Read more about the article MediaStorm’s Pam Huling Speaking at EXPANSION

MediaStorm’s Pam Huling Speaking at EXPANSION

Head of business development at MediaStorm, Pam Huling, will be speaking at EXPANSION on November 3, 2012. She will be presenting on MediaStorm's educational offerings including workshops, seminars and innovative online training. Pam Huling at EXPANSION Visual Studies Workshop | 31 Prince Street Rochester, New York Saturday, November 3, 11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Register now About EXPANSION EXPANSION: How photography has expanded since the 1960s and what are we going to do with the unprecedented growth of images in the world? The Society for Photographic Education (SPE) Northeast commemorates the 50th anniversary of the 1962 Teacher's Conference that led to the founding of SPE. The field looks very different today after the photo boom of the 1970s and the multitude of images coming out of the digital revolution. The 2012 conference will look back at the 1962 event, how the field has expanded since then, and what it will look like…

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Read more about the article Applications Open: Tim Hetherington Grant

Applications Open: Tim Hetherington Grant

World Press Photo and Human Rights Watch invite press photographers and photojournalists around the world to apply for the second Tim Hetherington Grant. The annual grant, worth €20,000, will be awarded to a photographer to complete an existing project on a human rights theme. The judges will look for the qualities that defined Tim’s career when reviewing the applications: work that operates on multiple platforms and in a variety of formats; that crosses boundaries between breaking news and longer-term investigation; and that demonstrates a consistent moral commitment to the lives and stories of the photographic subjects. Stephen Ferry received the first Tim Hetherington Grant in 2011 for his project Violentology: A Manual of the Colombian Conflict. Grant Details The Tim Hetherington Grant is a joint initiative of World Press Photo and Human Rights Watch and was created to celebrate the legacy of the photojournalist and filmmaker Tim Hetherington killed in Misrata, Libya…

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Truth With A Camera Workshop

Truth With A Camera is holding its next workshop in Washington D.C. November 10-17. This intense, week-long workshop will be held in conjunction with FotoWeek DC. The Truth With A Camera workshop teaches photographers to use their cameras to tell intimate and powerful stories while partnering with local nonprofits and NGOs. The workshop provides a unique educational environment that simultaneously pushes photographers to explore their visual storytelling potential while working with a nonprofit and its clients to accurately and compassionately tell stories that explain the struggles and hopes of the people whom they will photograph. During the week, photographers receive daily critique by photojournalism coaches who have long histories creating documentaries on social change. Nightly presentations by prize-winning photojournalists and NGO representatives will discuss how photojournalism and the nonprofit world are coming together to produce valuable and powerful work. At the end of the workshop, at a gallery show of the week’s…

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Four Days Left to Apply for MediaStorm One-day Workshop

Applications for the upcoming MediaStorm One-day Workshop will close at 11:59 p.m. EST this Friday, September 28. This one-day workshop provides an overview of multimedia storytelling approaches while engaging participants in discussion about the most appropriate ways to create a multimedia story. Through real world examples, MediaStorm founder and executive producer Brian Storm will share tips and techniques to improve reporting, editing and distributing your multimedia project. This workshop is designed for anyone interested in multimedia storytelling, no experience is necessary. The workshop will look at multimedia methodology and theory — not the technical aspects of using audio and video recording devices. In this workshop participants will be asked to look deep into the when and why of different storytelling techniques and approaches. Our next One-day Workshop will run October 20, 2012. Applications due September 28. What You Will Learn Narrative Storytelling Developing the best approach for creating effective multimedia stories Pre-production…

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Read more about the article Attend the Smith Grant Ceremony

Attend the Smith Grant Ceremony

The W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund extends an open invitation to attend the ceremony for the 33rd Annual W. Eugene Smith Grant in the Humanistic Photography and Howard Chapnick Grant for the Advancement of Photojournalism. W. Eugene Smith Grant Ceremony October 17, 2012 Doors 6:30 pm | Event 7:00 pm Reception will follow Free admission, limited seating The School of Visual Arts Theatre 333 West 23rd St. New York, NY 10011 The program will include presentations of photo essays by this year's grant and fellowship recipients and finalists, a unique tribute to the work of W. Eugene Smith, a special keynote speech, and the announcement and presentation of the 2012 jurors' discretionary grant, the 2012 Howard Chapnick grant, and the 2012 W. Eugene Smith Grant. About The Grant The W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography is presented annually to photographers whose work is judged by a panel of experts to be…

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