The second intensive workshop ended on 18 March with a lecture by Stephen Mayes, managing director of VII Photo in New York, and co-secretary of the World Press Photo jury. Stephen is one of the leading figures in the industry, and he spoke to the students about the new approaches to photojournalism that are required […]
Adam Dean honoured with PDN award
The accolades for Adam Dean (2006 graduate) keep on coming, with him being named in the prestigious Photo District News 2011 list of “30 new and emerging photographers to watch“. When assignments permit Adam lectures on the course, giving students an invaluable insight into what a career in editorial photography requires. You can see Adam’s […]
Adam Dean’s POYi win and Sony WPO shortlist
2006 MA graduate Adam Dean has been awarded First Place, General News in the 2011 Picture of the Year International competition. Adam’s untitled photograph shows two wounded US soliders in a moment of quiet pain while being medevaced from the front line. This photograph is part of a larger story called the “Afghanistan: The Long […]
Term 1 finishes in Beijing
The first term of the International Multimedia Journalism MA finished with a two week intensive in late November 2010. Guest lecturers Tania Branigan, Linda Kennedy, Robert Pledge, Jonak Kessel, Brian Palmer, Dan Chung, Huang Wen and Adam Dean joined with tutors D J Clark and David Campbell to teach and discuss the changing world of […]
Student viral video project
Here is another student viral project from Beijing, based on a well-known Chinese song:
Student video attracts more than 50,000 views
Students were given a viral video project in term one, and the winning video was the one which attracted the most hits in a short period of time. The winner with more than 50,000 views on Yuku and YouTube combined, is below:
MA prominent at Orange Photo Festival
The Orange Photo Festival in Changsha, China – held during October 2010 – was dominated by work and talks from MA programme staff and students. The festival was part-organised by graduates Wang Xi and Jerry Liu and included a multimedia workshop by lecturers D J Clark and David Campbell, exhibitions by many graduates and staff, […]
Robin Fall shoots cover for Chinese Marie Claire
MA graduate Robin Fall was commissioned to shoot the cover of Marie Claire for November 2010.
Graduates exhibit at the Singapore Photo Festival
MA graduates Dave Wyatt and Markel Redondo have separate exhibitions at the Singapore International Photography Festival. Dave Wyatt’s exhibition “Thames Town: China’s New Suburbia” is up until the 13th November in The Gallery, Old School. Markel Redondo has his “Chinese Tourism Boom” work on show in the 2902 Gallery in the Old School as part […]
New MA course starts in Beijing
At the end of September 2010 a new batch of students started the MA International Multimedia Journalism course in Beijing. The students are mostly professional media practitioners including designers, photographers, writers and film makers. It is a global class, with people from the Americas South and North, East and Western Europe, as well as from […]