2009 Manali, India Instructors

Ron Haviv

Ron Haviv

Award-winning photojournalist Ron Haviv has produced some of the most important images of conflict and other humanitarian crises that have made headlines from around the world since the end of the Cold War…

Michael Robinson Chavez

Michael Robinson Chavez

Michael Robinson Chávez has been a photographer at The Los Angeles Times since 2007. His work has been exhibited widely, including the Visa Pour l’image festival in France.

Andrea Bruce

Andrea Bruce

Andrea Bruce is a documentary photographer who brings attention to people living in the aftermath of war. She concentrates on the social issues that are sometimes ignored and often ignited in war’s wake.

Ami Vitale

Ami Vitale

Ami Vitale’s journey as a photojournalist has taken her to more than 80 countries. She has witnessed civil unrest, poverty, destruction of life, and unspeakable violence.

Kael Alford

Kael Alford

Kael has worked extensively covering culture, politics and conflict in the Balkans and the Middle East for many US and European magazines and newspapers. Her work from Iraq is included in the book, “Unembedded.”

Adriana Zehbrauskas

Adriana Zehbrauskas

Adriana Zehbrauskas, born in Sao Paulo, worked as a staff photographer for Folha de S. Paulo traveling extensively throughout Brazil and abroad. Based in Mexico City, she contributes regularly to numerous publications.

Henrik Kastenskov

Henrik Kastenskov

Originally working as a fashion photographer, Henrik Kastenskov produced his first multi media piece in 1996. Heeding his long time passion for ’real life’ he then turned towards photojournalism and the famed Danish School of Photojournalism in 2002.

Tewfic El-Sawy

Tewfic El-Sawy

Tewfic El-Sawy is a freelance photographer who specializes in documenting endangered cultures and traditional life ways of Asia, Latin America and Africa, and has worked in over 50 countries.

Guy Calaf

Guy Calaf

Guy was born in Italy in 1978 from an American mother and an Italian father. He received a degree in Communication Science from an Italian university and later completed a two- year professional photography course in Milan. Since 2004 Guy’s work has been focused on social issues. He has worked extensively in Iraq, Afghanistan, Eastern [...]