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1:14:50
Inside the U.S. Immigration System with Nicolò Filippo Rosso
Since 2018, visual journalist Nicolo Filippo Rosso has been documenting migration across the Americas, photographing families across South and Central America as they make the difficult journey north to the United States in search of safety. By 2024, Nicolo reconnected with some in the United States. What they had imagined as the end of a dangerous journey had become a new cycle of fear and instability. In the summer of 2025, Nicolo spent nearly every day inside the immigration courts of downtown Manhattan, where Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents have detained numerous non-U.S. citizens attending court hearings. Many arrived under Temporary Protected Status or requested asylum at the border. They complied with the system, yet were still taken from the hallways, arrested, sent to distant detention centres, and placed on the path to deportation, either to their home countries or to third nations. Hosted by Ron Haviv, the conversation will explore the deep divide in U.S. immigration policy, where demands for border control collide with calls for humanity, and discuss what effect these issues have on the democratic fabric of the country.
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Ron Haviv: My World of Motion - Foundry Photojournalism Workshop 2017
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1:11:45
Reporting the Siege of Sarajevo
The Siege of Sarajevo remains the longest siege in modern European history, lasting three times longer than the Battle of Stalingrad and over a year longer than the Siege of Leningrad. Reporting the Siege of Sarajevo provides the first detailed account of the reporting of this siege and the role that journalists played in highlighting both military and non-military aspects of it. The book draws on detailed primary and secondary material in English and Bosnian, as well as extensive interviews with international correspondents who covered events in Sarajevo from within siege lines. It also includes hitherto unpublished images taken by the co-author and award-winning photojournalist Paul Lowe. In this VII Insider talk, Lowe and co-author Kenneth Morrison discuss the book in conversation with VII photographers and co-founders who covered the siege — Ron Haviv and Christopher Morris. They overview the scope and structure of the book, the process of putting it together, their experiences covering the historic event, and the siege’s importance to the history of the journalism profession. Dr. Paul Lowe is a Reader in Documentary Photography and the Course Leader of the Masters program in Photojournalism and Documentary Photography at the London College of Communication, University of the Arts, London, UK. Paul is an award-winning photographer who has been published in TIME, Newsweek, Life, The Sunday Times Magazine, The Observer, and The Independent, amongst others. He has covered breaking news the world over, including the fall of the Berlin Wall, Nelson Mandela’s release, famine in Africa, the conflict in the former Yugoslavia, and the destruction of Grozny. Kenneth Morrison is Professor of Modern Southeast European History at De Montfort University, UK. He has written extensively on the modern history of the Western Balkans and is the author of Nationalism, Statehood and Identity in Post-Yugoslav Montenegro (2018), Sarajevo’s Holiday Inn: On the Frontline of Politics and War (2016), Montenegro: A Modern History (2009), and the co-author of Reporting the Siege of Sarajevo (2021) and The Sandžak: A History (2013). Kenneth was a Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science in 2018 and has previously acted as Specialist Adviser on Western Balkan politics for the UK House of Lords International Relations Select Committee. He is currently writing a book focusing on the utility of hotels in urban conflicts. Ron Haviv is an Emmy nominated and award-winning photojournalist and co-founder of the VII Agency, dedicated to documenting conflict and raising awareness about human rights issues around the globe. His first photography book, Blood and Honey: A Balkan War Journal, was called “One of the best non-fiction books of the year,” by The Los Angeles Times and “A chilling but vastly important record of a people’s suffering,” by Newsweek. His other monographs are Afghanistan: The Road to Kabul, Haiti: 12 January 2010, and The Lost Rolls. Haviv has produced an unflinching record of the injustices of war. His work in the Balkans, which spanned over a decade of conflict, was used as evidence to indict and convict war criminals at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague. President George H.W. Bush cited Haviv’s chilling photographs documenting paramilitary violence in Panama as one of the reasons for the 1989 American intervention. Haviv is the central character in six documentary films, including National Geographic Explorer’s Freelance in a World of Risk and River of Gold. He has provided expert analysis and commentary on ABC News, BBC, CNN, NPR, MSNBC, NBC Nightly News, Good Morning America, and The Charlie Rose Show. Haviv is a founding member of VII Agency based in New York. Christopher Morris was born in California in 1958 and began his career as a documentary conflict photographer working almost exclusively for TIME Magazine, where he has been on contract since 1990. He has been credited with redefining political coverage in America during his years working at the White House for TIME Magazine from 2000 till 2009. Simultaneously to his career as a photojournalist, Morris has expanded his work into the fashion world. He has received various awards, including the Robert Capa Gold Medal, the Olivier Rebbot Award, the Journalism Award from the Overseas Press Club, two Infinity Awards for photojournalism from the International Center of Photography in New York, the PDN Look Fashion Editorial Award and numerous World Press Photo awards. Morris is a founding member of VII Agency based in New York.
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1:35:35
Reporting on War in Afghanistan
On 7 October 2001, the United States and its allies launched “Operation Enduring Freedom” with airstrikes against Taliban forces in Afghanistan. As part of the Bush administration’s “war on terror” retaliating against those responsible for the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, this military action began what would become America’s longest-ever military engagement. US forces and NATO troops remained in Afghanistan even after the 2014 handover of security responsibility to Afghan national forces. Now, after the deaths of 47,000 Afghan civilians, 66,000 Afghan police and soldiers, 2,400 US military personnel, 1,100 allied forces – and the expenditure of more than $2 trillion – the Taliban has retaken Afghanistan. The collapse of the Afghan government and its military, and the chaotic withdrawal of western personnel from Afghanistan, was triggered by the Biden administration’s policy of getting all US forces out of Afghanistan by 9 September 2021 (a deadline that was four months later than agreed in the Trump administration’s February 2021 peace deal with the Taliban). The triumph of Taliban forces committed to establishing the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan imperils the human rights of many in the Afghan population whose life had improved somewhat in the last twenty years. VII Agency was founded a few days before the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001, and the first assignment was photographing the aftermath of those attacks, in both the US and Afghanistan. In the last twenty years, many VII photographers have reported extensively on the war in Afghanistan, building on work they did in the 1980s and 1990s prior to American involvement with boots on the ground. This special event offers a retrospective of some of VII’s coverage, with contributions from the late Alexandra Boulat, Ron Haviv, Christopher Morris, Seamus Murphy, and Daniel Schwartz. The discussion will probe the question of how photojournalism visualised the country and the conflict in Afghanistan, and how the work of the VII photographers contributed, for better or worse, to the visual reporting from Afghanistan.
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The DJ and the War Crimes - Using Photography to Seek Justice After the Event
Ron Haviv’s photographs of the April 1992 killings in Bijelina, Bosnia Herzegovina, symbolized that genocidal conflict and should have been a tool in holding the perpetrators accountable. But 30 years later, many of those who ethnically cleansed the civilian population – combatants who were part of Arkan’s Tigers – still walk free. Indeed, one of them leads a public life in Europe as a club DJ. In the absence of accountability for the massacre in Bijeljina, Rolling Stone partnered with The Starling Lab to help archive and authenticate key records. Rolling Stone published their investigation in a remarkable piece of immersive storytelling. In this event, we speak with Ron Haviv and Adam Rose of Starling Lab, and hear from staff at Rolling Stone, to discuss how this reportage was made, the role of visuals in the investigation, and the significance of open-source technologies to the verification of war crimes and the pursuit of justice.
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Continuing Education Series: Agency Representation
In this session of the Continuing Education Series, we delved into the role of agency representation for photographers through a conversation between Marcel Saba, owner and Director of Redux Pictures, and Ron Haviv, photojournalist and co-founder of both The VII Foundation, where he currently serves as Director and the former VII Photo Agency. Celebrating its 20th anniversary, Redux Pictures is an independent commercial, editorial, and syndication photo agency based in New York. With a diverse and talented international roster of photographers, Redux takes pride in championing the transformative power of modern photography and video, empowering creative individuals to bring about meaningful change. Marcel will share insights on representation from an agency’s perspective, while Ron will offer a unique view of the support agencies provide to photographers. This event explored how photographers and agencies can collaborate effectively, the role of agencies in career development, the challenges and strategies of working together, and the evolving landscape of photography and storytelling.
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Ron Haviv: The business of preserving a legacy, Foundry Photojournalism Workshop 2011
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Bosnia 30 years later - Lessons from reporting the Bosnian War
On 6 April 1992, as part of the collapse of the former Yugoslavia, Serbian forces attacked the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo, setting off a three-year war marked by ethnic cleansing and genocide. The Bosnian War – which killed 100,000 civilians and soliders, displaced more than two million people, and saw tens of thousands of women raped – was long regarded, until the Russian invasion of Ukraine, as Europe’s deadliest conflict since World War II. NATO airstrikes at the end of August 1995 – after the Srebrenica genocide and prompted by the shelling of the Sarajevo marketplace that month – forced Republika Srpska forces to retreat and led to negotiations that produced the Dayton Peace Agreement in December 1995. Based on ethnic divisions and secured by the international community, the Dayton agreement has resulted in a three-decades-long fragile peace. In this event, VII photographers who covered the Bosnian War will review how they reported the conflict – with an emphasis on the civilian experience – and reflect on both what was and was not photographed, as well as the impact their images had (or did not have). The discussion will also focus on what lessons can be learned from the Bosnian experience for visual journalists working in conflict zones today. Featuring The Estate of Alexandra Boulat, Ziyah Gafic, Ron Haviv, and Paul Lowe.
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1:22:49
The Critical Role of a Photo Agency in the Professional Life of a Contemporary Photographer
How do agencies enhance your place in the market? Marcel Saba of Redux in conversation with Ron Haviv and Maggie Steber Long before co-founding the VII agency, Ron Haviv was a freelance photographer working for a small independent photo agency in New York called Saba. It was during this pre-digital age that Haviv did some of his best and most impactful work. Often the first person to see what was on that film was his agent Marcel Saba. Today Ron is still photographing, and Marcel Saba is still selling his images, this time through the agency Redux. With veteran photographer Maggie Steber, who has worked with some of the most legendary agents in the last 30 years, including Saba, Marcel and Ron discuss what makes for a great agent/photographer relationship and how the business functions
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Bosnia 30 years later Lessons from reporting the Bosnian War
On 6 April 1992, as part of the collapse of the former Yugoslavia, Serbian forces attacked the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo, setting off a three-year war marked by ethnic cleansing and genocide. The Bosnian War – which killed 100,000 civilians and soliders, displaced more than two million people, and saw tens of thousands of women raped – was long regarded, until the Russian invasion of Ukraine, as Europe’s deadliest conflict since World War II. NATO airstrikes at the end of August 1995 – after the Srebrenica genocide and prompted by the shelling of the Sarajevo marketplace that month – forced Republika Srpska forces to retreat and led to negotiations that produced the Dayton Peace Agreement in December 1995. Based on ethnic divisions and secured by the international community, the Dayton agreement has resulted in a three-decades-long fragile peace. In this event, VII photographers who covered the Bosnian War will review how they reported the conflict – with an emphasis on the civilian experience – and reflect on both what was and was not photographed, as well as the impact their images had (or did not have). The discussion will also focus on what lessons can be learned from the Bosnian experience for visual journalists working in conflict zones today. Featuring The Estate of Alexandra Boulat, Ziyah Gafic, Ron Haviv, and Paul Lowe.
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1:34:50
Anarchy in the USA: Revisit the Conversation with VII Photographers who Covered the Events in the Capitol
On assignment for publications including TIME, The New York Times Magazine, and The New Republic, four members of VII photographed the Trump rally and the violence that it unleashed at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., on January 6, 2021. On January 18, 2021, Gary Knight spoke with Ashley Gilbertson, Ron Haviv, Christopher Morris, and Christopher Lee, seasoned veterans of conflict, about their experiences that day. They discussed what they saw, how they made decisions, processed information and made choices during the fast-moving, unpredictable and violent events in their own country. Below is some of the Q&A that followed the conversation.
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1:07:35
“The Value Of Our Photographic Heritage: Five Perspectives” with PhotoWings
THE VALUE OF OUR PHOTOGRAPHIC HERITAGE: FIVE PERSPECTIVES presented with PhotoWings Featuring Kamal Badhey, Gail Buckland, Mike Davis, Ron Haviv, and Dr. Lauren Walsh Photoville 2021 Talks On-demand recordings are made possible in partnership with PhotoWings A discussion about the power and perception of photography, the value of saving both personal and professional work, photography’s importance to history and what can be learned through it. Photo Historian and Curator Gail Buckland, Photo Editor Mike Davis, Photography Professor Lauren Walsh, and educators and photographers Ron Haviv and Kamal Badhey with PhotoWings Founder Suzie Katz. This event was pre-recorded, and you can find more from these interviews at photowings.org. photoville.nyc/2021-the-value-of-our-photographic-heritage-five-perspectives/
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1:00:43
The Value of Our Photographic Heritage: Five Perspectives
A discussion about the power and perception of photography, the value of saving both personal and professional work, photography’s importance to history and what can be learned through it. Photo Historian and Curator Gail Buckland, Photo Editor Mike Davis, Photography Professor Lauren Walsh, and educators and photographers Ron Haviv and Kamal Badhey with PhotoWings Founder Suzie Katz. This event was pre-recorded, and you can find more from these interviews at photowings.org.
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PTSD: The Lasting Effects of Photojournalism
The life of a photojournalist can be hard and dangerous, and none are immune from the detrimental effects of PTSD. In this video, award-winning photojournalists Mary Calvert, MaryAnne Golon, Ron Haviv, Lynn Johnson, John Moore, and Nichole Sobecki give expert advice about how they deal with low moments and cultivate resilience. Mary Calvert is committed to using photography to affect meaningful social change and is known for producing work on gender-based human rights issues. Calvert has been focusing her journalistic attention on the continually under-reported relegation and abuse of women in the US Armed Forces. Calvert has won the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award twice and is a two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist in Feature Photography. Recently, Calvert was awarded the 2015 W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund Fellowship. MaryAnne Golon is director of photography at the Washington Post. As a member of the senior management team, she supervises all aspects of photography for the daily newspaper and its digital forms: on the web, mobile and tablet. MaryAnne received an IFA Lucie award as Picture Editor of the Year in 2013. She was previously Time magazine's director of photography and co-managed the international newsweekly’s photography department for more than 15 years, and was directly involved in the production of scores of award-winning Time covers and special editions, as well as coordinating Time's photographic coverage of the Olympic Games for sixteen years. She led the photo team that produced the Hurricane Katrina and the September 11, 2001 special Time editions that each won coveted ASME National Magazine Awards. She is on the Board of Directors of the Eddie Adams Workshop. Ron Haviv is an award-winning photojournalist and conflict photographer who as documented international and civilian conflicts around the world since the Cold War. His work on Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, Russia and the Balkan concentrates not only on the direct effects of conflict but also upon the humanitarian consequences which are longer term and continue long after the gunfire has ceased. His awards include World Press Photo, Picture of the Year, Overseas Press Club and the Leica Medal of Excellence. Appreciating the need for a different kind of photo-collective to support and market the images of photographers he co-founded VII in 2001. Lynn Johnson is a National Geographic Photography Fellow and a regular contributor to National Geographic magazine. She is known for shooting elusive subjects—language, disease, rape, water—and for asking tough questions. Her gripping photo essays of a family struggling with AIDS, of children coping with the brain death of their mother, and transgender teens are classics of the genre. She has led workshops for refugees in Colombia and for young people at National Geographic Photo Camps. John Moore is a senior staff photographer and special correspondent for Getty Images. He has photographed in 65 countries on six continents and was posted internationally for 17 years, first to Nicaragua, then India, South Africa, Mexico, Egypt and Pakistan. Since returning to the U.S. in 2008 he has since focused on immigration and border issues. Moore has won top awards throughout his career, including the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography, World Press Photo honors, the John Faber Award and the Robert Capa Gold Medal from the Overseas Press Club, Photographer of the Year from Pictures of the Year International, the NPPA and Sony World Photography Organization. Nichole Sobecki is a photographer and filmmaker based in Nairobi, Kenya. She is represented internationally by the photo agency VII. Sobecki graduated from Tufts University before beginning her career in Turkey, Lebanon, and Syria, focusing on regional issues related to identity, conflict, and human rights. From 2012-2015 Nichole led Agence France-Presse’s East Africa video bureau, and was a Rory Peck Awards News Finalist for her coverage of the Westgate mall attacks in Kenya. In 2018 she was awarded by Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights prize in new media for her images documenting Europe's response to the African migration crisis. Nichole's work has been recognized by Pictures of the Year, the One World Media Awards, the Alexandra Boulat Award for Photojournalism, The Magenta Foundation, and The Jacob Burns Film Center, among others.
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Ron Haviv Foundry Presentation
At the 2019 Foundry Photojournalism Workshop, Ron Haviv gives a presentation on his documentary film, Biography of a Photo, which tells the story of two iconic photographs of conflict and how they shape the course of history and inspire a quest for justice. He talks about the ideas that sparked the film, delves into how photographs can take on a life of their own. The Foundry Photojournalism Workshop offers 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. Ron Haviv is an Emmy nominated, award-winning photojournalist and co-founder of the photo agency VII, dedicated to documenting conflict and raising awareness about human rights issues around the globe. In the last three decades, Haviv has covered more than twenty-five conflicts and worked in over one hundred countries. He has published three critically acclaimed collections of photography, and his work has been featured in numerous museums and galleries, including the Louvre, the United Nations, and the Council on Foreign Relations. Haviv's photographs are in the collections at The Houston Museum of Fine Arts and George Eastman House amongst others as well as numerous private collections. Haviv has produced an unflinching record of the injustices of war and his photography has had singular impact. His work in the Balkans, which spanned over a decade of conflict, was used as evidence to indict and convict war criminals at the international tribunal in The Hague. President George H.W. Bush cited Haviv’s chilling photographs documenting paramilitary violence in Panama as one of the reasons for the 1989 American intervention.
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Ron Haviv Evening Presentation – Foundry Photojournalism Workshop 2018
Ron Haviv is an Emmy nominated, award-winning photojournalist and co-founder of the photo agency VII, dedicated to documenting conflict and raising awareness about human rights issues around the globe. In the last three decades, Haviv has covered more than twenty-five conflicts and worked in over one hundred countries. He has published three critically acclaimed collections of photography, and his work has been featured in numerous museums and galleries, including the Louvre, the United Nations, and the Council on Foreign Relations. Haviv's photographs are in the collections at The Houston Museum of Fine Arts and George Eastman House amongst others as well as numerous private collections. Haviv has produced an unflinching record of the injustices of war and his photography has had singular impact. His work in the Balkans, which spanned over a decade of conflict, was used as evidence to indict and convict war criminals at the international tribunal in The Hague. President George H.W. Bush cited Haviv’s chilling photographs documenting paramilitary violence in Panama as one of the reasons for the 1989 American intervention. His film work has appeared on PBS’s Need to Know and Frontline as well as NBC Nightly News and ABC World News Tonight. He has directed short films for ESPN, People Magazine, Doctors Without Borders, Asia Society and American Photography. Haviv’s music videos have been on the MTV Europe and Sol Musica channels in Spain. His first photography book, Blood and Honey: A Balkan War Journal, was called “One of the best non-fiction books of the year,” by The Los Angeles Times and “A chilling but vastly important record of a people’s suffering,” by Newsweek. His two other monographs are Afghanistan: The Road to Kabul and Haiti: 12 January 2010. Haviv has helped create multi-platform projects for Doctors Without Borders' DR Congo: The Forgotten War and Starved for Attention, Unicef's Child Alert for Darfur and Sri Lanka and the International Committee of the Red Cross's World at War. His commercial clients include Ad Council, American Express, BAE, Canon USA, ESPN, IBM and Volkswagen. Haviv is the central character in six documentary films, including National Geographic Explorer’s Freelance in a World of Risk, in which he speaks about the dangers of combat photography, including his numerous detentions and close calls. He has provided expert analysis and commentary on ABC World News, BBC, CNN, NPR, MSNBC, NBC Nightly News, Good Morning America and The Charlie Rose Show.
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Panel: Ethics in Photojournalism - Foundry Photojournalism Workshop 2017
Adriana Zehbrauskas convenes a panel of Andrea Bruce, Guillermo Cervera, Ron Haviv, Enric Martí and Maggie Steber discussing ethical considerations in the line of photojournalism and documentary photography. Held at the 2017 Foundry Photojournalism Workshop in Mexico City.
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4:53
Ron Haviv: Legacy of the Photo - The Lost Rolls
Award-winning photojournalist Ron Haviv looks back at more than twenty-five years of making photographs and shares his latest projects, The Lost Rolls and Biography of a Photo. The Lost Rolls explores a collection of forgotten moments and surprising discoveries leading to provocative questions from his previously undeveloped film. With Biography of a Photo, Haviv returns to countries where some of his most important iconic photographs were made. He explores the "lives of the photos" – the impact they've had on the historical narrative of the countries and the people who live there.
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Ron Haviv - Stories Behind the Photos
Award-winning photojournalist Ron Haviv sat down with PhotoWings at the 2015 Foundry Photojournalism Workshop in Bali to discuss his very personal stories and circumstances surrounding these images. Ron shares the context, critical thinking that went into making them and his perspective in retrospect. He also shares the importance of these photographs and the differences they made.
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Visual Storytelling – Foundry Photojournalism Workshop
At the 2015 Foundry Photojournalism Workshop, eight renowned instructors spoke with PhotoWings about the art and importance of visual storytelling. With a wealth of experience between them, they discuss what it means to them, how they do it, and what they are able to accomplish with it. As we feature a small sliver of this work throughout the video, we encourage you to explore the accompanying image gallery to learn more about these journalists, their images and the stories they represent. Featuring: Kael Alford, Thorne Anderson, Andrea Bruce, James Whitlow Delano, Edward Echwalu, Tewfic El-Sawy, Ron Haviv, Henrik Kastenskov, and John Stanmeyer
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The Power of Photography - Foundry Photojournalism Workshop: Guatemala
PhotoWings sat down with six of the esteemed instructors at the 2014 Foundry Photojournalism Workshop and asked them a simple question: What is it about photography that you find so powerful and important? They share heartfelt thoughts about their experiences and the work they have dedicated their lives to. Featuring: Ron Haviv, Photojournalist - www.ronhaviv.com Maggie Steber. Documentary Photographer - www.maggiesteber.com Andrea Bruce, Photojournalist - www.andreabruce.com Victor J. Blue, Photojournalist - www.victorblue.com Nacho Corbella, Visual Storyteller - www.nachocorbella.com Oscar Castillo, Photojournalist - www.eltestigo.net PhotoWings' mission is to highlight and help facilitate the power of photography to influence the world. We help photography to be better understood, created, utilized, seen, and saved.
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Ron Haviv: Utilizing Photography in the Classroom, Foundry Photojournalism Workshop 2013
Speaking from the Foundry Photojournalism Workshop in Sarajevo, Bosnia, photographer Ron Haviv explains a useful role for photography and photographers in the world of education. As part of the Telling History Project with the Children’s Movement for Creative Education, Ron brought his photos into high schools to teach human rights and conflict resolution. His photos worked as a conversation starter and built bridges across cultures: “We went into inner city schools — schools that were broken apart because of gangs — and when explaining to them the story of the former Yugoslavia or Darfur or Rwanda, they actually understood it in a very special and quick way because it really mirrored their own lives,” he says. Award-winning photojournalist Ron Haviv has produced some of the most important images of conflict and other humanitarian crises that have made headlines from around the world since the end of the Cold War. Haviv is a co-founder of the photo agency VII which is dedicated to documenting conflict, both violent and non-violent, to produce and unflinching record of the injustices created and experienced by people caught up in the events they describe.
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Ron Haviv: Documenting history for the benefit of future generations
Ron Haviv discusses why he has dedicated his photojournalism career to documenting not only conflict, but also post-conflict situations. “Photography,” he says, “enables us to look at everything in a more universal aspect of humanity.” See more interviews with Foundry Workshop Instructors: photowings.org/foundry-photojournalism-workshop/ Award-winning photojournalist Ron Haviv has produced some of the most important images of conflict and other humanitarian crises that have made headlines from around the world since the end of the Cold War. Haviv is a co-founder of the photo agency VII which is dedicated to documenting conflict, both violent and non-violent, to produce and unflinching record of the injustices created and experienced by people caught up in the events they describe. PhotoWings' mission is to highlight and help facilitate the power of photography to influence the world. We help photography to be better understood, created, utilized, seen, and saved.
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Ron Haviv: The “digital revolution” and photojournalism
Veteran photojournalist Ron Haviv shares his views on how the digital revolution has affected the ways young photojournalist will learn and experience the world in contrast to his own early career. See more interviews with Foundry Workshop Instructors: photowings.org/foundry-photojournalism-workshop/ Award-winning photojournalist Ron Haviv has produced some of the most important images of conflict and other humanitarian crises that have made headlines from around the world since the end of the Cold War. Haviv is a co-founder of the photo agency VII which is dedicated to documenting conflict, both violent and non-violent, to produce and unflinching record of the injustices created and experienced by people caught up in the events they describe. PhotoWings' mission is to highlight and help facilitate the power of photography to influence the world. We help photography to be better understood, created, utilized, seen, and saved.
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Ron Haviv: Bringing history to life with photography, Foundry Photojournalism Workshop 2013
If journalists are the first writers of history, says Ron Haviv, then photojournalists provide the first visual document of history. And in every photojournalist’s archive there are stories just waiting to be seen. See more interviews with Foundry Workshop Instructors: photowings.org/foundry-photojournalism-workshop/ Award-winning photojournalist Ron Haviv has produced some of the most important images of conflict and other humanitarian crises that have made headlines from around the world since the end of the Cold War. Haviv is a co-founder of the photo agency VII which is dedicated to documenting conflict, both violent and non-violent, to produce and unflinching record of the injustices created and experienced by people caught up in the events they describe. PhotoWings' mission is to highlight and help facilitate the power of photography to influence the world. We help photography to be better understood, created, utilized, seen, and saved.
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Ron Haviv: The importance of professional photographers
Even in the age of Instagram, journalists play a vital role for an informed society. Ron Haviv tells us his reasons why professional photojournalism is still an incredibly important asset, despite the increase of camera phone inspired “citizen journalism.” See more interviews with Foundry Workshop Instructors: photowings.org/foundry-photojournalism-workshop/ Award-winning photojournalist Ron Haviv has produced some of the most important images of conflict and other humanitarian crises that have made headlines from around the world since the end of the Cold War. Haviv is a co-founder of the photo agency VII which is dedicated to documenting conflict, both violent and non-violent, to produce and unflinching record of the injustices created and experienced by people caught up in the events they describe. PhotoWings' mission is to highlight and help facilitate the power of photography to influence the world. We help photography to be better understood, created, utilized, seen, and saved.
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Ron Haviv: Earning trust and respecting subjects, Foundry Photojournalism Workshop 2013
Good journalists are experts in gaining trust from the communities they cover. Ron Haviv talks about the respectful tack he takes when approaching potential subjects, and the mindset he has when talking with these people. See more interviews with Foundry Workshop Instructors: photowings.org/foundry-photojournalism-workshop/ Award-winning photojournalist Ron Haviv has produced some of the most important images of conflict and other humanitarian crises that have made headlines from around the world since the end of the Cold War. Haviv is a co-founder of the photo agency VII which is dedicated to documenting conflict, both violent and non-violent, to produce and unflinching record of the injustices created and experienced by people caught up in the events they describe. PhotoWings' mission is to highlight and help facilitate the power of photography to influence the world. We help photography to be better understood, created, utilized, seen, and saved.
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Ron Haviv: Understanding multimedia & its contexts, Foundry Photojournalism Workshop 2011
PhotoWings Interview with photojournalist Ron Haviv - Foundry Workshop 2011 in Buenos Aires, Argentina Ron Haviv advises emerging photographers that they should employ many tools to engage their audience in today’s rich multimedia environment. PhotoWings' mission is to highlight and help facilitate the power of photography to influence the world. We help photography to be better understood, created, utilized, seen, and saved. Award-winning photojournalist Ron Haviv has produced some of the most important images of conflict and other humanitarian crises that have made headlines from around the world since the end of the Cold War. Haviv is a co-founder of the photo agency VII which is dedicated to documenting conflict, both violent and non-violent, to produce and unflinching record of the injustices created and experienced by people caught up in the events they describe.
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Ron Haviv: Career evolution & inspiration, Foundry Photojournalism Workshop 2011
PhotoWings Interview with photojournalist Ron Haviv - Foundry Workshop 2011 in Buenos Aires, Argentina Ron Haviv discusses the origins behind his interest in photography and his inspiration for becoming a photojournalist after seeing photojournalism’s impact firsthand. PhotoWings' mission is to highlight and help facilitate the power of photography to influence the world. We help photography to be better understood, created, utilized, seen, and saved. Award-winning photojournalist Ron Haviv has produced some of the most important images of conflict and other humanitarian crises that have made headlines from around the world since the end of the Cold War. Haviv is a co-founder of the photo agency VII which is dedicated to documenting conflict, both violent and non-violent, to produce and unflinching record of the injustices created and experienced by people caught up in the events they describe.
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Ron Haviv: Roles for Unpublished Photographs, Foundry Photojournalism Workshop 2011
PhotoWings Interview with photojournalist Ron Haviv - Foundry Workshop 2011 in Buenos Aires, Argentina Ron Haviv discusses the potential power of unpublished photographs to have a lasting impact outside of journalism. PhotoWings' mission is to highlight and help facilitate the power of photography to influence the world. We help photography to be better understood, created, utilized, seen, and saved. Award-winning photojournalist Ron Haviv has produced some of the most important images of conflict and other humanitarian crises that have made headlines from around the world since the end of the Cold War. Haviv is a co-founder of the photo agency VII which is dedicated to documenting conflict, both violent and non-violent, to produce and unflinching record of the injustices created and experienced by people caught up in the events they describe.
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Ron Haviv: Critical Thinking Skills and Research, Foundry Photojournalism Workshop 2011
PhotoWings Interview with photojournalist Ron Haviv - Foundry Workshop 2011 in Buenos Aires, Argentina Ron Haviv discusses the thought processes and critical thinking skills needed to conceive and cover a story — from performing background research, to gaining access, and to thinking on one's feet. PhotoWings' mission is to highlight and help facilitate the power of photography to influence the world. We help photography to be better understood, created, utilized, seen, and saved. Award-winning photojournalist Ron Haviv has produced some of the most important images of conflict and other humanitarian crises that have made headlines from around the world since the end of the Cold War. Haviv is a co-founder of the photo agency VII which is dedicated to documenting conflict, both violent and non-violent, to produce and unflinching record of the injustices created and experienced by people caught up in the events they describe.
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Ron Haviv: Listening and Storytelling, Foundry Photojournalism Workshop 2011
PhotoWings Interview with photojournalist Ron Haviv - Foundry Workshop 2011 in Buenos Aires, Argentina Ron Haviv advises that the easiest way to approach people in journalism is to allow them to tell their stories — something they rarely have the chance to do. PhotoWings' mission is to highlight and help facilitate the power of photography to influence the world. We help photography to be better understood, created, utilized, seen, and saved. Award-winning photojournalist Ron Haviv has produced some of the most important images of conflict and other humanitarian crises that have made headlines from around the world since the end of the Cold War. Haviv is a co-founder of the photo agency VII which is dedicated to documenting conflict, both violent and non-violent, to produce and unflinching record of the injustices created and experienced by people caught up in the events they describe.
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Ron Haviv: Media Literacy and Active Audience Participation, Foundry Photojournalism Workshop 2011
PhotoWings Interview with photojournalist Ron Haviv - Foundry Workshop 2011 in Buenos Aires, Argentina Ron Haviv explains the process of becoming media literate and bearing the responsibility to be part of an active and critical media audience. PhotoWings' mission is to highlight and help facilitate the power of photography to influence the world. We help photography to be better understood, created, utilized, seen, and saved. Award-winning photojournalist Ron Haviv has produced some of the most important images of conflict and other humanitarian crises that have made headlines from around the world since the end of the Cold War. Haviv is a co-founder of the photo agency VII which is dedicated to documenting conflict, both violent and non-violent, to produce and unflinching record of the injustices created and experienced by people caught up in the events they describe.
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Ron Haviv: Ethics & Representing Truth, Foundry Photojournalism Workshop 2011
PhotoWings Interview with photojournalist Ron Haviv - Foundry Workshop 2011 in Buenos Aires, Argentina Ron Haviv emphasizes the ethical need to preserve an audience trust in photojournalism and provides strategies to accomplish those ethical demands. PhotoWings' mission is to highlight and help facilitate the power of photography to influence the world. We help photography to be better understood, created, utilized, seen, and saved. Award-winning photojournalist Ron Haviv has produced some of the most important images of conflict and other humanitarian crises that have made headlines from around the world since the end of the Cold War. Haviv is a co-founder of the photo agency VII which is dedicated to documenting conflict, both violent and non-violent, to produce and unflinching record of the injustices created and experienced by people caught up in the events they describe.
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Alan Chin Presentation: Foundry 2022
Veteran photojournalist Alan Chin has had a diverse array of experience working in different situations around the world during his career. In this video, he provides advice for young photojournalists looking to tackle assignments, both local and international. Alan was born and raised in New York City’s Chinatown. Since 1996, he has worked in China, the former Yugoslavia, Afghanistan, Egypt, Iraq, Central Asia, and Ukraine, as well as extensively in the United States. He is a contributing photographer to The New York Times and many other publications. He is an Adjunct Professor at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, and his work is in the collection of the Museum Of Modern Art. Chin was nominated twice by The New York Times for the Pulitzer Prize for coverage of the Kosovo conflict in 1999 and 2000. Currently Alan is also Creative Director of Facing Change: Documenting DETROIT, a community-based photojournalism initiative that is part of Facing Change: Documenting America (FCDA). 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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Josue Rivas Presentation: Foundry 2022
In this video, self-described Indigenous Futurist and photographer Josue Rivas delves into the imbalance between insider and outsider storytelling within the photography industry, the fraught history of photography portraying Indigenous people inaccurately, and the importance of collaboration. Josué Rivas (Mexica and Otomi) is an Indigenous Futurist, creative director, visual storyteller and entrepreneur 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 transformation and collective healing. He is a 2022 NDN Collective Radical Imagination Fellow, Catchlight Leadership Fellow, Magnum Foundation Photography and Social Justice Fellow, founder of INDÍGENA, co-founder of Indigenous Photograph and curator at Indigenous TikTok. Some of his recent collaborators include Nike, Adobe, Adidas, Levi’s, Apple, National Geographic and The New York Times amongst others. Josué is a guest in the traditional village sites of the Multnomah, Wasco, Cowlitz, Kathlamet, Clackamas, Bands of Chinook, Tualatin, Kalapuya, and Molalla peoples (Portland, OR.) 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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Brian Palmer Presentation: Foundry 2022
Award-winning photojournalist Brian Palmer reflects on the lessons he has learned during his long and successful career, dwelling on the importance of vulnerability and being a great listener. Brian Palmer is a Peabody Award–winning journalist based in Richmond, Virginia. During his 30-year career he has photographed conflict, politics, activism, daily life, and more around the world and in his own backyard. His photos have appeared in the New York Times, Buzzfeed, Narrative.ly; his writing in Smithsonian Magazine, the New York Times, and the Nation; and audio on Reveal. His documentary, Full Disclosure, which appeared in 2011 on The Documentary Channel, along with several magazine articles and photo exhibitions, grew out of three media embeds in Iraq with U.S. Marines. In 2019, along with collaborator, Seth Wessler, he received a Peabody for Reveal radio story "Monumental Lies.” 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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Vanessa Charlot Presentation: Foundry 2022
Vanessa Charlot reflects on the process of building trust with subjects as a photographer, ensuring that the camera is used as a tool of power to highlight and raise the voices of the marginalized, and the importance of collaboration. Vanessa Charlot is an award-winning photojournalist/ documentary photographer, filmmaker, lecturer and curator. Her work focuses on the intersectionality of race, spirituality, economics and sexual/gender expression. She shoots primarily in black and white to disrupt compositional hierarchy and explore the immutability of the collective human experience. The purpose of her work is to produce visual representations free of an oppressive gaze. Vanessa seeks to humanize Black bodies through her photography, restoring the dignity and vitality of those often shot as subjects divorced from context, motives, and histories. She has worked throughout the U.S., Caribbean and Southeast Asia. Her photographs have been commissioned by the New York Times, Gucci, Vogue, Rolling Stone, The New Yorker, Oprah Magazine, The Atlantic, The Guardian, Apple, New York Magazine, Buzzfeed, Artnet News, The Washington Post and other national and international publications. She lectures at the International Center of Photography. In 2021, she was awarded the Courage in Journalism Award presented by the International Women’s Media Foundation. 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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Amber Terranova Presentation: Foundry 2022
Amber Terranova, experienced magazine photo editor, gives insight into the workings of magazine publishing, and how photo editors strategize about assigning stories to photographers. Amber Terranova is an independent photo director and educator based in New York. She is currently working as a Consultant for Magnum Education and is a BFA Faculty member at the School of Visual Arts. Previously she worked for Adobe, Screen Projects and on special projects for Schilt Publishing, a photo and art book publisher from Amsterdam. In 2016 Amber worked as the Director of Photography on a project for Shinola, commissioning photographers and art directing branded content editorial features and in 2018 she photo directed three of their commercial catalogs. Amber has worked as a contributing photo editor at People Magazine, Time Home Entertainment, The New Yorker, and from 2008 to 2012 she held the position of Photo Editor for Photo District News (PDN), the leading magazine for professional photographers. Previously, she held positions at New York Magazine and Outside magazine. 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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Ben Brody Presentation: Foundry 2022
In this video, Ben Brody gives an overview of the photography education program he built in partnership with VII Academy and the YMCA in Boston, and some of the impacts of the program. Ben Brody is an independent photographer, educator, and picture editor working on long-form projects related to the American wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and their aftermath. He is the Director of Photography for The GroundTruth Project and Report for America, and a co-founder of Mass Books. His first book, Attention Servicemember, was shortlisted for the 2019 Aperture - Paris Photo First Book Award and is now in its second edition. Ben holds an MFA from Hartford Art School's International Low-Residency Photography program. He resides in western Massachusetts. 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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Andrea Bruce Presentation: Foundry 2022
In this video, award-winning photojournalist Andrea Bruce reflects on the state of local journalism, the importance of robust journalism ecosystems, and her recent local journalism efforts where she lives in rural North Carolina. Andrea Bruce is a documentary photographer whose work focuses on people living in the aftermath of war. Her clients include National Geographic and The New York Times as well as many publications around the globe. Andrea was a 2016 Nieman Fellow at Harvard University where she studied political theory and democracy. For eight years she worked as a staff photographer for The Washington Post, where she originated and authored a weekly column called "Unseen Iraq.” She also worked at The Concord Monitor and The St. Petersburg Times after graduating from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1995. She is now a member/ owner of the photo agency NOOR. She has been named Photographer of the Year four times by the WHNPA, received several awards from the Pictures of the Year International contest, including the 2017 Environmental Vision Award, and was awarded the prestigious John Faber Award from the Overseas Press Club in New York. Currently, she is based in North Carolina and authors the weekly bulletin "Down in the County," highlighting daily life in the rural south. 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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Michael Robinson Chavez Presentation: Foundry 2022
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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VII Insider Splash
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VII Engage - A City Ruptured” with Ashley Gilbertson and Renee Melides
Over the course of the last year and a half, the Covid-19 pandemic depleted our economy, affecting people’s homes, livelihoods and wallets. To document the hardships, as both a lament and a tribute, Ashley Gilbertson spent 8 months photographing how the pandemic economy ruptured New York, witnessing stark examples of widening inequality, the changing ways of work and commerce, and ultimately tears in the fabric of the place—even amid growing signs of hope for immunity and recovery. In this discussion, Ashley discusses the project with the editor of the project with whom he worked, Renee Melides. The duo discusses their year of COVID-19 coverage in New York City, the genesis of the project, the complex production of a months-long story from initial pitch to publication, and the importance of collaboration. Ashley and Renee also look at many images from the series, and give insight to the stories behind the pictures. Renee Melides is a Photo Editor at The New York Times and is currently based in New York. Renee also worked for The Times in both their London and Hong Kong bureaus. Prior to this, she was the Deputy Photo Editor at Monocle Magazine in London. Before venturing into the realm of photo editing, Renee spent her years as a photojournalist. Working for clients such as The Financial Times of London, Reuters, Monocle Magazine, The Age, Australian Financial Review and the Sydney Morning Herald, to name a few. Renee has interned at both the VII and Magnum photo agencies and CNN International. In her spare time she also works on her own personal documentary projects and visual stories. Ashley Gilbertson is an Australian photographer and writer living in New York City recognized for his critical eye and unique approach to social issues. Gilbertson is a member of VII Photo, a frequent contributor to major media outlets and a collaborator with the United Nations. For over twenty years, Gilbertson’s work focused on refugees and conflict, an interest that in 2002, led him to Iraq. His work from that country was awarded the Robert Capa Gold Medal, and in 2007, Gilbertson’s first book, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, was released, going on to become a bestseller. Post Iraq, Gilbertson shifted his focus to veterans, drawing public attention to post traumatic stress disorder and suicide. Gilbertson’s second book, Bedrooms Of The Fallen, a collection of photographs depicting the intact bedrooms of service members killed in Iraq and Afghanistan, was released in 2014. That work received a prestigious Ellie award. Today, Gilbertson documents global migration in Africa and Europe, and works on climate, social and health issues in the United States and Asia. He writes regular opinion and news stories for outlets including The New York Times, The Washington Post, ProPublica, and UNICEF. In 2014, a multimedia story on the militarization of the South China Sea earned him an Emmy nomination. He has worked on commercial assignments for Apple Computer, Axa Insurance, and the Ad Council. Gilbertson’s prints and books are included in permanent collections of numerous museums and art galleries around the world, and has been exhibited widely at institutions including The Smithsonian (Washington), Centre Georges Pompidou (Paris), National Gallery of Victoria (Melbourne), Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (Kansas), The Museum of The City of New York, and The National September 11 Memorial Museum (New York).
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John Stanmeyer’s Kit: On Assignment with National Geographic
There is no one photography kit. Some can be large, and some can be small—it all depends on need and style. From times when an extensive collection of items is necessary, to more insignificant day-to-day kits, and creating endlessly with the camera phone that is always in his pocket, John Stanmeyer has done it all over the years. In this VII Insider session, John shares his experiences preparing for assignments and how he thinks about what gear is necessary. John shares his philosophy of minimalism and simplicity, and gives insight into what feels just right for him, to help guide others to committing not to more and more gear, but to less—and the limitless possibilities he finds in bringing a simple collection of tools into the field on an assignment. In a wide-ranging Q+A, John also discusses long-form and short-form storytelling with a small kit, sharing examples not so much of the gear, but what one can do with their gear. John Stanmeyer is an award-winning photojournalist, Emmy nominated filmmaker and educator, dedicated to social, humanitarian and political issues that define our times. For more than 15 years, John has worked nearly exclusively with National Geographic magazine, producing over 19 stories, resulting in more than 14 covers. Between 1998 and 2008, John was a contract photographer for Time magazine. His years with Time resulted in 18 covers. In 2001, Stanmeyer co-founded with six of the world’s leading photojournalists, the prestigious VII Photo agency. Today VII represents more than 30 photographers from around the globe. Stanmeyer is an Emeritus member of VII and also is represented by Nat Geo Image Collection agency and is a member of Ripple Effects Images, a collective of artists and storytellers working on issues related to women, empowerment and equality. He is the recipient of numerous honors, including the prestigious Robert Capa award, POYi Magazine Photographer of the Year and the World Press Photo of the Year in 2014. John lives with his dog, Elfriede the Great Dane, in the southern Berkshires of western Massachusetts.
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VII Insider: Sebastião Salgado (Portuguese)
Internationally-renowned photographer Sebastião Salgado has spent years documenting the vast lungs of the Earth that stretch through his native country of Brazil and neighboring nations. “Amazônia” is his ongoing comprehensive survey of isolated indigenous communities, wildlife, and the aerial landscapes of the untouched regions of the Amazon. In conversation with VII Photo Agency Mentor Program photographer Leonardo Carrato, Salgado talks about the challenges involved in multi-national and global long-term projects, and the importance of photography as a powerful tool for change, citing real-world examples where it has made a difference. Sebastião Salgado was born in Aimorés, Minas Gerais, Brazil and now lives in Paris. A trained economist, he began his career as a photographer in Paris in 1973. He worked successively with the agencies Sygma, Gamma and Magnum Photos until 1994 when, together with Lélia Wanick Salgado, they founded the photographic press agency, Amazonas images, exclusively devoted to their work. Salgado has travelled to more than 100 countries for photographic projects that, in addition to countless publications in the press, were published as books, with conception and design by Lélia Wanick Salgado. These titles include Other Americas (1986), Sahel, l’Homme en détresse (1986), Workers (1993), Earth (1997), Exodus and Portraits of Children of the Exodus (2000), Africa (2007), and Genesis (2013). In 2015, he published the book Perfume de Sonho, a trip to the world of coffee. The book Da minha terra à Terra (2014) tells the origins of his work. His most recent books include Kuwait, A Desert on Fire (2016), in 2019, Gold, Serra Pelada Gold Mine. Traveling exhibitions of these works have been and continue to be presented internationally. The vast majority of these exhibitions were curated by Lélia Wanick Salgado. Sebastião Salgado has also received numerous awards for his photography. He is a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and an honorary member of the United States Academy of Arts and Science. He received the commendation of the “Order of the Rio Branco in Brazil” and is “Commandeur de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres” by the French Ministry of Culture and Communication. On April 13, 2016, he was elected a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts de l’Institut de France, assuming the chair previously occupied by photographer Lucien Clergue. In that same year also in France, he was appointed Knight of the Legion of Honor. He received the Itamaraty Cultural Diplomacy Award from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, at the Brazilian Embassy in Paris. In 2016, in Brazil, he was appointed Doctor Honoris Causa, Federal University of Espirito Santo. He was also recently elected an honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters in the USA, and was honored with the German Free Trade Peace Prize.
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“Congo in Conversation” with Finbarr O’Reilly
As the COVID-19 pandemic spread across the world in 2020, swiftly closing down borders, Finbarr O’Reilly and 11 Congolese photographers—who were collaborating on a vast project addressing the human, social and ecological challenges that the DRC faces today—quickly adapted themselves to the new reality and created a unique collaborative online chronicle, an uninterrupted and unprecedented stream of articles, photo essays, and videos housed on a dedicated website called “Congo in Conversation” that has also resulted in a bilingual monograph of the same name. The 11th Carmignac Photojournalism Award funded the project. In this VII Insider talk, VII agency photographer Ziyah Gafic and Finbarr discuss the project’s evolution and execution, the history and politics of photojournalism in the Congo, the importance of diversity and representation in photojournalistic narratives, and using institutional power and privilege to lift up underrepresented voices and develop the next generation of storytellers. Finbarr O’Reilly is an independent photographer and multimedia journalist, and the author of the nonfiction memoir, Shooting Ghosts, A U.S. Marine, a Combat Photographer, and Their Journey Back from War (Penguin Random House 2017). Finbarr lived for 12 years in West and Central Africa and has spent two decades covering conflicts in Congo, Chad, Sudan, Afghanistan, Libya, and Gaza. He is the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize exhibition photographer and a frequent contributor to The New York Times. His photography and multimedia work has earned numerous industry honors, including First Place in the Portraits category at the 2019 World Press Photo Awards. He was also winner of the World Press Photo of the Year in 2006 and earned a 2020 Emmy for the PBS Frontline documentary, Ebola in Congo. Finbarr is a Canon Ambassador. Ziyah Gafic is an award-winning photojournalist and videographer based in Sarajevo focusing on societies locked in a perpetual cycle of violence and Muslim communities around the world. He covered major stories in over 50 countries. Ziyah’s work received many prestigious awards such as multiple awards at World Press Photo, Grand Prix Discovery of the Year at Les Rencontres d’Arles, Hasselblad Masters Award, City of Perpignan Award for Young Reporters at Visa pour l’Image, Photo District News, Getty Images grant for editorial photography, TED fellowship, Prince Claus grant, and Magnum Emergency fund grant. His work is regularly published in leading international publications. Ziyah authored several monographs including “Troubled Islam – short stories from troubled societies”, “Quest for Identity,” and the most recent, “Heartland.”
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Creating Impact New Visual Perspectives on the Climate Crisis
This symposium explores three urgent questions about creating impactful communications on the climate crisis, in advance of the UN Climate Change Conference 2021 (COP26) to be held in Glasgow, Scotland starting 1 November 2021: How can visual images and stories impact the climate crisis agenda? Are there new global voices and perspectives emerging? How can images improve public engagement ahead of COP26? Hosted by VII Insider, the symposium is a collaboration between Climate Visuals, University of the Arts London’s Photography and Arts Research Centre, Slideluck Editorial and The VII Foundation. VII Insider events are made possible by the generous support of PhotoWings. This hour-long event, held on 30 June 2021, also introduced the Climate Visuals programme, its evidence base and previewed submissions to ‘Visualizing Climate Change: An Open Call for Photography’, which is a partnership with TED Countdown. Moderator: Paul Lowe Participants and Agenda: Toby Smith, Climate Visuals Introduction to Climate Visuals, its evidence base on impact, and the concept behind the ‘Visualizing Climate Change’ initiative Maria Teresa Salvati, Slideluck Editorial A personal selection from the Open Call highlighting new voices and perspectives on climate change Nichole Sobecki, VII Recent photographic work on the climate crisis Moderated Q&A
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Digital Silver Imaging Technical Webinar Series B&W Workflow
How you execute your black & white conversion can make-or-break your image and your print. Simply selecting “grey scale’ results in soulless black & white conversions. Photoshop® and Lightroom® expert Joe Brady shares how he converts his images from color to black & white. Joe steps you through the process in clear easy to follow steps. Also included is a how-to on the Nik Silver Efex Pro plug-in. Instructor – Joe Brady Topics include: Creating a dynamic black & white conversion Demonstrate best practices using Lightroom® and Adobe Photoshop® Review of Nik Software Silver Efex Pro plugin Black & white printing options Question and answer
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Digital Silver Imaging Technical Webinar Series Capture One Workflow
Capture One is a powerful and fast image editing tool that can be used for RAW file processing, cataloging, tethering, print file preparation and much more. This software is quickly becoming the preferred RAW processing tools of high-resolution digital cameras. Capture One expert, Scott Nidermaier will give an overview of the software’s many capabilities. Scott’s clear and understandable instruction will get you rolling with Capture One. Instructor – Scott Nidermaier Topics include: Capture One as part of your post-production workflow Basics and best practices for Capture One Cultural Heritage software integration with Capture One Question and answer
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Nichole Sobecki Presentation: Foundry 2022
U.S.-born, Nairobi-based photographer Nichole Sobecki talks about insider vs. outsider photojournalism, the importance of highlighting overlooked stories, and how she strives to be contentious and collaborative in her work. Nichole Sobecki is a photographer and filmmaker based in Nairobi, Kenya. She is represented internationally by the photo agency VII. She began her career in Turkey, Lebanon, and Syria, focusing on regional issues related to identity, conflict, and human rights. From 2012-2015 Nichole led Agence France-Presse’s East Africa video bureau before immersing herself in documentary photography. She is also a contributor to Everyday Africa, a collection of images shot on mobile phones across the continent, and an attempt to showcase the moments missing from dramatic news images — everyday life that is neither idealized nor debased. Her work has also been recognized by Pictures of the Year, the One World Media Awards, the Alexandra Boulat Award for Photojournalism, The Magenta Foundation, and The Jacob Burns Film Center, among others. Nichole’s photography has been exhibited at The United Nations Headquarters and Photoville in New York City, the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington, DC, Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture in San Francisco, the Musée des Arts et Métiers in Paris, The Nikola Rukaj Gallery in Toronto, and beyond. 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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Community Heroes Toolkit Launch and Info Session
COMMUNITY HEROES TOOLKIT LAUNCH AND INFO SESSION Featuring Jasmin Chang and Zac Martin Photoville Festival 2022 online talks are made possible in partnership with PhotoWings If you are an artist who cares about your neighborhood; a person or group dedicated to local stories and history; a public space that wants to build community…then the Community Heroes toolkit is for you! This new and free resource helps you to organize a public art project in your community. It is an opportunity to work with your neighbors to recognize and celebrate incredible people who have strengthened and supported your community. Come learn about it from the project co-founders and writers of the toolkit! This Community Heroes project began as a collaboration in Fort Greene, Brooklyn in 2016. Since then, it has become an annual neighborhood staple in Fort Greene Park and Commodore Barry Park. The project has also been done in Bed Stuy, Crown Heights, Red Hook and University Heights in the Bronx. In response to many others asking to bring Community Heroes to their neighborhoods, we created a free project toolkit, so more people can create this project themselves! communityheroes.nyc/toolkit photoville.nyc/event/community-heroes-toolkit-launch/
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