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Day trip: Otavalo, Ecuador
Always an ambassador of the United States wherever she goes, student Sara Lewkowicz clowns around in the market. This is Sara's third workshop with Truth With A Camera.
Yesterday, many of the Truth With A Camera students and faculty members embarked on a daytrip to Otavalo, Ecuador. There they took in the sights and smells of an open-air livestock exchange, visited the waterfall at Cascada de Peguche and spent time shopping at the weekly market.
Today marks the official start of the workshop. Faculty will lead the students through a half-day long orientation, which will include meeting with representatives from the NGO’s who’s mission they will be documenting.
Uday Khambadkone photographs from an open bus window on the way to Otavalo.
James Gregg speaks with locals after photographing them at a local livestock exchange.
Truth instructor Stephen Katz, left, shoots video of the waterfall at Cascada de Peguche.
Truth students Micah Escamilla, left , and Sara Lewkowicz, center, catch up on sleep on the way back to Quito.
The first University of Missouri Photo Workshop, in 1949, was referred to as an “experiment in photographic education.” The director, Clifton C. Edom, had one rule: “Show Truth With A Camera.” No posing. No manipulation of the facts.
Cliff was influenced by Lewis Hine, Jacob Riis and the Farm Security Administration and their role in documenting social problems. Since that time thousands of photojournalists have educated us about war, hunger, violence and abuse around the world.
“Documentary photography”, wrote Cliff, “is the background, the roots, of modern photojournalism.” He spoke of the necessity to keep up with new technologies, but he emphasized the importance of ethics in documenting society and contributing to social justice.
Dr. Vme Edom Smith, Director and Secretary
The Edom Foundation for Photojournalism Education