Team This year’s Chapnick Melissa Farlow MPW.66 Scott Sines Photogs Nick Agro Paul Colangelo Benjamin Petit Pinar Istek Lucas Carter Cheryl-Samantha Owen Anna Surinyach Garcia Vivian Abagiu Long Beach, CA Vancouver, BC Bronx, NY Ankara, Turkey Indianapolis, IN Kenya Barcelona, Spain Columbia, MO @agrograms @paulcolangelo @bendophoto @pinaristek @lucascarter @photovivian

Team Cliff & Vi Lois Raimondo Brian Kratzer

JJ Zhou Zhuangchen Bernice Shu Wong Ryan Jones Daniel Gonçalves Kelly Doering Emily Koonse Rafael Kluzniok Alyssa Schukar Chloe Coleman Medford, MA Singapore Brooklyn, NY Dallas, TX Madison, WI Los Angeles, CA Santa Cruz. CA Chicago, IL Mt. Vernon, OH @zhuangchenjjzhou @ryancjones @alyssaschukar @chloecolemanmedia

Team Gilka Erika Larsen Randy Olson

Matt Busch Simon Sharp Jaime Rojo Annie Sakkab Kayla Kauffman Kevin Hagen Federica Armstrong Rachel Yoke Peter Mather Boerne, TX Lancashire, UK San Pedro de Los Pinos, Mexico Mississauga, Ontario Canada Naperville, IL Brooklyn, NY Palo Alto, CA Morgantown, WV Whitehorse, YT, Canada

Team Lee Rick Shaw

Alexandra Demenkova Liss Fenwick Kathy Jamison Marianella Aguirre Octavian Cantilli Noelle Swan Gilbert Gaston Lacombe Rafael Luevano Jeff Woo St. Petersburg, Russia Brisbane, Australia San Francisco, CA Kissimmee, FL Los Angeles, CA Washington, DC Orange, CA Corinth, TX @lisswick @octoman1 @noellegilbert @gastonlacombe

Team Eppridge MaryAnne Golon Alan Berner

Jonah Markowitz Michelle Siu Meg Kumin Monica Herndon Sara Naomi Lewkowicz Demetrius Freeman Mike Buckley Jacobia Dahm Alexey Furman Brooklyn, NY Toronto, Canada Lenexa, KS Highland Beach, MD Athens, OH Atlanta, GA Boys Town, NE New York, NY Ukraine @jonahmarkowitz @monicaherndon @saranaomiphoto @demetrius.freeman @jacobiadahm @alexeyfurman QUESTION: TO ASSERT, PHOTO INSPIRATION? INSERT YOURSELF

Liss Fenwick Vivian Abagiu By Duane Dailey, Co-Director Emeritus in the Afghanistan Ramadan march. Whoa. What an I look back in history. Alec Soth is one of my My heart. I go for the things that move me astounding case of being present. In chaos of war, she #nds favorites. His work is beautiful; he combines and that I care about because those are the A shy person has no chance of #nding a story in a human stories. Follow her lead. di!erent styles in his work. I have a couple of stories I most want to tell. strange culture. Right? Wrong! Little human stories give life to big stories. $at’s what his books. Even further, Josef Koudelka. (top) Sunday night speakers (including shy people) told you can do in Platte City. Make your story of real people Gaston Lacombe and showed their secrets – using words and photos Monica Herndon doing their thing, not doing your thing. Be truthful. I look into past experiences. I came into (.) I really like picture blog photography late; I had a whole life before Workshoppers follow the Cli! Edom mandate: Show No opening session of MPW has been stronger. I right now. I get inspired by things I wouldn’t this so I always look to see how I can use that truth with a camera. usually shoot. (second from top) to my advantage. exaggerate, a compensation of a shy person, as I have not seen 66 opening sessions. I have a strong sampling, tho. No faking, no #xing, no setting up. It’s an all-natural Demetrius Freeman Alyssa Schukar Melissa Farlow says she inserts herself into situations, workshop, no additives. Lens blog. Also Damien and Dan Winters. I Tumblr, Lens Blog, Time Light Fox, and watches and waits. Patience please. Who would insert Alan Berner leads a wonderful career of traveling like “Road to Seeing” by Dan Winters. photo books when I can. (bottom) themselves into a waiting line at the women’s restroom? byways and #nding story-telling moments. Take note of Alan’s A1 displays in !e Seattle Times. Ryan Jones Meg Kumin High society hat ladies at the Kentucky Derby waiting He has skills of photo stories. Today the reality of print Typically a new place, new environments, Nat Geo, 500px, and Photo Society. in line had other things on their minds than a camera new settings. documenting their #nery. journalism is a story will be two photos, max. But what Bernice Wong In Co!man Cove, Alaska, where strangers stands out, power those images carry. Readers can’t overlook them. Alexandra Demenkova My friend’s library. He lets me borrow photo Melissa went into the store, bought an item, made small You have power tools in your kit: Words and pictures. Not going too far. Going deeper. Going near books. My favorite is Eugene Richards talk, observed – and waited. $e story counts. Telling is in our genes. You are a but looking for people that are le" behind. $e Gun and Knife. Also the Invisible Here’s the message: Ease in, observe and slowly connect. descendant of ancient storytellers in the clans of your Photographer Asia. Mike Buckley Entering a culture, and Platte City is one, don’t barge ancestors. You join a tradition, part of life and the in snapping. Enter as a person. Not as a distracting Fstoppers.com. I go there to look for ideas Michelle Siu Photo Workshop. It’s a culture unique to the and equipment and they have a lot of creative camera. world. You become one with this world. $e Internet, I wish I had a better answer. Establish your presence as a nice person. photographers. Aaron Huey and Instagram. $ere are some Go. Bring back trophies. We’ll become the Iliad Can brushing your teeth be the secret of good people to follow on there. and Odyssey of Platte City. Kathy Petitte Jamison success? MaryAnne Golon advised taking a Everywhere from journalistic photos like Kelly Doering good look at you, while brushing, night and shooting people, which sounds generic but, My favorite at the moment is FeatureShoot. morning. Look. Who is that person in the What is expected of you? to #ne art like objects with mood. David Rees showed a starter list. We expect a lot of you. com. Everyday it brings up intros to mirror? documentary stories. Also I look at books $ere are more items in the MPW program book. Be sure Paul Colangelo Consider the impression you make. You must and documentaries for inspiration. to re-read Sunday’s Range#nder. Wilderness and agency sites like Magnum “be present” to win in the photo-story epic to Each day there will be updates. When waiting to see and Nat Geo. (third from top) Jeff Woo come. your faculty, re-read the tips. New York Times blog, , Workshops succeed in small towns because Alexey Furman anything shot by New York Times, people are accepting. Local folks at the picnic Today’s hot tips: I look through a lot of stu! that inspires Washington Post, and my colleagues. came because they wanted to learn about you. my style. Noor Photo Agency and good Wear your name tag, every day, all day, even at Well, they did come in part because they have a breakfast. It’s your badge, your press pass. People will European art house #ction movies. Jacobia Dahm very persuasive Mayor. Not a shy person. know you are one of those they have read so much O! the beaten path. I think talking to people Nick Agro His Honor gave not one but two keys to the about in the Landmark. It’s a conversation starter. Most is the best way to #nd stories. Friends. It’s cool having friends doing all City. If you want to get inside in this town, ask important, it helps faculty get to know you by name. sorts of things in di!erent places. It’s fun David or Jim to borrow their key. Read the local newspaper. Take notes. $ere are seeing their work. —Compiled by Sarah Bell A better way to get inside, follow the career of people with stories listed there. Even in classi#ed ads. Range!nder Editor Lois Raimondo. Be a cultural anthropologist. Lucas Carter Eat a powder milk biscuit. APhotoaDay.com Establish a connection even across enemy lines Below, Cheryl Samantha Owen runs her story concept THE STORY HUNT BEGINS by National Geographic photographer and previous MPW faculty member MONDAY JITTERS Jim Richardson. At right, Lucas Carter similarly By Beatriz Costa-Lima, Range!nder Editor A"er hearing many community members speak highly pitches his story as of Platte County school system, Nick Agro headed to does Bernice Shu As midday drew near, more and more photographers schools to talk to teachers. Wong, at far right. #ltered in through the doors, dropped o! their test cards Chloe Coleman sat in Roxanne’s cafe and chatted up the with the concierge, and anxiously awaited their turn to former mayor. meet with their faculty members. “I followed a few leads, but when I got there and talked $e photographers spent Monday morning shooting to the person, I found out another photographer had and story hunting around town before returning at around already been there,” Gaston Lacombe remarked of his 1 p.m. for the open faculty meetings. experience looking for story subjects. Photographers took various approaches to #nd ideas. Gaston wasn’t the only photographer with this predicament. During his meeting with faculty, Je! Woo expressed the same experience. “Don’t shy away because you’ve heard someone has already talked to the person,” Faculty member Rick Shaw told Woo. When 44 photographers descend on a small town, a little overlap is inevitable. But instead of resigning, keeping the conversation going can lead to a another story, Shaw told Woo. “If you talk to one subject, they could lead you to another person who might be become a better subject,” Shaw advised to Woo. As photographers pitched the beginnings of story ideas, faculty members gave feedback and advice. “Find the people who are conduits,” Lois Raimondo noted. “Talk to the people who know 10 people instead of the person who lives alone.” Jacobia Dahn sat down for her facutly meeting and pitched two potential ideas. When they pulled up a test shoot image on the screen, MaryAnne Golon and Alan Berner looked it over, and pointed out details to ask further questions about the potential subjects. With nearly every question, Jacobia had an answer based on her thorough interviewing. Photographers need to ask more questions and remember to ask the right questions to #nd good story ideas, Raimondo said. “Talk in pictures,” Raimondo. “Tell us what it looks like.” People need to have more conversations, Brian Kratzer added. “Find out what that person is doing this week,” Kratzer said. “Where are they going to dinner tomorrow and who are they going with? Get their phone number.”