Barbara Davidson has been a staff photographer for The Anatomy of the Photo Essay
Workshop Date: Thursday, March 08, 2012 - 3:15 PM
Workshop Speaker: Mike Davis and Jesse Neider
Successfully navigating the complexities of an in-depth photo essay can be an overwhelming endeavor. Forging a strong relationship between a photo editor and a photographer allows for greater perspective on the project and a stronger set of final images. Photojournalist Jesse Neider and photo editor Mike Davis will discuss how to approach a project from inception through completion. From the importance of research and strategic planning the two will share some of their recent discussions as Neider was preparing for a project abroad. Through a live edit of Neider’s raw shoot, Davis will discuss why some images work better than others and how they fit into an overall project.
Mike Davis is a picture editor/photo-guru-type-dude who works with photographers around the world to elevate their photography and produce compelling bodies of work. He was most recently a picture editor at The Oregonian and has also directed photographic coverages and their presentation as a visual editor at The White House, National Geographic magazine and newspapers in Chicago, Detroit and Albuquerque.
Mike has been named newspaper picture editor of the year twice and received the National Press Photographers Association’s The Joseph A. Sprague Memorial Award. He and his staffs have received dozens of awards in Pictures of the Year International competition, including best use of photography several times. He has three times edited the work of first and second place newspaper photographers of the year and a magazine/freelance photographer of the year. He has been a picture editor for more than 20 books.
Mike has taught at workshops including the Missouri Workshop, Mountain People’s workshop, Santa Fe Workshops, The Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar, New Zealand Photofest and Somos Foto in Ecuador and The Dominican Republic, twice has been a roving reviewer during Photolucida and has lectured at a range of universities.
He has judged POYi several times, as well as many other photojournalism contests and been a jury member of the W. Eugene Smith grant, The RFK Journalism Awards, The Nikon Sabbatical and others. He holds a masters degree in visual journalism from the University of Missouri School of Journalism and a bachelor’s degree in journalism and Spanish from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Jesse Neider is an award winning freelance photographer and multimedia producer based in Southern Connecticut. A regular contributor to The Wall Street Journal, his clients also include The New York Times, Inc. Magainze, NPR, ESPN.com, and Bloomberg Magazine. Jesse was selected as a participant in the 2009 Eddie Adams Barnstorm XXII workshop.
Jesse has often collaborated with various non-profit organizations such as Children of the Promise in Haiti and Community Action Towards a Safer Environment (CASE) in South Africa. He has also worked as the Coordinator for the David Turnley Photography Workshops that operate domestic and international learning programs.
Jesse holds a Masters of Science in photojournalism from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University and previously earned dual bachelors degrees in Psychology and Fine Art from Muhlenberg College in Allentown, PA.
