Level Three Workshops

Working With Nonprofits

Momenta's Level Three NGO workshops are the culmination of what we try to accomplish as an organization. These workshops teach the basics of how to work profitably and effectively with NGOs and nonprofits around the world. These assignment-based workshops place students with working NGOs with access cleared to document the organization's projects. At the same time, workshop instructors closely work with clients to assist with logistics, edit photo story packages, and generate positive relationships with the organizations. Students are encouraged to develop a solid working relationship with their NGO that often persists past the end of the workshop. These are, in a very real way, our flagship workshops that have a direct and positive effect on both students and organizations alike.

Workshop participants work closely with NGOs and nonprofits to construct photo stories and essays about the work of the organizations.
Students are closely mentored to provide the highest quality of work and allow for guidance when issues arise.
Extremely high quality storytelling can take place because of the focus on a narrow band of topical material over a long period of time.
In a very real sense, "Photography As a Force of Change" is the primary goal. These projects are purpose-built to show visual professionals the positive impact their work can bring.
Instructors are culled from a group that is active in nonprofit and NGO photography and exemplify the mission-driven mindset of Momenta in using documentary work as a tool for idea generation.

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Project India 2011

Dates: January 30 - February 12, 2011
Dehradun, India
Cost: $4550 (dual occupancy)
Work with nonprofits on human rights and globally-pertinent issues like education and development in Northern India. We will team up with organizations and cover stories that are endemic to this bustling and important country.

Project New Orleans With Chris Usher

Dates: April 6th-10th, 2011
New Orleans, Louisiana
Cost: $1379
As New Orleans seeks to recover from the painful memories of Hurricane Katrina and the Gulf Coast oil spill, Momenta Workshops is once again teaming up with local nonprofits and community organizations dedicated to rebuilding the Big Easy back to its former glory.

Project South Africa with Jeff Hutchens

Cape Town, South Africa
Level Three: Working with Non-Profits
Dates: Summer 2011
Cost: TBA

Please contact our office for itinerary and travel information.