AMSP/DC: an evening with Jamie Rose!

DOING WELL BY DOING GOOD: Working in the Non-profit/NGO Market

An Evening with Jamie Rose / Momenta Workshops
Tuesday, September 14, 2011

In the work-a-day world, it’s rare to find a path where you can both make a living and make a change. Helping to tell the story for Non-Profits and NGOs (non-governmental organizations) is one of those paths. Whether creating still imagery or video/multimedia documentaries, working with these organizations is a viable way to exercise your creative muscle and build a business.

Join us to hear Jamie Rose speak about what it means to shoot for non-profits, what the work looks like, and the practical in’s and out’s of working for these organizations.

Jamie Rose is an international award-winning photojournalist based here in Washington, DC. She has worked in 5 continents, won awards and grants for her documentary photography and has been a contract photographer with some of the world’s largest nonprofit organizations, including Doctors Without Borders and The Global Fund. Jamie’s work has been published in National Geographic Books, The New York Times Magazine, TIME, Newsweek, and others. She has been internationally recognized for her long term documentary projects on volunteer health care providers and humanitarian issues.

In 2009, Jamie joined Momenta as the Director of Workshops and creates the curriculum for that division. In 2011, she was awarded the United Nations’ ICP Photographers Leadership Award in New York City for her devotion to the field of documentary photography.

Don’t miss this important evening.

For more info:
http://asmpdc.org/articles/doing-well-doing-good-working-non-profitngo-market.html

When:
September 14, 2011
6:30 pm Social & Refreshments
7:00 pm Program

Where:
Weschler Auditorium
American University
Washington, DC
Alexandria, VA 22314

Fee:
ASMP Members: $10
Non-Members: $20
Students: $5

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Save 20% on APA membership

Hey guys, just got this notice from APA. The student membership rate is really great compared to other organizations. Just remember too: anyone who is a member of a professional organization also receives a 10% discount on any Momenta Workshop. So membership has it’s previ…oh you get it! :) -Jamie

NEW APA members: JOIN now and receive a 20% discount

CURRENT members, RENEW now and receive 2 additional months; that’s 14 months for the price of 12

THIS SPECIAL OFFER APPLIES TO OUR ANNUAL PAYMENT PLAN ONLY

Join between July 1 and July 31 and save 20% on your first year!

APA Membership lapsed before 6/1/11?  This OFFER is for you too!

REJOIN today and receive the 20% Discount!

All membership categories are eligible! Membership category descriptions are here.

Enjoy our wide range of valuable benefits at a significantly discounted rate:

On The  PAYMENT PLAN Page SELECT PLAN That Says “ANNUAL PAYMENT OF $XXX (PROMOTIONAL)” to receive the 20% discount

APA Professional Photographer Member Only $280 instead of $350     JOIN ONLINE     MAIL/FAX FORM (pdf)
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JOIN ONLINE is the easiest and quickest way to join.  If you prefer to use the MAIL/FAX FORM, the discounts will be automatically applied when received. PLEASE NOTE: THE 20% DISCOUNT IS ONLY AVAILABLE ON THE ANNUAL PAYMENT PLAN.  FOUR PAY OR EZ PAY MONTHLY ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THE DISCOUNT.

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Momenta Update: New trips & a new newsletter

Hello, Momenta Fans!

We are so happy the summer has finally arrived! All of us we are in full planning mode for our 2010 and 2011 workshops. In this update we will describe a few of our new trips as well as talk about the newsletter and new places in the Momenta workshop lineup.

MYANMAR 2010: THE ART OF THE PHOTO STORY
We are very excited to present our third trip to the gorgeous and exciting country of Myanmar (Burma). As you can see from our Facebook photos from the last workshop in November, we had a blast and the photographs were amazing!

This year, we’ll be traveling to Myanmar during the period of October 17 – October 30, 2010. This period coincides with two major Buddhist holidays. First it is the close of Buddhist Lent. After three months of reflection and low-movement, the country “wakes-up” and takes on a air of celebration, both local and national. This is immediately followed by the Buddhist Festival of Lights.

This festive period marks a time when everyone celebrates after having restrained themselves for months. It’s truly a unique time in which to travel the country and something we’ve literally been waiting over two years to schedule at this particular time.

See more information at http://momentaworkshops.com/myanmar-burma-2010.php .

PROJECT INDIA 2011: WORKING WITH NONPROFITS
This great trip takes us again back to Dehradun to photograph the work of nonprofits in Northern India. Nestled in the foothills of the Himalayas, the bustling town of Dehradun offers us a unique location to find Tibetan refugee services, medical and health related nonprofits as well as children and women’s programs and so much more.

The workshop will begin January 30 in Dehli with our group orientation and celebration dinner and then we will travel by train through the countryside up North to the Dehradun to start photographing. Daily editing and mentoring with instructors while working hand in hand with your nonprofits will combine with a weekend excursions to a resort town on the River Ganges. Students will work on photo stories relating to their nonprofit partner and have the opportunity to work with more than one nonprofit if they choose. The student photo stories are presented during a group slideshow party hosted by Momenta for the nonprofit staff, volunteers, students and the public.

See more information at http://momentaworkshops.com/india11.php .

FUTURE WORKSHOPS IN 2011
In future updates, we’ll be presenting you with our Project New Orleans, Vietnam and South Africa trips lined up for 2011. Other locations for the year will include business skills, overseas explorations and possibly another wedding workshop! We will keep you posted through Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter as new developments arise.

AT LONG LAST…THE MOMENTA NEWSLETTER!
In July we will launch our long awaited newly designed newsletter! While we will talk about future trips and workshops, we also want this newsletter to be a place for you to learn about photography grants, scholarships, training and networking opportunities. Hopefully it will be one more way for us all to continue the discussions we start during the workshops!

If you have not signed up, please use our contact page at http://momentaworkshops.com/contact.php or email our staff at info@momentaworkshops.com to be added to the list.

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As always, we welcome your questions and comments at info@momentaworkshops.com. Please feel free to request an itinerary or schedule a phone call with a staff member to discuss joining us for a workshop in the future.

From all of us at Moment we want to wish you a summer of fun filled adventure and great photography. We look forward to seeing all of you on a trip in 2010 or 2011!

Warmest regards,
Jamie, Chris, Seth & the Momenta Workshop Staff

Momenta Workshops | info@momentaworkshops.com
http://www.momentaworkshops.com | a division of Momenta Group LLC

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One Mango Tree: a nonprofit partner of Momenta

Hey gang,

Check out this great video about one of the nonprofit partners the student photographers get to work with during Momenta’s Project Uganda 2010 workshop.

http://bit.ly/OneMangoTree

If you’re interested in Project Uganda 2010 with Jeff Hutchens, visit http://www.momentaworkshops.com/uganda10.php for more information. You can also email info@momentaworkshops.com for student and professional discounts options.

See you in Northern Uganda in March!

- Jamie

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Momenta is featured on Strobist.com!

David Hobby, of Strobist.com fame, wrote about Momenta Workshops this week on his blog and you can see it here:

http://strobist.blogspot.com/2009/04/ot-sunday-stepping-outside-box-of.html

If you’re not a member of the blog RSS feed, you should be. Great advice on lighting and ways to market yourself too.

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DC Wedding Business Skills workshop: June 4-7

In honor of the great spending stimulus plans, Momenta has lowered the price of the wedding business skills workshop for this June 4-7, 2009.
You can find all the information for this workshop including a registration button listed at http://www.momentaworkshops.com/wed09.php The cost for four-day workshop includes:

- all meals provided by Momenta
- transportation to and from the wedding
- portfolio reviews and editing sessions on the very first night followed by a group dinner at a wonderful local restaurant
- slideshows and lectures on wedding photography dos-and-don’t from industry professionals
- handouts and materials related to starting your own business and remaining profitable not matter what economy you are in
- hands-on location and event lighting seminars
- business skills sessions for opening your own studio or shooting weddings as a side job
- a sit down session with the couples and your team
- an afternoon panel discussion about the state of the industry
- you will be covering a real, live wedding with a team and a professional mentor
- editing your work from the wedding frame-by-frame with your team
- how to craft a story of a wedding and the best presentation techniques out there
- seminars by wedding portfolio book companies
- special equipment for Nikon users will be available to field test
- a champagne slideshow event on the final afternoon with the couples and their families as we celebrate your successes

This workshop is really going to be like wedding photography boot camp but we hope everyone will leave with the materials in hand to make their wedding business a huge success. Email me at jamie@momentaworkshops.com for any questions or information about discount options.

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Chris and I will be speaking in DC on Wed!

Johnny Bivera’s Visual Media One asked us to speak this week on the impact of nonprofits and documentary photography at a local African restaurant in honor of our next trip to Uganda. Come on out and see!

A DISCUSSION ON THE IMPACT OF DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY & THE
WORLDWIDE NGO COMMUNITY

Join Chris Anderson and Jamie Rose show and discuss their workshop program where documentary photography meets real world events with non- government organizations worldwide.  Get insight on how it works and on their field experience as Jamie prepares for the upcoming workshop in Uganda.

http://www.momentaworkshops.com/index.php
This presentation is free and located at one of DC’s hidden East African cuisine restaurants and favorite watering hole.  Meet  Kenyan-American owners Alice and William Mukabane and have them show you their Obama shrine behind the bar. Please RSVP with Johnny Bivera, Visual Media One at 202-251-8094 or jbfoto@aol.com.  Seating is limited so come early and order a meal before the 7pm presentation.
SAFARI DC RESTAURANT & CLUB.

4306 GEORGIA AVE NW
WASHINGTON, DC
(202) 722-7701
WORKINGORKING WITH NGO’S
AND THE STATE OF THE INDUSTRY
WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 18  AT SAFARI DC

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NPPA’s Northern Short Course is ready to go!

The NPPA Northern Short Course is open for registrations with folks coming from all over the country to talk about relevant industry issues, do portfolio reviews and showcase some of the best work around. WHNPA, WPOW and Momenta workshops will be a part of the featured events at this year’s DC/VA Northern Short Course. Sign up today because they may fill up!

If you’ve got any NSC questions, check out the web site: www.northernshortcourse.com

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Momenta Workshops: Project Katrina 2009

Hey guys! Just wanted to post the official page of the Katrina workshops with Chris Usher now that the dates and costs are all set:

PROJECT KATRINA WITH CHRIS USHER:

PHOTOGRAPHY AS A FORCE OF CHANGE

Level Three/Advanced: Working with Non-Profits
Classroom: 15 Students/3 Instructors/Digital Only
Dates: April 11 – 19, 2009
Cost: $2349
Contact Us: Please contact our offices for availability.

Register Now
http://www.momentaworkshops.com/katrina09.php

WORKSHOP HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:

• 10 days of intense nonprofit documentary photography with daily editing from Momenta staff, including award winning lead instructor Chris Usher

• Benefit NGOs in their need to publicize and project their activities to new audiences.

• Work one-on-one with instructors to develop a logistical and photographic plan to document a working NGO helping the recovery process.

• Gain rare access to these projects and forge relationships to last into the future.

• Explore, discuss and examine the different types of outreach and aid programs in this deep South region. Relate this, with the benefit of mentors, to your own personal mission and develop a more broad approach to your own work.

ABOUT OUR LEAD INSTRUCTOR

Award winning photographer Chris Usher spent several years as a newspaper photographer before going freelance and moving to Washington, DC. Usher’s work has been seen in TIME, LIFE, Newsweek, US News & World Report, Sports Illustrated, People, Fortune, Forbes, BusinessWeek, L’Express, Der Spiegel, Stern and more.

Chris’ documentation of behind-the-scenes moments at the White House, entitled Behind the Velvet Rope, is currently traveling the country. His book, One of Us, a two-year photo-documentary project begun on the day Hurricane Katrina made landfall in the Gulf Coast, was just published and the fine art prints are featured at the Corcoran Gallery of Art through January before it tours the United States. All proceeds from the book will go to help victims of the Hurricane.

Momenta Workshops is honored to have Chris with us for Project Katrina. Chris has taught dozens of workshops around the world and is now an adjunct professor of photojournalism at the Corcoran School of Art + Design in Washington, D.C. With his dedication to the region and his amazing teaching style, he is the perfect lead instructor for this workshop.

ABOUT OUR WORKSHOP EXPERIENCE

As the city rebuilds from one of the most costly and devastating disasters in modern America, Momenta Workshops will spend a week focusing the efforts of outreach by assisting non-profits working to bring the Big Easy back to life. Students will be assigned to various nonprofit to document the projects to rebuild in post-Hurricane Katrina, Louisiana. Working hand-in-hand with the nonprofit organizations, the students will be able to photograph on a documentary, narrative essay as well as give back to organizations dedicated to the betterment of their community.

Students will enjoy unequaled access to local and international organizations in a city that needs help documenting the hard work that gone into rebuilding and how much work is still left to do. In the Momenta “Photography as a Force of Change” series, there is a proven track record of photography and multimedia material being used to help further social change. No less can be expected in a region still crawling out from the shadow of such a overwhelming event.

Seven days of intense photography led by our experienced instructors is the centerpiece of this workshop. We’ll be working on the ground in the hardest hit areas of New Orleans. On the final night (Saturday) of the workshop, Momenta will host a slide show presentation for all the organizations who participated in the workshop, local residents and the workshop attendees. We also encourage you to invite your families and friends as well. The final projects of each student will be presented including the projects from audio/video teams as well.

We at Momenta are very excited to offer this workshop that not only allows students to participate in photographic coverage of nonprofit organizations but also gives back to a population in need of positive support. This is a great alternative spring break option for college students or professors alike. Families should be encouraged to join the workshop attendees and volunteer with our partner organizations.

Important Note: This workshop requires a minimum skills aptitude due to the nature of the close work with the partner non-profits. Applications for inclusion will be reviewed individually to both assess skills, and also find the right fit with a local NGO partner. This program is designed to capitalize on skills acquired in previous workshop experiences.

The workshops fees cover the first and last night’s dinner celebrations, the slideshow party for the nonprofits, students and guests, the famous Momenta traveling open bar, instructors fees and any guest speakers and all workshop handouts and materials. They do not include housing, airfare or transportation. We have arranged special deals with hotels in New Orleans including a place that offers $20/night dorm style housing for those of you on a budget. We also can offer our travel agent to assist you in finding flight and car deals.

Register Now
http://www.momentaworkshops.com/katrina09.php

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Momenta Workshops seeks paid Spring Intern

Momenta Workshops, an exciting new documentary visual journalism training company (www.momentaworkshops.com), seeks a spring intern in our Washington, DC offices. Duties will include approximately 20-30 hours a week in the office working on scheduling and coordination activities for the 2009 workshop lineup. Our interns play a major role in coordination of workshop attendees and instructors, work on accounting skills, facilitate the graphic design team on promotional materials and help with on-the-ground logistics for workshops.

The ideal candidate will be hard working, eager to learn new skills, proficient with InDesign and Photoshop programs and be able to devote at least 20-30 hours a week to the job. This is NOT a photographic internship. However, we have many opportunities that you will be able to either attend workshops or be a part of the training program on a staff level, which will provide you with behind-the-scenes access to our world famous instructors and portfolio reviews. We want to work with our interns to grow their career and help them build their resume. Many of the skills interns acquire here are directly applicable to a variety of fields.

Momenta interns will work directly with our Workshop Director and Special Programs Director on a daily basis. The ideal candidate will be able to take initiative and not need constant supervision. We are seeking a candidate with experience in photo editing, graphic design and Photoshop retouching as well as archival storage. Clerical job history is a plus as well as any business courses.

Resumes should include references with contact numbers. A portfolio of no more than 20 work samples (InDesign or photographic) is acceptable but not required. If you have any recent work on the internet that would be relevant, please include URLs it in your cover letter.

We are seeking a candidate who is interested in the business side of media and education who wants to learn about the ins-and-outs of running a successful photographic company. We also need someone dedicated and not overscheduled with numerous activities and coursework.

Payment for this internship falls in one of two categories:
Momenta will pay a stipend based on an hourly rate for 20 hours per week. However, we can also apply those earning to a free tuition on one of our workshops at the end of the internships.

OR

Momenta will work with your university to make the internship count for independent study credits. Possible bonuses may include staffing positions on a workshop. Small stipend for transportation and lunch will be made available.

Please send a cover letter, resume, references and your availability to:
jamie@momentaworkshops.com
or
Momenta Workshops
520 E Street NE, Suite 204
Washington, DC 20002

All applications must be received no later than January 25th.

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