Workshop 5. Photojournalism and Print Media
Teacher: Andrei Polikanov (Moscow, Russia)
The workshop was all about learning the components of serious photojournalism. The students learned essential principles, variety of means and different approaches in photo reportage production and received practical guidance on photo editing for print, online and other visual presentations. A comprehensive overview of international print media classification, structure of a photo department and its duties, and plenty of practical tips on the functioning of a photographer + photo editor team were shared. As way of practical assignment, the students had to create a coherent reportage on a chosen event, location or a person in Ludza and/or the surroundings.
Requirements/technique: Please take along your portfolios (preferably digital, width - 1000 pixels, captions and credit line). DSLR cameras are preferable; examples of other photographers’ works (your “heroes” in photography) are welcome.
Andrei Polikanov was born in 1961 in Moscow. He has graduated the Military Institute of Foreign Languages. For 6 years he worked as a commissioned officer at Missions in Angola. In the early 1990s worked with Anthony Suau, Christopher Morris and other best international photojournalists producing stories on the events on the former USSR territory (including wars and conflicts in Nagornyi Karabach, Chechnya, Transdnestr Republic, Abkhazia, Tadjikistan). From 1997 till 2007 worked as a photo editor for TIME Magazine, Moscow Bureau, since 2007 is the Director of Photography at the Russian Reporter Magazine, Expert Media Group. Andrey Polikanov is a member of various National and International Photo Contests (including Visa pour L’Image de Or, Press Photo Finland) and member of the Joop Swart Masterclass independent selection committee. Since 2005, he has taught numerous workshops on photojournalism in Russia and worldwide.