Photojournalism in an

In a career resulting in three Pulitzer Prize nominations, Richard Ellis developed an approach to capturing the news through his photographs.  In this class, he will discuss this approach using, in part, case studies from some of his most famous photographs.  In addition, he will share what he learned from his journey as a photojournalist about photography, the world and being a human being in chaotic times.  

 

Richard Ellis began his career in 1979 working for United Press International. In 1984, he joined Reuters, the British-based global news service, as a staff photographer in Hong Kong covering the People Power Revolution in the Philippines and dozens of stories throughout Asia. In 1986, he became Reuters’ chief photographer for South Asia based in New Delhi covering major news throughout the region, including the Soviet–Afghan War; he was the first Western photographer allowed into Kabul. Ellis went to China for the Tiananmen protests. He hid on the first public bus allowed into the square following the massacre, which allowed him to provide the first pictures of the aftermath. Posted to China in 1989, he continued to cover post-Tiananmen China and was the last foreign correspondent to see Deng Xiaoping alive. He was nominated for the first of three Pulitzer Prize nominations for this work.  He currently works in Charleston, South Carolina, with his wife and two daughters and visits San Miguel de Allende regularly.