Annenberg Space for Photography (Venue Partner)
2000 Avenue of the Stars
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Michael Robinson Chávez, Courtesy of the artist and the Annenberg Space for Photography
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Thursday Aug 20, 2009 (6:30pm)
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Michael Robinson Chávez will discuss taking photographs locally and abroad, and the connection between stories and people. He will present his photographs from the last 15 years including the civil war in Congo, conflict in the Middle East, street photography in Peru and India and a current ongoing project on south central Los Angeles. He will cover the reasons why he undertook certain assignments, how he was able to gain access and his process of telling stories through image making.
Chávez has been a photographer at The Los Angeles Times since 2007. Prior to that, he worked for The Washington Post, The Boston Globe and the Associated Press. In addition to photographing local stories, he has covered wide-ranging international assignments in over 45 countries including: the Congolese Civil War, violence in El Salvador, elections in Nepal, the 2006 Hezbollah/Israeli war, the Georgian/Russian war in 2008, the conflict in Israel/Palestine and the US led invasion and occupation of Iraq.
Michael won the Scripps Howard Foundation Award for Photojournalism in 2008. He has twice been named Photographer of the Year by The White House News Photographers’ Association in 2004 and 2007 and received an Award of Excellence as Newspaper Photographer of the Year in 2008 by Pictures of the Year International.
He has recently published a book of his photographs from Peru: "Awaiting the Rain," and a book about Dharavi, Bombay’s largest slum.
Registration will go live July 30th.
