Missouri Photo Workshop

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Missouri Photo Workshop
Motto
Ostende veritatem cum a camera
Motto in English
Show truth with a camera
Type Private
Established1949 (1949)
DirectorJim Curley, David Rees
Academic staff
12
Students50
Location, ,
38°56′55″N92°19′45″W / 38.9487°N 92.329104°W / 38.9487; -92.329104
Campus Rural
Colours Red and Black   
Affiliations Missouri School of Journalism
Website mophotoworkshop.org

The Missouri Photo Workshop is an annual week-long photojournalism school based in Lee Hills Hall at the Missouri School of Journalism in Columbia, Missouri. [1] [2] Founded in 1949 by the "Father of Photojournalism" Cliff Edom along with American economist, federal government official, and photographer Roy Stryker and photographer Russell Lee, [3] [4] the workshop originally sought to instruct others in photojournalism based on the "gritty, content-rich photographs" produced by the pre-World War II (pre-1939) Farm Security Administration, [4] a United States government effort during the Great Depression to combat American rural poverty. Following Edom's credo - "Show truth with a camera. Ideally truth is a matter of personal integrity. In no circumstances will a posed or faked photograph be tolerated." [5] - each workshop originates in a different small town in Missouri, [3] [6] which is used as a backdrop for attendees from the United States and other countries to work on photograph storytelling methods such as research, observation, and timing. [6] Missouri Photo Workshop faculty members have included the White House's first photo editor and NPPA Picture Editor of the Year Sandra Eisert and other prominent photojournalists. [7] [8]

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Faculty and students

This list of Missouri Photo Workshop faculty includes current, former, and deceased lecturers at the annual Missouri Photo Workshop (MPW), an annual week-long photojournalism school founded in 1949 and based in Lee Hills Hall at the Missouri School of Journalism in Columbia, Missouri, United States. [1] [2]

NameLast MPW (as of 2012)Publication representedMPW workshop numbersNotes
Cliff Edom 38Missouri Photo WorkshopMPW 1-38Co-Director
Jim Curley 64Missouri Photo WorkshopMPW 53-64Co-Director
Sam Abell 40 Freelance MPW 40
Bill Allard 20 Freelance MPW 20
Nancy Andrews 54 Detroit Free Press MPW 54
Howard Chapnick 44 Black Star Publishing MPW 18, 20-22, 24-28, 30, 33-35, 40, 44
Rich Clarkson 46 National Geographic, Denver Post, Topeka Capital Journal MPW 14, 22-35, 37-46
Jodi Cobb 38 National Geographic MPW 33, 38
Carolyn Cole 61 Los Angeles Times MPW 61
Harold Corsini 1 Freelance MPW 1
Bruce Dale 26 National Geographic MPW 26
Barbara Davidson 63 Los Angeles Times MPW 63
Penny De Los Santos 61 Freelance MPW 61
Sandra Eisert 52 San Jose Mercury News, The White House, Associated Press, The Washington Post, Minneapolis Star Tribune MPW 27-33, 35-37, 41-46, 51, 52
J. Eyerman 14 Life Magazine MPW 14
Robert E. Gilka 46 National Geographic, Milwaukee Journal MPW 7-9, 11, 14, 16, 17, 20, 22, 24-32, 34-36, 40, 42, 46
MaryAnne Golon 62 TIME Magazine, AARP MPW 51, 52, 54-60, 62
Larry Harper 26 Missouri Ruralist MPW 26
Abigail Heyman 39 International Center of Photography MPW 39
John Isaac 61 Freelance MPW 61
Lynn Johnson 51 Freelance MPW 51
Tom Keane 22 Wilmington News Journal MPW 22
Kim Komenich 64 San Jose State University MPW 46-56, 58, 60-64
Brian Lanker 30 Topeka Capital Journal, The Register Guard MPW 23-26, 30
Russell Lee 29 Freelance MPW 2-8, 10, 11, 13-16, 28, 29
Bob Lynn 39 Virginia Pilot & Ledger Star MPW 39
Robert Madden 29 National Geographic MPW 24, 29
Ron Mann 38 Orange County Register MPW 38
Michele McDonald 51 Freelance MPW 46, 48-51
Wayne Miller 27 Magnum Photos MPW 27
Margaret O'Connor 55 New York Times MPW 55
Yoichi R. Okamoto 13 U.S. Press Service, United States Information Agency MPW 9-13
Randy Olson 64 National Geographic MPW 42, 48-50, 53-57, 59, 60-64
Eli Reed 43 Magnum Photos MPW 42, 43
Rita Reed 60 University of Missouri, Minneapolis Star Tribune MPW 44-49, 53, 60
Arthur Rothstein 8 Look Magazine MPW 6-8
Kurt Szafranski 3 Black Star Publishing MPW 3
Rick Shaw 64 Pictures of the Year International MPW 61, 64
Arthur Siegel 4 Chicago Institute of Design MPW 3, 4
Henry Smith 4 Indiana University MPW 4
Zoe Smith 43 University of Missouri MPW 43
Maggie Steber 61 Freelance MPW 43, 47, 56, 58, 61
William H. Strode, III 35 Louisville Courier-Journal MPW 19-21, 23-32, 35
Roy E. Stryker 9 Standard Oil Company of New Jersey MPW 1, 9
Arthur Witman 19 St. Louis Post-Dispatch MPW 17-19
George Yates 2 Des Moines Register MPW 2

Selected publication

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References

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  2. 1 2 Emily Smith (January 16, 2008), "$846,000 Donation Given To Preserve Legacy Of Photojournalism At University Of Missouri", US Federal News , retrieved December 14, 2012
  3. 1 2 Little, Joan (January 25, 1989), "Mizzou's Photo Workshop In Spotlight", St. Louis Post-Dispatch , sec. News, p. 2A, retrieved December 14, 2012
  4. 1 2 "Museum Exhibition Offers Unique Look Into Power Of Photography, Art", US Federal News , September 8, 2008, retrieved December 14, 2012
  5. Mark Lile (September 22, 2005), "Photojournalists to document Marshall", Marshall Democrat-News , retrieved December 14, 2012
  6. 1 2 "History of the Missouri Photo Workshop", About — Missouri Photo Workshop, Missouri Photo Workshop, 2012, retrieved December 14, 2012
  7. "This year's faculty", 52nd MPW: Faculty, Missouri Photo Workshop, 2001, retrieved December 14, 2012
  8. Doug Glass (October 18, 1995), "No Parade: Small Town In Focus: Workshop A Challenge For Residents, Photographers", Chicago Tribune , sec. News, p. 8
  9. "New Books At Mrrl", Jefferson City News-Tribune , sec. Local, p. 18, October 17, 2010

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