Creating Transformative Images in Today’s Crowded Media Reality
Pulitzer prize-winning photojournalist David Hume Kennerly teams with The University of Southern California and the Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership & Policy for a unique one-week Summer Institute June 20-25, 2010.
Blending an extraordinary hands-on assignment photography experience with intensive academic inquiry, the Kennerly Institute is tailored for individuals who seek to hone their photojournalistic skills and to become leading edge visual communicators. The Institute encourages participants from the private, public and non-profit sectors who have a wide range of responsibilities and interests, including photojournalists, university fellows, journalism professionals, military photographers, semi-professionals and dedicated amateurs. Participants will be selected on the basis of experience and a personal statement.
Enrollment is limited to maximize one-on-one mentorship and keep ratios small. Apply early to secure a spot. $250 discount for applications received by April 1, 2010.
Select Seminars
- The Top Ten Photos that Changed History
David Hume Kennerly, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Photojournalist
Geoffrey Cowan, Director of the Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership & Policy
- The Role of Photography in Documenting – and Making History
Jim Gaines, former managing editor, Time, Life, People Magazines
- Relevant Impactful Images in Today’s Media Reality
David Friend, Vanity Fair's editor of creative development
Photography Instruction sessions include:
- Assignment shooting, editing and presentation with Kennerly and a team of award-winning photographers
- The Lost Art of Photo Editing
- Shooting Hollywood
- One-on-one portfolio reviews and mentoring
- New Media & Emerging Technologies seminar
- Creation of a self-published book of images using the most current technology
Select participants will study and work with world-class photographers, political figures, journalists, and new media experts in an intimate setting in Los Angeles, California at the home of the Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership & Policy on the University of Southern California campus.
