The Institute for Photographic Empowerment

FotoKonbit Social Photography Workshops

Admin — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:46:58 +0000

FotoKonbit is a non-profit organization created to empower Haitians to tell their own stories through photography. They teach photography workshops to children and adults. Fotokonbit is a community of photographers building an archive that shows Haiti through Haitian eyes. Inspired by the Creole word “konbit” which can be defined as the coming together of similar [...]

Participation for Engagement and Impact: A Conversation with Jennifer Maytorena Taylor

Admin — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:36:28 +0000

Documentary filmmaker Jennifer Maytorena Taylor is a research fellow here at USC’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. Her current work in progress is a web-based film project for Latino Public Broadcasting and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting called Street Knowledge to College. It explores how a small community-run charter school called FREE L.A. High [...]

We Are The Future

Admin — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 22:20:55 +0000

Critical Exposure's Photo of the Month for November 2011 is called We Are The Future:

Upcoming PhotoPhilanthropy Events

Admin — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 19:42:33 +0000

On January 21st and 22nd, our friends at PhotoPhilanthropy will host a group of leading practitioners in the field of visual storytelling for a weekend of discussions and presentations in San Francisco. On Saturday, January 21st, there will be a live judging event to decide the winners of the PhotoPhilanthropy Activist Awards, and, on Sunday, [...]

Robin van der Hoek: Participant vs. Professional Photography

Admin — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 02:22:01 +0000

Note from Professor Jim Hubbard, Visual Communication and Social Change, USC: In a unique class, Visual Communication and Social Change, 4th-year students explore and contrast the images of professional and “participant” photographers; try to discern the impact of various forms of visual media on its target audiences; and read authors who promote participant-photography and those who are [...]

Jennifer Leshkevich: Participant vs. Professional Photography

Admin — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 02:16:42 +0000

Alex Steadman: Participant vs. Professional Photography

Admin — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 02:14:13 +0000

Alesa Dunbar: Participant vs. Professional Photography

Admin — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 02:12:27 +0000

Ming Yan Lam: Participant vs. Professional Photography

Admin — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 02:09:19 +0000

Blair K. Strong: Participant vs. Professional Photography

Admin — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 02:07:03 +0000