Students arrived Sunday, June 20, from countries on six continents, particularly nearby nations, including Egypt, Yemen, Palestine/Gaza, Iraq, Iran, Kazakhstan, Bosnia, Moldova, Russia.

After registration, everyone packed into a small attic room at the Nazım Hikmet Culture Center for a quick welcome from Foundry Director Eric Beecroft, and Utku Kaynar of the Photographic Arts Federation of Turkey. Instructors Maggie Steber and Kael Alford then shared their “Top Ten List”of tips for photojournalists (coming soon).

In the afternoon the instructors met for the first time with students and then the evening finished up with an intimate party.

We hope you enjoy this slideshow, capturing the feel of the first day’s meetings, and that you will keep checking in this week as Miki Johnson and Neal Jackson bring you regular updates from the workshop. If it seems like something you’d enjoy, we’d love to see you next year in South America!

Welcome to the 2010 Foundry Photojournalism Workshop from Foundry Workshop on Vimeo.

Instructors:

• Ron Haviv
• Andrea Bruce
• Stephanie Sinclair
• David Guttenfelder
• David Bathgate
• Guy Calaf
• Henrik Kastenskov / Bombay Flying Club
• Adriana Zehbrauskas
• Maggie Steber
• Anastasia Taylor-Lind
• Tewfic El-Sawy
• Rena Effendi
• Jared Moossy
• Jon Vidar

and more to be announced in coming weeks…*

* instructors and guests are slated to appear; however, the demands of international reportage and assignments may require lineup changes

100 students maximum — at least 40% of slots reserved for regional photographers

Scholarship opportunities will be announced in coming weeks

Tuition:

$475 USD: regional photographers (Turkey, Armenia, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Cyprus, Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Palestine, Lebanon, the Balkans, the Caucuses, Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova, Azerbaijan and Israel)*

$975 USD: everyone else

*Regional students MUST be residing in the region area for the region price.

*Workshop is open to ALL regional students regardless of experience and to all others who with three years or less full time newspaper or freelance work experience

*Workshop is first come, first served

*Workshop enrollment- NO application needed

*To enroll: pay a nonrefundable deposit of $100 (until January 15) or full tuition to reserve a slot

*Pay tuition using Paypal to: foundryphotoworkshop@hotmail.com or by visiting our registration page.

*After January 15, 2010 all tuition must be paid in full to secure a student slot. PLEASE make sure that your name and contact information is included with your payment!

*Enrolling in the workshop does not guarantee a particular instructor, though we will do our best