Presenters:

Nina Berman , Ed Kashi and Larry Towell
Monday, June 21, 6:30-8:30pm
Tisch School of the Arts
721 Broadway (at Waverly)
Dean’s Conference Room, 12th floor
Free and open to the public.
Photo ID required up on entry to the building.

For a photographer, how is it possible to judge the impact of one’s documentary work on society? Do the people in the pictures, or others like them, gain from one’s intervention? To what extent are collaborations with non-governmental organizations effective? Can a photographer manage to work independently? What strategies are being used to alert the public? photography & human rights:

WHAT WORKS?
Larry Towell
Ed Kashi
Nina Berman

These issues will be discussed in tandem with possible pathways, insights and practical advice for young and emerging documentary photographers and human rights activists whose aim it is to work in a changed yet still evolving media environment.

A panel discussion moderated by Peter Lucas.

This panel is presented the Department of Photography & Imaging at Tisch School of the Arts, NYU in collaboration with the Magnum Foundation as a part of the Summer Program in Photography & Human Rights.

Presenters are Nina Berman, documentary photographer with a primary interest in the American political and social landscape; Ed Kashi, photojournalist, filmmaker, and educator dedicated to documenting the social and political issues that define our times; and Larry Towell, documentary photographer, writer, poet, and folk musician.