We're writing to tell you about an awesome project, which just won the Howard Chapnick Award, The Reading the Pictures Salon. The Reading the Pictures Salon focuses on how the US/Mexico border wall is depicted, and how photographers and the media are using imagery to depict the politics, to editorialize on it, or to outright challenge the politics from a human rights and social justice perspective.  The Salon brings together the eyes and voices of the world's leading photojournalists, photo editors, visual scholars and other highly-informed observers to analyze select edits of still images in a unique two hour on-line discussion format. Offered free via the web, each program garners hundreds of viewers immediately, and thousands of viewers over weeks and months, attracting a targeted audience of concerned citizens, students, scholars, and media professionals.  The salon will take place on December 6, at 7:30 pm EST (join here). An expert panel will examine the visual depiction…

MediaStorm staff and participants at a recent masterclass 2019 marks our twelfth training year at MediaStorm. Each year our masterclasses attract leading industry professionals looking to advance their multimedia and storytelling skills. Over 250 participants have come through our doors and we continue to be humbled by how much they take away from the experience. Meredith Hogan, previously a Senior Multimedia Editor at NBCNews.com, told us that our Methodology Masterclass was "a creativity adrenaline shot for doing storytelling at the highest level and for the right reasons." In 2019 we'll be offering two Methodology masterclasses as well as two One-Day masterclasses in Brooklyn, NY. We are looking forward to another exciting, innovative and challenging training year. We hope you'll be able to join us. MediaStorm Masterclass Dates 2019 March 31 One-day Masterclass May 25 One-day Masterclass June 18-21 Methodology Masterclass Dec. 17-20 Methodology Masterclass All classes will take place in Brooklyn, at POV…

Ezra Acayan is the Grand Prize Winner of this year’s IAFOR Documentary Photography Award in recognition of his work documenting the ongoing war on drugs in the Philippines. Congratulations to Ezra on this achievement! Ezra will now receive the following as part of his Grand Prize package: A cash prize of £1,000 GBP from The International Academic Forum (IAFOR) A grant of up to $500 USD towards airfare and accommodation, and a scholarship to cover full conference registration fees for the IAFOR conference at which his work will be showcased Acceptance into the Metro Imaging Mentorship Programme together with £1,000 GBP credit to spend on Metro Imaging services such as scanning, printing and mounting Inclusion in World Press Photo’s final list of nominees for the Joop Swart Masterclass Tuition fee waiver for a MediaStorm Multimedia One-Day Workshop and free access to MediaStorm’s Online Training Videos Think Tank Photo Airport Advantage roller bag Photography to be exhibited at IAFOR conferences in Japan, Hong…

We are thrilled to be bringing our one day MediaStorm Master Class to the Zurich University of the Arts on Saturday, July 21, 2018. This free workshop will start at 10am and end at 6pm. It is being organized by Cast/Audiovisual Media (a unique field of studies in digital filmmaking at the university).  The MediaStorm One Day Master Class provides a general, yet precise, overview of documentary video and multimedia storytelling approaches. MediaStorm founder Brian Storm will walk you through specific examples, and share his business experience, as well as proven tips to improve your interviewing, shooting and editing techniques. Although this is not a hands-on workshop, active discussion is both encouraged and expected from all participants. Theory is backed up by real world examples using MediaStorm’s award winning work. This Master Class  is designed for anyone interested in learning about the ins and outs of producing and distributing documentary video and…

We are saddened to learn of the passing of David Goldblatt, legendary photographer and documentarian from South Africa. The images he took during apartheid captured, what he called, 'the underbelly of apartheid'. For him, to know the values that underlaid the system were more important than covering the events of the day. His images gave the rest of the world a window into what it was like to live and work as a person of color in apartheid, and for that he will forever be remembered. As a recipient of the 2013 Cornell Capa Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Center of Photography, we were honored to have the opportunity to create a film about his work. Please take a moment to watch the film to learn more about his incredible career.  South Africa's "Father of Photography", Goldblatt played an important role mentoring  young photographers, including Zanele Muholi, winner of the 2016…