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Michael Robinson Chavez Presentation: Foundry 2022

Michael Robinson Chavez Presentation: Foundry 2022

in partnership with the Foundry Photojournalism Workshop

Washington Post photographer Michael Robinson Chavez discusses his long-term interest in documenting the effects of climate change, and how photojournalism can bring important awareness to this pressing issue.

Michael Robinson Chávez is a native Californian and half Peruvian, and currently on his second tour as a staff photographer at The Washington Post. Prior to that, he worked for The Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe and the Associated Press. He has covered assignments in over 70 countries including the collapse of Venezuela, violence in Mexico, California’s historic drought, the Egyptian revolution, gold mining in Peru, life in India and Brazil’s slums, the 2006 Hezbollah/Israeli war and the US led invasion and occupation of Iraq. Robinson Chávez was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 2020 as part of a staff entry from The Washington Post covering climate change. He is also a three-time winner of the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award for Photojournalism and was named International Photographer of the Year in 2020 by Pictures of the Year International.

Foundry Photojournalism Workshop provides majority world students who could not otherwise afford it, a chance to learn from some of the world's most well-respected photojournalists and photography professionals. During the pandemic, PhotoWings will partner with the VII Academy to offer an online version of the Workshop.
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