Jacob S.

Melbourne VIC, Australia

$500 - $1200 / Day

About

Was once a music clip director then the tsunami happened in Banda Aceh, so I sold everything and went on an adventure to document and to assist in the relief and have been doing it for almost 10 years now. I travel and document humanitarian issue and conflict. I was based in Kabul, Afghanistan for 6 years and now live in Istanbul. I mainly cover the Syrian war and also the battles against ISIS. I have also covered Somalia, DRC, South Sudan, Sierra Leone, Syria and Mexico.

Top Services

Documentary DP
News Shooter / Video Journalist
Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist

Top Projects

Abandoned Mansions and Al Qaeda in Amusement Parks: A Surreal War Diary
In this short film Vocativ's Lindsey Snell's chronicles her sometimes surreal time among the teachers, farmers, and civil servants whom the US is now supporting as they battle ISIS In Syria. Abandoned Mansions and Al Qaeda at Amusement Parks are a few of the things she saw in the Fall of 2014, as she and her team spent time with factions of the Free Syrian Army and civilians in and around Aleppo.
- Documentary DP
- News Shooter / Video Journalist
Produced for Moto Est
Moto Est. Valentines Day
Video for Moto Est Valentines Campaign
- News Shooter / Video Journalist
These Traumatized Syrian Orphans are Getting a New Start
Odai is a 7-year-old Syrian orphan whose father was beaten and shot by soldiers from President Bashar al-Assad's regime. Odai is one of about 60 orphans from Syria who are being cared for at the Dar Al-Salam Orphanage in Gaziantep, Turkey. Like Odai, many of the children are in desperate need psychological support because of the death and destruction that have witnessed.
- Documentary DP
Meet two Americans who join the Peshmerga to fight ISIS
We interviewed American veterans who went back to Iraq to fight along side the Kurdish Military.
- News Shooter / Video Journalist
Inside Aleppo: The War-Torn Heart Of Syria’s War
documented conditions in the city at a time when barrel bombs dropped by the Assad regime already had killed 3,000 people.
- Documentary DP
Fleeing Yemen: One American's Journey From A War Zone To Ohio
This is the story of how a Vocativ photographer met an American on a Yemeni refugee boat in the middle of the Red Sea.
- News Shooter / Video Journalist

Equipment

Video

4K video camera

Video

All Services

Production Support

Documentary DP
News Shooter / Video Journalist
Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
Commercial DP
Digital Content Creator

Production Support

Post Production

Video Editor - News
Video Editor - Documentary
Video Editor - Commercial

Post Production

Talent Discovery

Creator Management Platform

Glimmer Studios

Moto Est. Valentines Day

These Traumatized Syrian Orphans are Getting a New Start

Abandoned Mansions and Al Qaeda in Amusement Parks: A Surreal War Diary

Fighting ISIS: A Year On The Frontline

Fleeing Yemen: One American's Journey From A War Zone To Ohio

Inside Aleppo: The War-Torn Heart Of Syria’s War