Daniel Berehulak is a New Delhi based photographer for Getty Images covering the South Asia region and beyond. A native of Sydney, Australia, Daniel studied History at the University of New South Wales. After a short (and miserable) career working in retail, he joined Getty Images in 2002 in Sydney shooting mostly sports. He...
James Estrin is a Senior Staff Photographer for the New York Times. A founder of Lens, the Times’s photography blog, he has been its a co-editor since it went online in May 2009. Mr. Estrin has worked for the Times since 1987 and was part of a Pulitzer Prize winning team in 2001. In addition...
Agnès Dherbeys is a Bangkok-based 35-year-old French photographer. She graduated with honours from the Master of Institut d’Etudes Politiques (Sciences Politics) of Lyon and from master 2 of Sciences of Information and Communication from Celsa, Sorbonne IV.
She learned photography when she moved to Bangkok in 2001, and has since mainly focused her work in...
First camera – a Kodak Brownie. If you know what that is you’re probably not a photojournalist you’re more likely a photo historian. If you have used one, then you are probably too old to be taking my class. First darkroom – my mother’s bathroom at 12. Luckily we had two. All those chemicals and...
David Guttenfelder has spent all of his 15 years as a photojournalist working, and living outside of his native United States. He began his career as a freelance photographer in East Africa after studying Swahili at the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania. As an Associated Press photographer he has been based in Kenya,...
The final awards have been given, with the top prize going to Dieu-Nalio Chery (whom everyone just calls Chéri). Cheri received the award as the photographer who best exemplifies the spirit of Foundry – quality of images, sensitivity to subjects, professional commitment and cooperation with colleagues. Congratulations to you, Chéri! Shown above (l-r), Suzie Katz,...
I continue to be struck by the commitment and creativity of the Foundry faculty in teaching their students. Yesterday I stumbled across one example that is definitely worth sharing. It is a diagrammatic drawing by faculty member Walter Astrada showing the elements of telling a story with images, along with the process for getting there. ...
The dynamics of Buenos Aires life challenge all workshop participants who aren’t accustomed to that lifestyle. The normal routine for “porteños” (people from Buenos Aires) is to rise about 9 am, eat breakfast. Lunch starts anywhere from 2 to 4 pm (or as they say, 14 to 16). That meal is often centered around mounds...
Foundry tries to provide students with opportunities for close contact with the instructors. This workshop is no different and probably even better . Yesterday every nook and cranny of the Motivarte Photography School (which is hosting the workshop) and the faculty hotel (The Blue Soho) had a faculty member working with a student to review...
A little late, but here nonetheless, we present to you a brief soundclip of Michael Robinson Chavez and Adriana Zehbrauskas delivering the keynote opening speech to the gathered mass of recently registered students from Sunday night. Un poco atrasado pero aquí de todos modos les presentamos un breve clip de audio de los instructores Michael...
Over 130 students are registered – nearly every country in South America, many Central American countries, and several Caribbean countries is represented, not to mention India, Indonesia, Japan, North America, and Europe. Classes have begun and the energy is palpable. Más de 130 estudiantes están registrados – desde casi cada país de Sud America, muchos...
Here’s a calendar for those interested in the week’s events at Foundry 2011. The handout seen at Motivarte is available here [download id="3"]. [stout_gc id=1]
