THE NDA WORKSHOP
NATALIE KEYSSAR + DANIELLA ZALCMAN
LOCATION: NEW ORLEANS, LA, USA
DATES: SEPTEMBER 28 - OCTOBER 2, 2023
WORKSHOP FEE: $1,200
The NDA Workshop is our first ever IRL gathering: we're going to bring together a cohort in beautiful New Orleans for a four-day weekend to inspire you, motivate you, push you, and arm you with the tools you need to succeed in the field as a visual storyteller. Join us from September 28 - October 2 for a packed schedule that will incorporate mini assignments, hands-on portfolio reviews and critiques, skills-building talks on everything from pitching and grant writing to safety in the field and journalism ethics, and most importantly, the opportunity to build community with a rad cohort of like-minded photographers looking to hone their craft. This is open to photographers of all skill levels and every stage of the professional path, but please note that this is in part a shooting workshop and you will need to have gear with you.
The weekend will include a mix of gatherings in a classroom setting, photo walks, and periods where students will be expected to make their own work (with our support and guidance!). Please note that most meals, airfare, lodging, and local transportation are not included — but we look forward to coordinating a few group meals.
If you’re interested in joining us, please fill out the application form below! You can reach us with any questions at dani@dan.iella.net or nkeyssar@gmail.com. We’ll notify selected students on a rolling basis through late July.
Note: We’re both committed to building a more radically transparent and inclusive photo industry. For every 5 people who sign up for our workshop, we’ll make one space available for free. Please indicate in the signup form below if you’d like to be considered for one of the free spaces, and we will reach out to everyone who registers by early August to let you know if we have space for you. If you’re interested in sponsoring a scholarship spot for a student, please reach out!
CANCELLATION POLICY: We understand that plans change and last-minute work and opportunities come up. If you need to cancel your registration more than one month before the start of the workshop, we will either postpone your enrollment to the next time we offer the workshop or refund the workshop fee. We will not be able to issue refunds less than a month before the start of the workshop.
ABOUT NATALIE & DANIELLA
Natalie Keyssar is a documentary photographer based in Brooklyn, New York. She is interested in class inequality, youth culture, and the personal effects of political turmoil and violence, primarily in the US and Latin America. Keyssar regularly contributes to The New York Times Magazine, TIME, Bloomberg Businessweek, and California Sunday Magazine, and has been recognized by the Philip Jones Griffith Award, The Aaron Siskind Foundation, PDN 30, Magenta Flash Forward, and American Photography. She has taught New Media at the International Center of Photography in New York and has instructed at workshops across the US and Latin America with Foundry, Women Photograph, The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, the IWMF, and the International Photography Festival of Puebla, Mexico. She is a Pulitzer Center Grantee, a long-term fellow with the International Women’s Media Foundation Latin America program, the winner of the 2018 ICP Infinity Emerging Photographer Award and the 2019 PH Museum Women Photographer's Grant.
Daniella Zalcman is a Vietnamese-American documentary photographer based between Paris and New York. She is a multiple grantee of the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, a fellow with the International Women's Media Foundation, a National Geographic Society grantee, and the founder of Women Photograph, a non-profit working to elevate the voices of women and non-binary visual journalists. Her work tends to focus on the legacies of western colonization, from the rise of homophobia in East Africa to the forced assimilation education of Indigenous children in North America. Her ongoing project, Signs of Your Identity, is the recipient of the Arnold Newman Prize, a Robert F Kennedy Journalism Award, the FotoEvidence Book Award, the Magnum Foundation's Inge Morath Award, and part of Open Society Foundation's Moving Walls 24. Daniella is a visiting professor at Wake Forest University, and a member of the board of trustees of the W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund and the board of directors of the ACOS Alliance.