How'd They Do That? Kael Alford, photojournalist

In this episode, Mark talks with Kael Alford, a seasoned and extraordinary photojournalist. Kael has been published across the US and Europe in places like Time, Newsweek, The New York Times, Vanity Fair and more. She discusses the time she spent covering the US invasion of Iraq and the resulting book and exhibition: "Unembedded: Four Independent Journalists on the War in Iraq." Kael also talks about The Foundry Photojournalism Workshop, her most recent work in southeastern Louisiana and gives tips to aspiring photojournalists.

Category:

Education

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• snapfactory
• Mark Wallace
• Kael Alford
• photojournalism
• photography
• Iraq
• war
• Louisiana
• Harvard
• Unembedded
• interview

[BladeRunn]

I would like to ask Kael what her Big Picture is about the whole situation in Iraq; she certainly had an intimate and close relation with their people, and was able to gain access to the REAL situation there, so she could provide us with insight as to what is the real story behind this whole horrible situation.

I cannot imagine that these pictures were made without a purpose or a statement behind them, and that that statement must answer or at least propose what her thesis about Iraq is...

[snapfactory]

@BladeRunn That's a great question. I recommend you buy her book Unembedded for the answers.

[aishacute94]

Great

[amdispersed]

cool you find beauty even when somebody dying

[blazewphotography]

The first picture shown is very powerful, however she did a horrible job dodging the right side of the image and that really takes away from it.

[HogbergPhotography]

Wow, Mark is hot! :)

[peckerdecker]

intersting - I know the photographers name ''Kael Alford' - but what about the people in the photographs? who are they/ their identities ?

Kael Alford has become known, had exhibitions, books published - but what has Kael Alford done for the people she has taken photographs of?

thanks for the Video

[goclick]

Oh my! I hope she can get over switching to Canon; what a misfortune, poor woman.

[Legacylout]

Awesome interview, inspirational!

[VideoAndEvents]

Mark, thank you for highlighting Kael Alford's necessary pre-production before picking up the gear: reading, research, footwork, education and the communication with the locals!