“Foundry comes to the heart of Africa and invites photographers from across the continent and beyond to a week of inspiration and education.

We look forward to continuing the workshop started by Eric and Sharon Beecroft and made possible by
all the loyal Foundry volunteers over the years!

Seven days of inspiration.

Each evening students attend presentations from our world-class list of instructors: photojournalists who regularly work with and for National Geographic, The New York Times, TIME, Newsweek, Stern, and countless other international publications.

Seven days of education.

With classes for beginners to professional photojournalists, our instructors challenge and teach you how to create visual stories.

Seven days of community.

Foundry is a bonding experience that creates friendships and networks that last a lifetime.”

This workshop’s tremendous and numerous instructors are Edward Echwalu, Andrew Esiebo, Mariella Furrer, Ron Haviv, Krisanne Johnson, Daniel Schwartz, my former student Nicki Sobecki, Sarah Waiswa.

Given the large number of positions open to participants, we divided the applicants between Jerome and I, Nicki, Ron, and Jennifer Gross, according to financial need. Below are the selections Jerome and I made from the tranche we were assigned.

Here is a retrospective on the workshop and its impact on participants.