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MediaStorm Presents the 2015 ICP Infinity Awardee Films

Post author:Cortney Cleveland
Post published:May 1, 2015

MediaStorm is pleased to present a film series produced in collaboration with the International Center of Photography with support from Harbers Studios. Since 1985 ICP’s Infinity Awards have brought attention to outstanding achievements in photography by honoring individuals with distinguished careers in the field and identifying future luminaries. The 2015 Infinity Awards films serve as a portrait of some of the important contributors to photography today. Photojournalism: Tomas van Houtryve Tomas van Houtryve wants there to be a permanent visual record of the dawn of the drone age, the period in American history when America started outsourcing their military to flying robots. In order to create this record, Van Houtryve sent his own drone into American skies. Young Photographer: Evgenia Arbugaeva Evgenia Arbugaeva was born in the magical town of Tiksi, Russia. Located in the Arctic, the barren, white landscape influenced Arbugaeva in almost every aspect of her dreamlike photography. Art: Larry…

Kalish Workshop 2015 Dates Announced

Post author:Cortney Cleveland
Post published:March 19, 2015

The Kalish Workshop will be holding its next workshop June 12-17, 2015 in Rochester, New York.

This five-day storytelling workshop is taught by Emmy and Pulitzer Prize winning editors. Application deadline is April 1st.

The Kalish Workshop

The Kalish Workshop is an inspirational and intense five-day experience in editing visual storytelling. It is designed to benefit anyone who touches photography with a narrative storyline for online and print.

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Open Call: Artwork Submissions for Nomadique Exhibition

Post author:Cortney Cleveland
Post published:February 5, 2015

Nomadique is seeking submissions for their upcoming multimedia art exhibition, inviting artists to reflect on the sensation of belonging. The pop-up show will be held in New York City in mid-April and will feature live performances, film screenings, and a gallery display. Submitted works may reflect on the following questions: To what do we belong and why? How does an anxiety of belonging impact our development and behavior? How does belonging affect our sense of purpose? Does belonging necessitate exclusion by nature? Entries include but are not limited to: film, photography, illustration, live stories, musical performances, dance, and written word. Learn more and submit your work at http://goo.gl/mOyivk. Deadline is Friday, February 20th, 2015. About Nomadique Nomadique is a Brooklyn-based multimedia cooperative made up of filmmakers, photographers, journalists and musicians and consists of a small full-time staff and larger network of creative contributors.

You’re Invited: World Press Photo Multimedia Exhibit

Post author:Cortney Cleveland
Post published:December 12, 2014

The winners of the 2014 World Press Photo Multimedia Contest will be exhibited in New York on December 12th - 19th, 2014 and January 19th - February 6th, 2015. The nine awarded productions will be shown in the brand new exhibition space of the Brown Institute for Media Innovation at Columbia University. You are cordially invited to the opening on December 11th. Doors will open at 7:00 p.m. and the official opening starts at 7:30 p.m. with contest winners and jury members presenting developments in the field of multimedia. To attend, RSVP here before December 11th.

Join Brian Storm For UnionDocs Multimedia Storytelling Workshop

Post author:Cortney Cleveland
Post published:December 3, 2014

On Saturday, December 13th, 2014, UnionDocs will host "Multimedia Storytelling with MediaStorm" featuring our executive producer and founder Brian Storm. The workshop will begin at 7:30 pm in Brooklyn, New York. Tickets cost $20 and are available at UnionDocs.org. Event Details Citing work by MediaStorm which received numerous honors including five Webby Awards, four Emmys, and the first-ever duPont Award for a Web-based production, Storm will emphasize how storytelling continues to evolve as a result of technological innovations and an expanding media universe. The digital age gives filmmakers, documentary photographers and photojournalists extraordinary and unprecedented new ways to tell stories. With this new ability, you can also exercise a greater level of authorship with your work. How can the long-form, in-depth visual storyteller satisfy both their journalistic and financial needs in this environment? Learn how to disseminate your work to create an impact on the subject, issue and hopefully society.