VII Photo Fall 2007 Seminar

VII is holding their 2007 Fall Seminar at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA, November 3-4, with optional portfolio reviews on Friday, November 2. Join the VII photographers and their special guests for two intense days of new work, multimedia, photographer presentations, panel discussions, and practical training sessions. VII has also joined forces with the Slideluck Potshow team to create a seminar-specific evening event, whereby attendees can also show off their work alongside the VII photographers and other leading photographers from the region. Guests/Speakers will include Kent Kobersteen, Stephanie Sinclair, Jessica Dimmock, Marcus Bleasdale, and Boogie, among others.

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Multimedia Seminars at PhotoPlus Expo

For anyone attending the PhotoPlus Expo this week in New York City, there are a few seminars focusing on multimedia you might want to attend. Anatomy of a Photo Project: From Stills to Multimedia- Ed Kashi and Julie Winokur Date/Time: Thursday, Oct 18 09:00 AM - 12:00 PM Description: Over the past decade Ed Kashi and Julie Winokur have collaborated on numerous projects that move beyond still images to result in cross-platform media, including Aging in America, an eight-year project that resulted in a book, exhibition, documentary film and Web treatment. This seminar shares their inspiring stories, discusses the implications of our changing media landscape and reveals how multimedia creates new opportunities for the visual storyteller. Implicit in this seminar is the understanding that still photography is the centerpiece of this form and that keeping the essence and unique values of still photography alive are part of the purpose of these endeavors.…

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Job Openings at the Detroit Free Press

The Detroit Free Press has a couple of job openings- one as an entry level photographer with multimedia experience, and one geared toward video. Staff Photographer, Detroit Free Press The Emmy Award winning photography & video department at the Detroit Free Press seeks a Staff Photographer to shoot and produce video, multimedia and photographic content for our publications across platforms. Our goal is to tell stories and touch people with our work. Video and still photography experience is a must for this opening. Other multimedia experience, even use of flash would be a plus. To see some of our work: www.freep.com/emmys www.freep.com/respect www.freep.com/pitbulls www.freep.com/woodward200 www.freep.com/mvagusta Please contact Deputy Director of Photography Kathy Kieliszewski at kkieliszewski@freepress.com. Please include portfolio (links are fine) and resume. Staff Photographer The job is for a fulltime Staff Photographer who can contribute immediately to the photographic and multimedia aspects of the news organization. Staff Photographers work a 37.5-hour…

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CitizeNews Launches

CitizeNews, a new venue for video journalists to share their work with the community (and world), has launched this week. Conceived and launched by Michael Rosenblum and Ken Krushel after meeting in Kazakhstan over a year ago. CitizeNews' aim is to "aggregate the work of talented video journalists of great diversity and distinction whose work is characterized by a powerful individual vision. Our goal is to construct a digital platform where video journalists chronicle the world as they work to interpret its peoples, issues, events and personalities." They have a process to credential contributors, and visitors to the site can comment on any of the videos shown. So far, stories on the site have covered everything from a UFO Watchtower, to the Children of Banda Aceh and Colorado Gators.

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Truth With A Camera

The Cliff and Vi Edom Truth With A Camera Workshop recently wrapped up its 13th year, with 24 photojournalists spending a week in and around Norfolk, VA, taking stories from conception to final production. This year, the students worked with both still images and audio to create multimedia presentations on topics ranging from a fisherman, military life and a local drive-in restaurant to teen pregnancy. All of the presentations from the Workshop are available online.

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