J213 Advanced Photography: Real Eyes

Visual Story Telling-Realeyes Magazine An in-depth documentary story telling class where students will work photographing and investigating problems facing California and its people as well as finding uplifting stories of its communities, and create one in-depth photo documentary project in class, attempting to reduce a tiny area of the moving world to a set of…

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J210 Introduction to Photojournalism

Students will photograph a variety of events/stories to acquire a sense of the range of realities a photographer might encounter on assignment. Students will examine technical aspects of photography — composition, editing and presentation — and will work on weekly assignments that include news, features, sports and environmental portraits. They will also study the history…

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Samantha Clark awarded Jim Marshall Fellowship for Photojournalism

A woman with long brown hair, wearing a sleeveless black top and large hoop earrings, smiles in front of a wooden shingle wall. Samantha Clark, known for her work in photojournalism, radiates confidence as she stands outside the Jim Marshall Fellowship venue.

Second-year student Samantha Clark, a writer, editor, and photographer, has been awarded the third annual Jim Marshall Fellowship for photojournalism. As she kicks off her final year of graduate school, Clark has been focusing on photo editing, which includes working with photographers and overseeing the visual side of the editorial process. “This is an important…

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Resisters: 50 Years of Social Movement Photography in the Bay Area

A black-and-white photograph captures a Bay Area street scene with a line of police officers and a crowd in the background. In the foreground, a resister raises their arm, partially obscured by blur and light reflections, creating a sense of movement and tension emblematic of social movement photography.

Curated by Ken and Melanie Light. From the Free Speech Movement in 1967 to the 2017’s Women’s March, this exhibition features images by some of the foremost photographers in the Bay Area, including Stephen Shames, Nacio Jan Brown, Robert Altman, Janet Delaney, Noah Berger, Geoffrey King, Sarah Rice, Kelly Owen and Santiago Mejia. Over generations,…

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J210 Photo Essay

Students will photograph a variety of events/stories to acquire a sense of the range of realities a photographer might encounter on assignment. Students will examine technical aspects of photography — composition, editing and presentation — and will work on weekly assignments that include news, features, sports and environmental portraits. They will also study the history…

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J213 Advanced Photography: Real Eyes

Visual Story Telling-Realeyes MagazinernAn in-depth documentary story telling class where students will work photographing and investigating problems facing California and its people as well as finding uplifting stories of its communities,rnand create one in-depth photo documentary project in class, attempting to reduce a tiny area of the moving world to a set of still images…

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