The Essentials Season 3: “The Hustle is Real: Self-promotion and Side Gigs” with Josué Rivas and Tasneem Alsultan
The Essentials Season 3: “The Hustle is Real: Self-promotion and Side Gigs” with Josué Rivas and Tasneem Alsultan
While photojournalism can feel like a constant hustle, it can be an incredibly enriching career—and who better to teach this closing class than the dynamic, ever-evolving Josué Rivas and Tasneem Alsultan. Together they’ll tap into successful self-promotional practices in a constantly-changing social media landscape, diversifying your income by pursuing projects and work in addition to editorial clients, and how to stay forever motivated, inspired, and inspiring.
Josué Rivas is an Indigenous Futurist, creative director, visual storyteller, and educator working at the intersection of art, technology, journalism, and decolonization. His work aims to challenge the mainstream narrative about Indigenous peoples, co-create with the community, and serve as a vehicle for collective healing. He is a 2020 Catchlight Leadership Fellow, Magnum Foundation Photography and Social Justice Fellow, founder of INDÍGENA, co-founder of Indigenous Photograph, and Curator at Indigenous TikTok. His work has appeared in National Geographic, The New York Times, Apple, Nike, and Converse, among others. Josué is a guest in the traditional village sites of the Multnomah, Wasco, Cowlitz, Kathlamet, Clackamas, Bands of Chinook, Tualatin, Kalapuya, and Molalla tribes, all located in the area of Portland, OR. Follow Josué on Instagram at @josue_foto.
Tasneem Alsultan is a visual storyteller, investigative photographer, and global mentor whose work focuses on social issues in the Arab Gulf region and challenges stereotypical perceptions of the Middle East. She is a regular contributor to National Geographic, and The New York Times. Her passion for photography developed through photographing weddings and love tales, which she still does today. Her work has been published in numerous publications such as Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, and Martha Stewart weddings, and featured in more than 20 exhibitions worldwide. Tasneem became the first Arab female Global Ambassador for Canon in 2018. In 2019, she became a Catchlight Leadership Fellow, was voted the “Princess Noura University Award for Excellence” in the Arts Category, and received honorable mention for the Anja Niedringhaus Courage in Photojournalism. In 2020, she co-founded Ruwa Space, a platform to support visual creatives and offer education and consultation across the Middle East and North Africa. She’s a member of Rawiya women’s Middle Eastern photography collective. Follow Tasneem, also a member of @EverydayMiddleEast, on Instagram at @tasneemalsultan.
Josué Rivas is an Indigenous Futurist, creative director, visual storyteller, and educator working at the intersection of art, technology, journalism, and decolonization. His work aims to challenge the mainstream narrative about Indigenous peoples, co-create with the community, and serve as a vehicle for collective healing. He is a 2020 Catchlight Leadership Fellow, Magnum Foundation Photography and Social Justice Fellow, founder of INDÍGENA, co-founder of Indigenous Photograph, and Curator at Indigenous TikTok. His work has appeared in National Geographic, The New York Times, Apple, Nike, and Converse, among others. Josué is a guest in the traditional village sites of the Multnomah, Wasco, Cowlitz, Kathlamet, Clackamas, Bands of Chinook, Tualatin, Kalapuya, and Molalla tribes, all located in the area of Portland, OR. Follow Josué on Instagram at @josue_foto.
Tasneem Alsultan is a visual storyteller, investigative photographer, and global mentor whose work focuses on social issues in the Arab Gulf region and challenges stereotypical perceptions of the Middle East. She is a regular contributor to National Geographic, and The New York Times. Her passion for photography developed through photographing weddings and love tales, which she still does today. Her work has been published in numerous publications such as Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, and Martha Stewart weddings, and featured in more than 20 exhibitions worldwide. Tasneem became the first Arab female Global Ambassador for Canon in 2018. In 2019, she became a Catchlight Leadership Fellow, was voted the “Princess Noura University Award for Excellence” in the Arts Category, and received honorable mention for the Anja Niedringhaus Courage in Photojournalism. In 2020, she co-founded Ruwa Space, a platform to support visual creatives and offer education and consultation across the Middle East and North Africa. She’s a member of Rawiya women’s Middle Eastern photography collective. Follow Tasneem, also a member of @EverydayMiddleEast, on Instagram at @tasneemalsultan.
Concepts
Topics
