The Fotoevidence Workshop

THE 2022 FOTOEVIDENCE SPRING VIRTUAL WORKSHOP

MARCH 4-6TH, 2022

VIA ZOOM

Gender-based violence increases during every type of emergency, whether economic crisis, conflict, or disease outbreak. The FotoEvidence Workshop is designed to educate photographers who work for humanitarian missions and NGOs and whose photographs are intended to serve both to support the work of the NGOs and as evidence of human rights violations. This workshop focuses on violence against women. It covers organizing your project, ethical standards for working with women victims of violence, protecting those you are documenting, building a compelling story and increasing the social impact of your work.

The goal of the workshop is to provide photographers with the skill to undertake challenging assignments and to ensure photographers have a clear understanding of ethical guidelines and can be hired with confidence by NGOs.

The workshop will be directed by Svetlana Bachevanova and organized by the FotoEvidence Association, with the participation of award-winning photojournalist, author and board members Finbarr O’Reilly and Peter Bouckaert, former emergency director of Human Rights Watch. Other mentors include:

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Left to right: Mary F. Calvert, Peter Bouckart, Vlad Sokhin, Jason P. Howe, Smita Sharma, Finbarr O'Reilly, Sarah Leen and Patrick Brown.

WHAT STUDENTS WILL LEARN

• Defining human rights and how photographs can serve as reliable evidence of human rights violations with Peter Bouckaert

• Ethical standards for documentary photography with Mary F. Calvert presenting USA- Military Sexual Assault: The Women

• Preparation for the work: including research about the issue addressed, the local culture, points of access and local organizations with Vlad Sokhin presenting Crying Meri: Violence Against Women in Papua New Guinea.

• Executing a project to raise social awareness, identifying potential publications and advocacy organizations to distribute and increase potential impact with Smita Sharma presenting her work, now a program with FotoEvidence We Cry In Silence.

• How to protect those you are documenting/interviewing from further harm, whether emotional safety or physical security during and after your reporting with Patrick Brown presenting his work on the Rohingya genocide and collecting testimonies from women survivals. No Place on Earth.

• Editing for maximum impact with Sarah Leen

• Dealing with stress and post-traumatic stress with Finbarr O'Reillypresenting his work and book Shooting Ghosts.

• Assignment Planning and Safety in the Field with Jason P. Howe.

Workshop Manager Susana Paiva

Cost: 500 euros

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For more information or to apply for the workshop click here to contact Susana Paiva

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IMPORTANT DEADLINES:

February 6th, 2022 if you are applying for a scholarship this is the deadline to send us your letter of recommendation.

February 10th, 2022 is the deadline to submit your application for the workshop.

February 15th the selected participants are notified.

Contact Susana Paiva for your application form: susana@fotoevidence.com