HAVANA, Cuba, 12 September 2011 — AU Abroad students arrive for another week of classes at Casa de las Americas, Cuba’s premier cultural center. The AU students are taking a total of five classes at Casa, four of them taught by Cuban professors. I am teaching my Photojournalism and Social Documentary class, a stepping stone […]
HAVANA, Cuba, 11 September 2011 — AU Abroad students board a crowded bus to reach a church service in Centro Habana on Sunday 11 September. The AU students are spending fall semester in the Cuban capital where they are studying at Casa de las Americas, this Caribbean nation’s premier cultural center. The students are taking […]
HAVANA, Cuba, 5 September 2011 — I gave a two-hour presentation on backpack journalism to reporters from Cuba, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Mexico and Venezuela at the Jose Marti International Journalism Institute (IIP) in Havana. My presentation was part of a week long International Press Photography Workshop sponsored by the institute. During the workshop, I […]
HAVANA, Cuba, 2 September 2011 — AU Aroad student Chelsea Crandall, far left, walks through the Museo de la Revlucion in Centro Havana, Cuba. Crandall is one of six AU students taking part in a semester at Casa de las Americas, Cuba’s premier cultural center. In addition to four courses they are taking from Cuban […]
OLD HAVANA, Cuba, 31 August 2011 — Attached are more photos of AU Abroad students recently touring Old Havana, including the first image of a friendly peacock at one of the stops. (Photos by Bill Gentile.)
Erin Finicane has proven a long-standing tenet of documentary: The craft is an effective tool for social change. Erin is a second year graduate student at American University pursuing an MFA in Film and Electronic Media. She hopes to use documentary and related media as a tool for education, engaging audiences in the stories behind […]