July 16 – 20
Visual Storytelling & Documentary
Photography Projects
Ed Kashi & James Estrin
Future Dates:
July 15 – 19, 2019
PORTFOLIO REVIEW REQUIRED
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This class is in its second year of a three-year program.
Please contact Director of Programs Andrea Wallace for space
availability.
Ed Kashi, Market in Ghana (detail)
FACULTY: Ed Kashi is a photojournalist,
filmmaker and educator whose sensitive
eye and an intimate relationship to his
subjects are signatures of his work. He is a
member of the VII Photo Agency. Through his
photography, filmmaking and work as a mentor,
teacher and lecturer, Ed is a leading voice in
the photojournalism and visual storytelling
community.
www.edkashi.com
James Estrin is a senior staff photographer
for The New York Times. He is the founder of
Lens, The New York Times’s photography blog,
and has been its co-editor since it launched in
2009. He has worked for The New York Times
since 1987 and was part of a Pulitzer Prize-
winning team in 2001. James is a co-producer
of the HBO film Under Fire: The Untold Story of
Pfc.Tony Vaccaro.
The digital age has given documentary photographers and
photojournalists new ways to tell stories with greater authorship and control.
Our focus is how to create a personal documentary project and get it seen. The
ultimate goal of this course is to find a subject that speaks to a personal passion,
document it in a unique visual style, and disseminate the work. We harness new
technologies including iPhones, Instagram, social media and transmedia to be
more effective storytellers.
MEDIA & TECHNIQUES: We learn through presentations, discussions, critiques
and editing of work.
ACTIVITIES: Each morning begins with a presentation about documentary
photography and contemporary practices. Students participate in editing and
review sessions, group reviews of each student’s portfolio/essays, one-on-one
sessions with the instructors to discuss personal projects, and dialogue about
career advice or the promoting and publishing of work.
CONCEPT:
Generously underwritten by Bunny and Charles Burson
& Becky and Mike Murray
www.lens.blogs.nytimes.com
TUITION $1,500 * | TUITION + STUDIO SUPPORT DONATION $1,700
* TUITION IS PER YEAR BASED ON THE NUMBER OF WEEKS
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REGISTRATION FEE $45
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STUDIO FEE $50
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CODE P0716-18
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ENROLLMENT LIMIT 13
advanced mentored studies 79