PRISM PHOTO WORKSHOP

Supporting the next generation of storytellers in Chicago and beyond.

2024 Speakers & Panelists

  • Gonzalo Guzman

    PHOTOGRAPHER & WRITER

  • Paul Octavious

    PHOTOGRAPHER & DESIGNER, EYE EATERS

  • Tonal Simmons

    PHOTOGRAPHER, TONAL’S CORNER

  • Kayla Bickham

    VISUAL EDITOR, SOUTH SIDE WEEKLY

  • Sarah Joyce

    PHOTOGRAPHER, GLITTERGUTS

  • Jamie Kelter Davis

    INDEPENDENT PHOTOGRAPHER

  • Oriana Koren

    PHOTOGRAPHER & WRITER, PRISM PHOTO WORKSHOP PROGRAM MANAGER

  • Liz Miller-Gershfeld

    INDEPENDENT EXECUTIVE CREATIVE PRODUCER

  • Adrian Octavius Walker

    SENIOR ART DIRECTOR, GETTY IMAGES

What We Offer

  • If you have attended a Prism Photo Workshop and you would like to make suggestions for future workshops, please take this survey.

  • Keynote presentations and panels are the highlight of our annual workshop. Our speakers share practical advice and valuable insights that leave attendees informed and inspired.

    Rewatch complete presentations from past workshops here.

  • Connect with industry-leading professionals and get feedback on your work with 1-on-1 portfolio review sessions at our annual workshop. We have facilitated over 75 portfolios with commissioning editors from publications such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, the Chicago Tribune, South Side Weekly, the Chicago Sun-Times and Getty.

  • We also offer grants, scholarships and mentorship. Read more here.

Sponsors


Additional Funders

Our Impact

  • $13,000

    in funding for Chicago-based visual storytellers

  • 21

    paid speaking opportunities

  • 1,000+

    workshop attendees

Photography by: Allison Ziemba

Donate


Your tax-deductible donation will help the Workshop offer resources to visual journalists from traditionally underrepresented communities through grants, scholarships, mentoring and our annual live workshop. Contributions at any level are welcome.