentary

After the premature death of her father, environmental photographer Rodrigo Baleia, young Alice decides to carry out his Simbius project, which investigates cases of mutualism between species, highlighting the interactions between the forest and native peoples of the Amazon, where cooperation outshines competition.

In each episode, they look for examples of good coexistence, which demonstrate a more altruistic way of life. A relationship that Alice had with her father, but she still needs to develop as her legacy.