Scope it Out | by Scopio

One June 22, 2022, the GW community heard from alumna Christina Hawatmeh as she discussed her new book, The Year Time Stopped: The Global Pandemic in Photos.

Learn about the journey to create the book and get some tips on how to navigate an idea through college to make it your business.

See the original video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WE71qnavqig

Support the book on Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/Year-Time-Stopped-Global-Pandemic/dp/0063159511

See an article about The Year Time Stopped and Christina's journey here on GW Today: https://gwtoday.gwu.edu/alumna%E2%80%99s-startup-digital-photography-platform-opens-global-access

Snippet By Nick Erickson July 2022

In 2010, Facebook was just four years old and—while it had 700 million users worldwide—nowhere near the behemoth it is today as there are nearly 3 billion accounts across the globe. Back then, teenagers flooded the relatively new platform with continued conversation from the school cafeteria or an angsty song lyric that represented their moods.

Therefore, it was rather ambitious for Christina Hawatmeh, B.A. ’10, to write a thesis suggesting Facebook—and social media in general—could soon have significant global impact. Especially since she was an undergraduate at George Washington University taking a graduate level course pertaining to Islamic social movements.

It turned out she was ahead of the curve.

After graduating from GW in international affairs and Middle East studies while concentrating in international development, Hawathmeh’s startup company, Scop.io, has used social media to become the first photography non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace and first founded by women.  Launched nine years ago, Scop.io—short for Scope it Out— has made a platform where up to 15,000 images are submitted daily and more than a million to date uploaded.

With more than 14,000 users in 190 countries who come to Scop.io every day to upload their work and get hired on their various creative skills. More than 25,000 businesses from the large corporations to the local mom and pop store, to the radio and tv stations download images from Scop.io and hire these artists for various projects including photography, and expanding into all visual creative work in 3D, illustration, NFT creation and more...

Nour Chamoun captures a very familiar scene during the BLM protests, and that is policemen forming a barricade and standing against protesters and their will of change.

This story is from The Year Time Stopped. Read and relate to moving stories shared by the lenses of amazing artists from 2020 by pre-ordering here:

https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-year-time-stopped-christina-hawatmehnour-chamoun?variant=39396523442210&utm_source=aps&utm_medium=hc&utm_campaign=aps

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Curated by the founders of Scopio, a community-based image marketplace, a stunning and unforgettable visual history that captures the world’s response to major events that defined 2020: the COVID pandemic and the sweeping movements for racial and social justice. Listen to more stories from this historical book.

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Listen to our podcast for more inspirational stories from the book and from our community:

https://open.spotify.com/show/2McXu7N...

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Photographer Nour Chamoun talks about the greatness of the people standing side by side, walking all together and raising their voice against the same cause, for humanity.

This story is from The Year Time Stopped. Read and relate to moving stories shared by the lenses of amazing artists from 2020 by pre-ordering here:

https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-year-time-stopped-christina-hawatmehnour-chamoun?variant=39396523442210&utm_source=aps&utm_medium=hc&utm_campaign=aps

More information:

Curated by the founders of Scopio, a community-based image marketplace, a stunning and unforgettable visual history that captures the world’s response to major events that defined 2020: the COVID pandemic and the sweeping movements for racial and social justice. Listen to more stories from this historical book.

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Share your images and offer your perspective to the world contributor.scop.io

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Subscribe to our channel and discover more stories:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyRj...

Listen to our podcast for more inspirational stories from the book and from our community:

https://open.spotify.com/show/2McXu7N...

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Follow us on

Instagram: @scopioimages

Tiktok: @scopioimages

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Scopioimages

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Scopioimages

Originally published here

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-blame-gang-interviews-scopio-founder-ceo/id1591678276?i=1000567309942

In this episode, Christina Hawatmeh jumps on with the Blame Gang to talk about Scopio, her new book release, and of course, NFT's.

Christina started the first ever female founded NFT marketplace, which now has over 25,000 businesses using it.

In the episode she breaks down how she started Scopio, jumping into the NFT space, and all the work that has gone into her newest book, The Year Time Stopped.

You do NOT want to miss this.

Also, Christina has offered a giveaway in the podcast so make sure you listen to the whole episode!

Enjoy!

Connect with Kyle and Jesse:

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Christina Hawatmeh (guest)-

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