Missouri Photo Workshop
Photojournalism school based at the Missouri School of Journalism
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The Missouri Photo Workshop is an annual week-long photojournalism workshop based in different small towns throughout 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]
| Motto | Ostende veritatem cum a camera |
|---|---|
Motto in English | Show truth with a camera |
| Type | Private |
| Established | 1949 |
| Affiliations | Missouri School of Journalism |
| Director | Jim Curley, David Rees |
Academic staff | 12 |
| Students | 50 |
| Location | , , 38°56′55″N 92°19′45″W |
| Campus | |
| Colours | Red and Black |
| Website | mophotoworkshop |
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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]
Selected publication
- Cliff Edom (1993), Small town America: the Missouri photo workshops, 1949-1991, Fulcrum Publishing, p. 236, OCLC 231997773[9]
See also
- Maine Media Workshops, non-profit educational organization
- Pictures of the Year International, photojournalism program affiliated with the Missouri Photo Workshop
