MediaStorm Presentation at FotoWeekEDU

Multimedia Storytelling @ MediaStorm with Brian Storm Saturday Nov. 17, 10am – 5pm, Goethe Institut FotoWeekEDU REGISTER NOW Join Brian Storm, Founder and Executive Producer of MediaStorm, to see how some of the top photojournalists have redefined their storytelling capabilities to include audio reporting and an eye towards publication in multiple media. Their work is capturing acclaim around the world in a time when reader’s attention spans are running short. Storytelling opportunities continue to evolve as a result of technological innovations and an expanding media universe. The digital age is giving documentary photographers and photojournalists extraordinary 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. Learn…

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MediaStorm Presentation at Opening of Photoville This Weekend

Make this a Photoville weekend. Photoville opens tonight at 4pm! Photoville is a new Brooklyn-based photo destination - a veritable village of freight containers transformed into temporary exhibition spaces, taking place this summer from June 22 to July 1, 2012. Photoville features a feisty mix of exhibitions, lectures, hands-on workshops, nighttime projections, a photo dog run, a camera greenhouse, and a summer beer-garden with food trucks that will create a photography destination like no other. Occupying more than 60,000 sq. feet in the heart of Brooklyn Bridge Park, Photoville is located on the uplands of Pier 3, along the Brooklyn Waterfront between DUMBO and Atlantic Avenue. Nighttime Projection: Storytelling @ MediaStorm Saturday June 23, 8:30pm No Registration required, seating is first come first served MediaStorm founder and executive producer Brian Storm will present on digital storytelling and the cinematic narrative. Storm will discuss how the digital age gives filmmakers, documentary photographers and…

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Recap: MediaStorm World Premiere of A Shadow Remains and Rite of Passage

From left: Brian Storm, Maggie Steber, Phillip Toledano and Tim McLaughlin at the premiere. Photo by David Keenan. Last night MediaStorm hosted the world premiere of A Shadow Remains by Phillip Toledano and Rite of Passage by Maggie Steber at Galapagos Art Space in Brooklyn, NY. MediaStorm founder and executive producer, Brian Storm, started the evening by welcoming the audience to the event and then quickly turning to the films, first screening Rite of Passage by Maggie Steber, then Phillip Toledano’s A Shadow Remains. After watching the films, Brian invited Phillip, Maggie, and one of the films' producers, Tim McLaughlin, (producers Jennifer Redfearn and Rob Finch were not able to attend the event) to the stage for a Q&A with the audience. Before opening the floor to questions, Brian explained how the projects came to be. He initially approached both Maggie and Phillip about working together on their pieces over four years…

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MediaStorm Premieres A Shadow Remains by Phillip Toledano and Rite of Passage by Maggie Steber on June 11

We are excited to announce the world premiere of two new MediaStorm films by Phillip Toledano and Maggie Steber to be held on June 11 at Galapagos Art Space in Brooklyn, NY. World Premiere of A Shadow Remains and Rite of Passage Galapagos Art Space 16 Main Street, Brooklyn NY 11201 Doors 6:30pm | Films 7:30pm | Q&A with photographers to follow Free admission | Cash bar | RSVP required to enter Galapagos Art Space is a 21 and over establishment RSVP to the event here. About the Event Phillip and Maggie are both celebrated photographers who turned their cameras on themselves and the ones closest to them at a time of deep introspection—the end of their parents’ lives. While both originally started photographing these events for their personal albums, their experiences magnified in importance over the years spent with their aging parents. As time passed, caring for their parents brought them…

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MediaStorm in Europe

The digital age is giving photojournalists extraordinary new ways to report and distribute stories. We have a greater level of authorship and an unprecedented opportunity to reach a global audience. How can the long-form, in-depth visual storyteller satisfy both their journalistic and financial needs in this environment? Join Brian Storm, Founder and Executive Producer of MediaStorm, at upcoming events in Perpignan, France and London, UK to see how some of the top photojournalists have redefined their storytelling capabilities to include audio and video reporting and an eye toward publication in multiple media. The events we will be presenting at include: PERPIGNAN, FRANCE Thursday, September 1, 2011: Multimedia Storytelling @ MediaStorm Palais des Congrès - Salle JC Rolland 3-5pm Friday, September 2, 2011: Multimedia Projects by MediaStorm Caserne Gallieni 11am - 3pm Both of the events in Perpignan are open to anyone who is a registered attendee at Visa Pour l'Image. LONDON, UK…

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