Students Attend and Win Awards at the 2015 Eddie Adams Workshop
Last weekend, seven Newhouse MPD Photography students —
Ben Cleeton, Ousman Diallo, Chase Guttman, Drew Osumi, Michael Santiago, Shira Stoll and Kristen Tomkowid — attended the 2015 Eddie Adams Workshop.
Three of the students won top awards.
Michael Santiago won a scholarship to the NPPA Multimedia Immersion, Drew Osumi won an assignment from ESPN and Ousman Diallo won a week-long internship at The White House.
According to Michael Santiago, “It is a life-changing experience.” And when asked what advice he would give to photographers who would like to attend, he offered this:
Don’t think that you aren’t worthy enough and that your work is not good enough. Applying will prepare you to get better when you submit to different competitions. It’ll help you tweak your work, figure out what you are doing wrong and why you didn’t get in; just work on that. Never be afraid to apply because you never know, you could get in.
Newhouse’s Alexia Chair, Mike Davis, was also at the Workshop to review portfolios. Below are some of his photographs from the weekend.
Final edits of the Eddie Adams Workshops students’ shoots is happening. That’s Ousman Diallo second from left and MPD alum Pamela Chen fourth from the left working with a student. Pamela is Editorial Director of Instagram.
Nightly portfolio reviews at the workshop started at 10 p.m. and lasted until 2 to 3 a.m. for the 100 Workshop attendees and more than 30 top professionals doing the reviews.
Kurt Mutchler, of National Geographic magazine, and Mary Calvert, Washington, D.C. based photographer, review the day’s photographs, including those of MPD grad student Michael Santiago, behind Kurt.
The Workshop closes out with a sizable bonfire.
If you aren’t familiar with the Eddie Adams Workshop, it is the premiere gathering of its kind in the world. 100 attendees had to submit portfolios and have three or fewer years of experience to be considered. Entrants come from around the world.
Learn more about Eddie Adams and the workshop here.
Congratulations to our students!
Newhouse MPD student group photo by ProFoto