Platypus Workshop, Winter 2008

  • View this image full size Bergen Record photojournalist Thomas E. Franklin and producer Kelly Jordan of the Florida Times-Union interview residents in the 9th ward of New Orleans as homes were being condemed, three years after Hurricane Katrina.
  • View this image full size Bergen Record staff photographer Thomas E. Franklin works in New Orleans' lower 9th Ward with Platypus teacher's assistant Kelly Jordan.
  • View this image full size Platypus Workshop Lead Edit Instructor PF Bentley (left) explains FCP to photojournalist Jodi Miller with the help of Florida Times-Union Director of Photography Kelly Jordan at the New Orleans Platypus Workshop 2008.
  • View this image full size Platypus Workshop Edit Instructor PF Bentley helps photographers Denise Keim (right) and Ron Keim on FCP during the first edit session of the New Orleans Platypus Workshop 2008.
  • View this image full size Photojournalist Jodi Miller works on FCP during the first edit session at the New Orleans Platypus Workshop.
  • View this image full size Houston Chronicle Internet Director Rhea Davis on assignment for the Platypus Workshop with a Canon HV20. The Chronicle bought a dozen of the HV20 cameras, plus two XH A1 camcorders for their staff following the workshop.
  • View this image full size Platypus Shoot 'n' Edit student Jodi Miller works in New Orleans' still decimated St. Bernard's Parish with producer Gale Browning.
  • View this image full size Platypus Lead Edit Instructor PF Bentley (blue shirt) guides workshop participants through the intricacies of the FCP process during a recent Platypus Workshop.
  • View this image full size Thomas E. Franklin shoots a New Orleans official condemning a house in the middle-class district of New Orleans. Franklin shot the iconic photograph of firemen raising the American flag over the ruins of the World Trade Center following the Sept. 11th attack.
  • View this image full size The Spring 2008 class of the New Orleans Platypus Workshop pose in New Orleans' French Quarter after graduation.
  • View this image full size Houston Chronicle photojournalist Steve Campbell works with teacher's assistant Rachel Greenbaum at the Houston Chronicle's Platypus Workshop.
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