Formulating a Photo Essay
with Jared Moossy and Adam Ferguson
This class will explore with students the fundamentals of formulating a photo essay. There will be a discussion about the social and political relevance of the students intended stories, and what aspects of them students will need to document to convey their chosen story to an audience. This discussion will [...]
Photographing stories
with Ron Haviv
Photographing stories often involves a myriad of professional and personal challenges that teach us all to be better photographers. Ron Haviv will help you whether you are working in your own neighborhood or overseas by combining portfolio reviews, assignments, editing sessions, and dialogue. This workshop embraces a multi-faceted approach to photojournalism, from developing [...]
Intimacy and Empathy in Storytelling
with Andrea Bruce
All students in this class will come to the workshop with a general theme or issue they would like to explore in Istanbul. (These ideas should be emailed to me before we arrive in Istanbul). Once we are there we will discuss ways to make the story personal–to get involved with the issue [...]
Capturing Cultures – Communicating Without Boundaries
with David Bathgate
In a 24/7, Global-Village world, room for misinterpretation of media pictures abounds. Photographers are cultural beings, they see and work with defined eyes. What they present to the world may not always be received as intended. Response can range from indifference to all-out rage and even conflict. There are images, though, that defy [...]
The Essential Guide to Backpack Journalism
with Jon Vidar
In today’s age of new media, the traditional roles of a journalist are rapidly changing. As a photographer, it has become increasingly necessary to take a renaissance approach to your craft. A complete project is no longer confined to good photos, but now includes audio, video, and even the written word. This creates [...]
Introduction to Multimedia Storytelling
Tewfic El-Sawy will teach a multimedia class that allows its participants to concentrate on the story, rather than on the application. The purpose and aim of the class is to show photojournalists how to make quick work of slide show production, using their own images and audio generated in the field, to produce a cogent [...]
