Hi! I’m Jamie. I’m the COO and co-founder of Momenta Group, a communications company which operates Momenta Workshops and Momenta Creative. I am on the Advisory Board for Wildfire Media, a 501(c)3 nonprofit dedicated to the advancement of humanitarian and documentary storytelling.
You won’t see anything on this blog about my personal life like selfies, my professional photography, or rants about the latest industry scuffle. I call this a “service blog” because it is dedicated to helping connect all the hard-working creatives and journalists out there by sharing great opportunities like jobs, grants, educational programs, and supportive events.
This blog is a labor of love, and I appreciate knowing you all find it helpful. I don’t ask for money here but if you want to support my mission, consider donating to Wildfire Media’s scholarship fund or purchase something off the nonprofit’s Amazon Wish List. Wildfire helps other storytellers grow their skills and helping them out would be very cool of you!
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If you’d like to post something to the blog, please email me at jamie at momentaworkshops.com and I’ll happily post it if the content is relevant to the blog’s mission to #KeepCreativesWorking.
About Me
Photography: For more than a decade, I ran Jamie Rose Photography & Associates, based in Washington, D.C. My photography assignments ranged from covering the President at the White House to humanitarian crises around the world. All my creative work is now booked through Momenta Creative.
Workshops: In 2008, the ever-awesome Chris Anderson asked me to join Momenta as a co-founder and take over as Workshops Director. At Momenta, we have 1-day, 5-day, and 2-week workshops in the US and around the world. Our programs focus on building up your documentary storytelling skills and our Project Series: Documenting Nonprofits is the longest-running workshop program in the world that solely focuses on teaching business and production skills for civic advocacy and humanitarian storytellers.
To see the latest lineup of workshops and use your photography as a force of change, visit MomentaWorkshops.com.
About The Blog
The Jamie’s List blog owes its thanks to Lawrence Jackson (the outstanding photographer formerly serving on President Obama’s visuals team and now the official photographer of Vice President Harris).
In the early 2000s, I started texting a group of photographers in DC about happy hours and fun events. More and more people asked to be on the text chain. Eventually, I moved to sending emails. Soon, the emails were CCing more than 100 addresses a week and getting hard to manage.
One night at a gallery opening I had promoted on the List, Lawrence suggested, “Why not start a blog for what you’re doing?”
More than 20 years later, Jamie’s List exploded in size and scope and was even named in Photoshelter & Feature Shoot‘s guide to finding jobs in 2021.
It’s been quite a ride! Hopefully, you find something in these posts that helps you grow your creative career. And, hey, if you find on job from a post on here, shoot me a note. I’d love to celebrate with you!
-Jamie of the List
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Hello Jamie!
I was looking for info about Niki Khan to compliment her on so many Wash Post covers and fantastic imagery. I met “young Niki” when she was a student of Libby Cullen at AU and have been so proud of meteoric rise to the top of the Post’s photo talents! And so I found your site. I love the pano image on this page!!! I’d love to be added to the list.
Cheers,
Pam
Jamie,
I share a 2500 sq. ft. studio with another professional shooter in Merrifield, Va. (near rt#50 & beltway and 3 blocks from Dunn Loring metro station).
Was hoping to get the word out that we rent the space by the day, week, or project and currently have an opening for a sublease share which includes an office.
Studio has a drive in bay door, 16 ft. ceilings, kitchenette, dressing room with makeup area, and many extras.
thank you,
Rich
Hi Jamie,
Thank you again for coming into class last night at Corcoran. Your lecture on Momenta and your personal works/experiences were very insightful. I know that the whole class really enjoyed all of your stories.
I also have personal blog (the link above). My photography posted now are all 4×5 film scans. I am excited for any feedback you can give. Thank you.
Chris Cunningham
Your work is incredibly beautiful, and you have captured so much. I stumbled upon your blog, and took a look at your personal website and gallery. The photo story Abandoned: Kenyatta’s Orphans was especially poignant and powerful. I volunteered in a maternity hospital in South Africa and can relate to some of the heartbreak.
I think you would be interested in a new project I am a part of, called Dog Meets World. DMW aims to put personal photographs in the hands of global children. Travelers photograph local children, print the pictures and give them to the children— for many it is a first personal photograph. You can learn more about the project at http://www.dogmeetsworld.org, we’d love to hear your thoughts!
I am hoping to be able to support myself in some way based on what I can create. If you could visit http://sites.google.com/site/photographyva1/, and offer any feedback, good, bad indifferent it would be appreciated.
I have seen some of your work, very well done, but I would like honesty in any response to what I have done so I will leave it at that for now.
Thank You for any consideration.