December 2020 – Monthly Meeting + Virtual Competition

On Wednesday, December 16, 18:15 PM, IPS is honored to our monthly virtual photo competition (Open Theme). The competition follows our EIC guidelines – please refer to http://www.imfwb-ips.org/eic-guidelines/ if you would like additional details.

Judge: Joe Newman:

Bio:

Joe is the founder of Focus on the Story, a non-profit organization based in Washington, D.C. that supports and encourages photographers of diverse backgrounds to explore visual storytelling’s critical role in documenting the world around us and its ability to spur social change. During the past three years, he has led five photography workshops in Cuba, published three collaborative photo books financed through Kickstarter campaigns, taken on photography assignments for various NGO clients, and founded the Focus on the Story International Photo Festival. His photography has been exhibited at the Leica Gallery DC, and the annual FotoWeek DC and Exposed DC shows. Prior to launching Focus on the Story, Joe worked as communications director at the Project On Government Oversight and, before that, spent 17 years as an award-winning journalist at various newspapers.