Motto | Ostende veritatem cum a camera |
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Motto in English | Show truth with a camera |
Type | Private |
Established | 1949 |
Director | Jim Curley, David Rees |
Academic staff | 12 |
Students | 50 |
Location | , , 38°56′55″N92°19′45″W / 38.9487°N 92.329104°W |
Campus | Rural |
Colours | Red and Black |
Affiliations | Missouri School of Journalism |
Website | mophotoworkshop |
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]
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]
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