S2: Henry Le of Imagtor in Vietnam #65

Henry Le  of Imagtor in Hanoi, Vietnam Romy interviews Henry Le, co-founder of Imagtor, a professional photo editing service in Vietnam that is employing people with disabilities.  At the end of the episode, listen for another great new song by Detroit artist, Grace Elizabeth Lee! Imagtor Staff in Vietnam Henry Le of Imagtor   Read Full Transcript FULL TRANSCRIPT Introduction Romy: Welcome and thanks for tuning in. This is Romy, and I will be your host for another great episode here at Bonfires. You will meet the courageous Henry Le and hear about Imagtor in Vietnam. And, of course, we have a talented Detroit artist. Grace Elizabeth Lee joins us for the second time with her song, Like a Bird so stay tuned until the end! Before we meet Henry, let's check out what Jentzen came up with for this episode's fun fuel. Fun Fuel Jentzen: Photography is a word derived from the Greek words photos (light) and graphien (to draw).    In 1827 Joseph Niepce created the first photographic image with a camera obscure.     However, Niepce’s photography required 8 hours of sunlight to make and the image would soon fade after appearing. In 1879 the dry plate was invented and making it possible for handheld cameras to be made. In 1889 George Eastman created the flexible film roll with made mass producing box cameras a reality. In 1940 color film was created for the mass producing box cameras. Over the years, many additions were made to the camera, such as better lenses, the flashlight bulb, and flash powder. Developing into the cameras we see today. This is Jentzen with your fun fuel for this episode! Enjoy the show! Romy: Thank you, Jentzen. Photography, at least as we know it today, isn't very old. Interesting. Even though photography has become easy for all of us to capture, it doesn't always mean that the photos are good. That is why we sometimes need some professional help from teams like Henry's in Vietnam. Let's listen in to my conversation as I am learning about Henry and his company, Imagtor. Main Interview Henry: I am a co-founder of Imagtor it is a new social enterprise from Vietnam which just launched last March. After three month pilot, we actually started in business three months ago. We are providing professional photography editing service to international customers, especially to customers from the United States and Australia. We focus on editing the photography of real estate, portrait grading, fashion and product photography. We are a BBO outsourcing company, so what makes us different from other BBO companies, especially ones from India, is that at Imagtor 80% of our staff, currently we have 20 are with disabilities, so at Imagtor we don't call them employees, but we call them partners. We also have a social mission we use our positive profit which we can say 30% go to the development and activities of commonization for our people with disabilities in Vietnam. Hopefully, we can duplicate with this model to the other countries in the future. Romy: Wow, that's a lot and let me repeat that for our listeners. It's...