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Melanie Light

Melanie Light
Profession: Director of Photo School
Location: San Francisco Bay Area , United States
Home base: UsA
URL: http://www.fotovision.org
URL: http://coalhollow.org
Email: •••••••• (private)
Languages spoken: English, German or maybe Spanish
Organization: Fotovision
Mobile phone: 415-725-1636
Work phone 415-725-1636
Last login: 2 months ago
Member since: 31 Oct 2005 12:10

About

Writer and Director of Fotovision, community dedicated to supporting social documentary photographer through workshops with the masters of our time, including Sebastiao Salgado, Don McCullin, Eugene Richards and others. We also have book release events, portfolio reviews and other projects. Please look at our website: fotovision.org and sign up to receive our email newsletter. Writing projects include books, articles and memoir.

The current book project, “Coal Hollow”, was done in collaboration with Ken Light (www.kenlight.com), who make the images. The photographs and text have been exhibited at Perpignan (2004), ICP (2006), Track 16 (2006) and will be shown at the Southeast Museum of Photography later in 2006. We received a grant from the Open Society Institute to return the work to the people and places where it was created in the form of multi-media kits. It’s been a great project!!

In April, the Museum of Photographic Arts in San Diego published article about the photojournalist Hansel Mieth in a catalogue for a show called “Breaking the Frame”.

New project is about the California Central Valley

Always looking for a great new, challenging and fun project and up for partnerships with photographers. You take the pix, I write and get the audio….

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Melanie Light. "Hansel Mieth: An Activist Ahead of her Time" Breaking the Frame, pp. pp.83 - 86. [none], May 7 2006.
Melanie Light. Track 16, pp. April 8, 2006, Apr 8 2006. "Coal Hollow"
Melanie Light. "Donna Ferrato: Working with the Feminine" Focus, [none], Mar 2006.
Melanie Light. Salon, pp. feature, Mar 23 2006. "Tell it on the mountain"
Melanie Light. foto8, pp. April, 2006, page 81, Feb 25 2006. "Review: Coal Hollow"
Melanie Light. "Coal Hollow: The Legacy of Coal Mining in the U.S." Forum, pp. Feb 9, 2006. National Public Radio, Feb 9 2006.
Melanie Light. Christian Science Monitor, pp. Opinion, Feb 6 2006. "Lasting troubles in America's coal community"
Melanie Light. UC Press, pp. 1-200, Jan 2006. "Coal Hollow"



Recent Post

Advanced Lighting Workshop

Premier lighting instructor, Glenn Matsumura will teach this one day workshop.
This lighting seminar is designed for photojournalists – from beginners to advanced. This class is geared to cover issues in both digital and film. Topics to be covered include:

- Using filters for color correction
- Discussing basic flash as fill and flash as main light, both indoor/outdoor
- Light modifiers: umbrellas, softbox, etc.
- Multiple lights and live demonstrations

For more information and to sign up: fotovision.org

23 May 2008 18:05 | 0 replies

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