Keith Lane is a multimedia storyteller and producer whose work explores the human dimensions of environmental and political upheaval.
After earning a graduate certificate in documentary photography from The Salt Institute for Documentary Studies in Portland, Maine, Keith began documenting the long-term impacts of war, environmental degradation, and natural disasters. His work has taken him from post-earthquake Haiti to the mine-laden fields of Cambodia, and to the streets of Cairo, where he covered daily life and political unrest from the 2012 Egyptian presidential elections through the ousting of President Morsi in 2013. While in Egypt, he also taught visual journalism at the American University in Cairo. In 2015, he co-produced a multimedia investigation following the lives of three Kurdish farmers living near the frontlines of the war with ISIS.
His animated short documentaries — Earthling and Dispatches from the Vietnam War: Beer, Bunkers and Typewriters — have earned recognition at national and international film festivals.
Keith holds a B.A. in Environmental Studies and an M.S. in Environmental Education, with a focus on the intersections of environment and human ecology — a perspective that continues to shape his documentary work.