Kalish Workshop Retooling for 2011

Challenging economic times have caught up with The Kalish. The workshop has been put on hold for a year. Over 21 years, we've trained hundreds of picture editors, designers, web producers, photographers, students and professors. We're proud of them and the work they do every day to better explain their communities to their audiences. We believe that documentary visual storytelling, done well, connects people and strengthens communities. Knitting pictures smartly together tells a greater story and makes the successes and struggles of a community real. Teaching that has always been The Kalish mission. It will continue to be in 2011. So it is with great regret that we have canceled this year's workshop for lack of applicants. As we have in the past, The Kalish will continue to evolve. We'll be back. Stay tuned and keep the faith.

The Kalish

The Kalish Experience: Kevin Riddell

Kevin Riddell, a recent graduate from the Ohio University School of Visual Communication, shares his experience at the 2009 Kalish Workshop.

Photographs by Kevin Martin. Production by Danny Gawlowski.

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The Kalish Experience: Michael P. King

Michael P. King, a staff photo journalist at the Green Bay Press-Gazette, shares his experience at the 2009 Kalish Workshop.

Photographs by Kevin Martin. Production by Danny Gawlowski.

trail of tears

Student work: Ethiopia's trail of tears

by Mary F. Calvert of the Washington Times

Deputy Director of Photography Christian Fuchs was a 2007 Kalish Workshop participant who returned to his job at the Times and became increasingly involved in building multimedia projects, including "Ethiopia's Trail of Tears." The story was a Pultizer Prize finalist in 2007.

Always Celilo

Faculty work: "It's like it flows through our blood."

By Torsten Kjellstrand, The Oregonian

Always Celilo -- "No falls. Fewer fish. Marginal land. Why stay?"

Before people, before governments, before treaties, forces collided at Celilo. Monsters, a creation story goes, dammed the Columbia river so the salmon couldn't swim up it. But Coyote fought back. While the Monsters were away, Coyote dug at the dam for five days until the water ran free again and the rhythm of life resumed. Today there's a new dam built by the U.S. government that Coyote couldn't claw through.

on the Greyhound

Student work: America on the Greyhound

by Sebastian John, Freelance

2007 student Sebastian John is a photo editor who has worked for the Associated Press, and top news and business magazines in India. Originally from Bombay, Sebastian grew up in Africa and the Middle East, and currently lives in Washington DC. This is one of his many projects.

2010 workshop dates

JUNE 4 - 8

Kalish grounds you in photo editing fundamentals then propels you directly into the heady and wondrous world of the Web. Whether you're new to photo editing and want a great start, or if you've been at it for years and want a staggering jolt of inspiration, Kalish will do the trick.

2007 PARTICIPANT JON FOBES
Night picture editor, Cleveland Plain Dealer


Co-sponsored by the National Press Photographers Foundation (http://www.nppa.org/about_us/foundation/), a non-profit 501(c)3 tax exempt organization

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