Working with NGO’s and Making a Difference with Photography

Saturday 10th March 2010 – Sunday 17th March 2010, Kolkata, India

Led by the award winning photographer Jonathan Torgovnik, the Changing Ideas workshop will give you the exciting opportunity to take pictures that can really make a difference. This workshop is for photographers who want to produce stunning pictures and make a difference with their work.

Taking place in Kolkata, India in March 2010, several local NGO’s have been recruited to work with participating photographers who will be assessing the NGO’s needs and producing appropriate photography.

The workshop will have several experts on hand to guide and help the photographers taking part. These include photographer Jonathan Torgovnik, who will draw on his wealth of experience in concerned photography to provide invaluable knowledge and support for the workshop participants. Cheryl Newman, Picture editor of the Daily Telegraph, will be guiding photographers on creating the story. Changing Ideas will help photographers understand the needs of the NGO and produce fantastic and important portfolio of images that can make a difference to their work.

Through this workshop photographers will gain an invaluable insight into the needs of NGO’s and the types of imagery they require with the added benefit of knowing that they are providing a service that these small NGO’s would otherwise be unable to afford.

At the end of the workshop, each NGO will be provided with a selection of images that can be used to help them in an area of their work be that awareness, fundraising, or advocacy

The workshop will run from Wednesday 10th March 2010 – Wednesday 17th March 2010 in Kolkata, India.

For further information please contact:

CJ Clarke – cj@changingideas.org

Further information

About Jonathan Torgovnik

Jonathan Torgovnik’s award wining photographs have been widely exhibited and published in numerous international publications, including Newsweek, Aperture, GEO, Sunday Times Magazine, Stern, and Le Monde 2, The Telegraph, among others. He has been a contract photographer for Newsweek magazine since 2005, and is on the faculty of the International Center of Photography School in New York. He is the author of two books: Bollywood Dreams (Phaidon, 2003), and Intended Consequences (Aperture, 2009). Jonathan is also the co-founder of Foundation Rwanda, an NGO that supports secondary school education for children born of rape in Rwanda.

He has also received awards from: World Press Photo, Picture Of The Year International, Photo District News, National portrait Gallery, and an Emmy nomination. Jonathan has worked and collaborated with a number of NGO’s including Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF),Amnesty International, Institute for One World Health, and The Open Society Institute. 

About Cheryl Newman:
In her role as Photography Director of the Telegraph Magazine, Cheryl has established the magazine as a leading showcase for both fine art and photojournalism in the UK. Her work has covered the misery of global conflicts and poverty. Currently, she is working with Alec Soth documenting the decline of the American empire. She has a special interest and love of India and has visited over 30 times during the past 15 years.

About Changing Ideas:
Changing Ideas is a charity and was established in 2006 promote the use of photography in humanitarian campaigns and as a catalyst for change.