Even though the election is over a year away, coverage has begun. A group of six freelance photographers has spent the last five months in Iowa covering the 2008 Presidential Campaign, and will remain there through the caucus in January. These photographers are providing an indepth look at all of the campaigns coming through this important election state, from the candidate visits to the local preparations. New photos are posted daily to their site, The Stumping Grounds.
The London College of Communication is launching an online MA/Postgraduate Diploma Photojournalism and Documentary Photography distance learning program, to begin January 2008. This part-time course aims to mirror real world practices and prepare students to enter the professional world. Many presentations by visiting speakers will be delivered via podcasts, and students will be encouranged to make use of blogs and online distribution. The course is entirely online, with no requirements for attendance in London. The program will largely focus on digital transitions, and multimedia projects will be emphasized. For more information, contact Paul Lowe, Course Director, at p.lowe@lcc.arts.ac.uk
Love In The First Person: by Matt and Melissa EichIn Love in the First Person Matt and Melissa document their life together as they share their thoughts and fears on the sudden changes in their future. In the span of a year, Matt, 20, won College Photographer of the Year, Melissa, 19, discovered she was pregnant, they married and moved to Portland for Matt’s internship. Evidence of My Existence: by Jim Lo ScalzoEvidence of My Existence documents photographer Jim Lo Scalzo's 17-year journey of moving from one new story to the next. It is a manic exposition of a life in photojournalism and the consequences of obsessive wanderlust.
Beginning in the summer of 2004, photojournalist Andrew Lichtenstein and audio producer Zac Barr began interviewing American families who had lost a loved one in Iraq. Their stories, along with intimate photographs of the military funerals and the families, are told in Never Coming Home, originally published on MediaStorm in 2005. Previously seen in many major media publications, Andrew's award-winning images are now available in a book compilation, published this fall. The book launch for Never Coming Home will be on Monday, October 29, 6:30-8:00pm, at The Bubble Lounge, 228 West Broadway, NYC. Additional stories from the project will be premiering that day on MediaStorm.