Photographer ANNIE GRIFFITHS kicks off the second event of the 2012-2013 FIFTH THIRD BANK NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC LIVE SERIES on March 11 at 7p.m. in the historic Victoria Theatre. This thrilling event is presented by Victoria Theatre Association and Five Rivers MetroParks. Tickets are available at the Ticket Center Stage Box Office, by phone at (937) 228-3630, (888) 228-3630 or online at www.ticketcenterstage.com.

In this presentation, audiences get an inside look into the life of ANNIE GRIFFITHS and how she maintains balance and joy of creating a meaningful life. Griffiths will share stories about her international travel, the people she met, as well as show photographs that documented her experience. Her presentation of A CAMERA, TWO KIDS, AND A CAMEL along with her sense of humor and touching stories will excite the audience and give them an insider’s look into her life and world.

Along with her magazine work, ANNIE GRIFFITHS has a passion for photographing people and places in need around the world. She is founder and executive director of Ripple Effect Images, a team of journalists who document the climate change and its effects on people in need, especially women, and the programs that empower these women through the developing world. One of the first women photographers hired to work for National Geographic, ANNIE GRIFFITHS ‘ photographs have appeared in LIFE, Geo, Smithsonian, Stern, and Time, as well as her own two books, “ A Camera, Two Kids and a Camel” and “Simply Beautiful Photographs.”

Single tickets for the ANNIE GRIFFITHS lecture start at just $20 and are on sale now at the Ticket Center Stage Box Office, by phone at (937) 228-3630, toll-free (888) 228-3630 or online at www.ticketcenterstage.com. Ticket Center Stage Box Office hours are Monday – Friday 10 a.m. – 6 p.m., Saturday noon – 4 p.m., and two hours prior to each performance.