Join us on October 19 & 20 for Season 5 of The Essentials!
The Essentials is a free online summit created in collaboration with our partners, The Everyday Projects and PhotoWings! Each class is 75 minutes long, including lots of time for Q&A, and is for both emerging and experienced storytellers wanting to hone their skills and learn more about successfully navigating the visual media industry.
Register once and use the same link for the whole weekend:https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Jr83H93_R36af9vezUq2Zw#/registration
Full schedule below. All times in EST.
Saturday, OCT. 1910 AM - 11:15 AM ET: Creating a sustainable practice with Bethany Mollenkof
Bethany uncovers how to create a multidimensional practice that not only lends itself to creating dynamic work across different genres but also provides various income streams for a sustainable career. She’ll let us in on how to approach and secure clients, how to navigate contracts, budgets, and finances, and how to position yourself for success in a variety of visual storytelling fields.
11:15 AM - 12:30 PM ET: Engaging with community through photography with Haruka Sakaguchi
Haruka discusses the many forms of a community-engaged practice as well as the magic that happens when people’s voices are intrinsically incorporated into the photography. Through a documentary lens and conceptual approach, Haruka showcases how to think creatively outside the box and how to successfully produce imaginative work.
1:00 PM - 2:15 PM ET: Physical and digital safety guided by self-care with Corinne Chin
In this crash course on how to keep yourself safe both in the physical and virtual worlds, Corinne outlines the what, why, and how of this oft-overlooked yet crucial tool every storyteller should have in their kit. Sharing best practices, tips, tricks, and resources, Corinne provides a step-by-step guide on what you can do now to lessen vulnerabilities both out in the field and online, keeping your mental and emotional health centered in the process.
Sunday, OCT. 2010 AM - 11:15 AM ET: Creating, funding, and sustaining long-term documentary work with Etinosa Yvonne
From how to workshop ideas and get started, to applying for grant support and achieving long-term sustainability, Etinosa demystifies the often-daunting “long-term documentary project.” She’ll share best practices for putting your work out there through applications, social media, publications, and beyond. Etinosa walks us through all stages of a successful documentary project, unpacking the process from start to finish.
11:15 AM - 12:30 PM: Exploring The Risks of AI with Tara Pixley
As generative-AI models make creating, publishing, and circulating synthetic imagery easier and easier, visual journalists need to understand what this tech is and how it works. This session provides an overview of what synthetic imagery is, how it's made, how it's being used, and what we can do to combat the circulation of visual misinformation as media makers invested in authentic representations of our world. Topics discussed include: deep fakes, generative-AI models and prompt practices, content provenance initiatives, current research on gen-AI, environmental impacts of gen-AI, and how to recognize synthetic images.
1 PM - 2:15 PM ET: Through a photo editor’s eyes with Danese Kenon
With extensive experience as a photographer and photo editor, Danese goes through the ins and outs of pursuing a career in photo editing and best practices for editing, sequencing, and captioning, along with what she looks for in a photographer when assigning. Whether you’re curious about transitioning from photographer to editor or want to know more about how to put your best foot forward in the field, Danese answers all your questions!
2:15 PM - 3:30 PM ET: Working together: editor and photographer perspectives with Andrea Wise and Stacy Kranitz
Highlighting a year-long ProPublica project on the harrowing story of a woman denied an abortion in Tennessee, Andrea and Stacy will reveal insights into the process of working together as a team to produce compelling, ethical, truthful, and powerful storytelling. With their extensive careers in editing and documentary photography respectively, they’ll share how to successfully navigate the relationship between editor and photographer and incorporate these takeaways into your own practice.
Replay the past four seasons:
https://blackwomenphotographers.com/the-everyday-projects-collaboration