David Griffin, executive editor for E-publishing at National Geographic, Michelle McNally, assisting managing editor at the New York Times, Santiago Lyons, director of photography at the Associated Press and MaryAnne Golon, photography editor and freelance media consultant are conducted a panel in the barn tonight about the influence of the digital age in the medium of our passion; photography.
Having such ‘heavies’, as we call them, in a room for the sole purpose of helping 100 students further their passions along with their skill level is what this workshop is all about.
Golan asked the panel what the students really need in order to make it in this industry, and McNally answered first.
“Foremost, photography, but just being a journalist and getting to the essence of the story. You have to be a journalist first and foremost. You have to be a storyteller.”
The students sit listening intently to the panelists as they hash out the topics like the appropriate use of video and multimedia, photography ethics and the introduction of the iPad, immersed in the topics that are at the forefront of the industry.
Up next, presentations by magazine portrait photographer Henry Leutwyler and award winning contemporary environmental portrait photographer Jeff Riedel...
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Sunday, October 10, 2010
The House
The bulk of this Eddie Adams Workshop takes place in the barn of the 64-acre farm, but if EAW had a heart it would be the red floored kitchen of the farmhouse where Eddie would entertain his close friends and guest speakers. Eddie’s extended workshop family continues to meet in the cozy room to laugh and trade memories. As people are adopted into the family, they’re welcomed as if they’ve always sat at the photo covered table.
The photos on that table represent 23 years of hard working, hard playing volunteers who come up for one weekend in October to give 100 students the experience of a lifetime.
As Pulitzer Prize winning photographers like Nick Ut and Michael Williamson come through the door, Najat and Roxy Naba are ready to serve Lebanese Labne and fresh mint snacks they made from scratch, and if timed right, you might get to taste Nick’s specially brewed Vietnamese coffee.
Photography is the one commonality between each person who comes through the door, and while other topics are brought up, the conversation always returns to Eddie’s passion; photography.
“This place was meant to be full of people,” said Alyssa Adams, executive producer of the Eddie Adams Workshop.
Alyssa reflects, in stark contrast to the rest of the year when the residence is an ordinary farmhouse in the Catskills, “It’s quiet, the pond is very serene, you feel like you’re floating on top of the world when you’re here. In the summer the farm feels like it’s waiting for the workshop.”
But during this cold week in October, the bonfire blazes, Bruiser the Boxer eagerly waits for scraps to fall and the community of photographers gathers in the heart of the home to continue Eddie’s tradition.
“This place was meant to be full of people,” said Alyssa Adams, executive producer of the Eddie Adams Workshop.
Alyssa reflects, in stark contrast to the rest of the year when the residence is an ordinary farmhouse in the Catskills, “It’s quiet, the pond is very serene, you feel like you’re floating on top of the world when you’re here. In the summer the farm feels like it’s waiting for the workshop.”
But during this cold week in October, the bonfire blazes, Bruiser the Boxer eagerly waits for scraps to fall and the community of photographers gathers in the heart of EAW to continue Eddie’s tradition and will for years to come.
The photos on that table represent 23 years of hard working, hard playing volunteers who come up for one weekend in October to give 100 students the experience of a lifetime.
As Pulitzer Prize winning photographers like Nick Ut and Michael Williamson come through the door, Najat and Roxy Naba are ready to serve Lebanese Labne and fresh mint snacks they made from scratch, and if timed right, you might get to taste Nick’s specially brewed Vietnamese coffee.
Photography is the one commonality between each person who comes through the door, and while other topics are brought up, the conversation always returns to Eddie’s passion; photography.
“This place was meant to be full of people,” said Alyssa Adams, executive producer of the Eddie Adams Workshop.
Alyssa reflects, in stark contrast to the rest of the year when the residence is an ordinary farmhouse in the Catskills, “It’s quiet, the pond is very serene, you feel like you’re floating on top of the world when you’re here. In the summer the farm feels like it’s waiting for the workshop.”
But during this cold week in October, the bonfire blazes, Bruiser the Boxer eagerly waits for scraps to fall and the community of photographers gathers in the heart of the home to continue Eddie’s tradition.
“This place was meant to be full of people,” said Alyssa Adams, executive producer of the Eddie Adams Workshop.
Alyssa reflects, in stark contrast to the rest of the year when the residence is an ordinary farmhouse in the Catskills, “It’s quiet, the pond is very serene, you feel like you’re floating on top of the world when you’re here. In the summer the farm feels like it’s waiting for the workshop.”
But during this cold week in October, the bonfire blazes, Bruiser the Boxer eagerly waits for scraps to fall and the community of photographers gathers in the heart of EAW to continue Eddie’s tradition and will for years to come.
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