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Pulitzer Prize winner Cathal McNaughton to host photography masterclass in Belfast

Pulitzer prize-winning Co Antrim man Cathal McNaughton hosts a photography masterclass at Belfast Exposed next month
Pulitzer prize-winning Co Antrim man Cathal McNaughton hosts a photography masterclass at Belfast Exposed next month Pulitzer prize-winning Co Antrim man Cathal McNaughton hosts a photography masterclass at Belfast Exposed next month

PULITZER Prize-winning former Irish News photographer Cathal McNaughton will be hosting a special photography masterclass at Belfast Exposed next month.

After winning the Pulitzer Prize in 2018 for his coverage of the Rohingya refugee crisis in Myanmar and Bangladesh, the Cushendall man relocated backed back to Ireland where he is continuing his work documenting people and places.

The day-long six-person masterclass on March 28 will be a unique workshop combining real-world assignments alongside professional instruction in technical and conceptual issues that enable participants to sharpen their critical thinking, research and technical skills.

Participants will be given an assignment in the local community which they will research and photograph under a strict deadline. They will be shown how to construct a narrative and illustrate their assignment in a professional, compassionate, ethical and visually effective way.

The workshop is ideally suited to practicing photojournalists and documentary photographers; individuals with prior learning in photography who wish to advance in the fields of photojournalism and documentary photography; graduates in photography, multimedia studies or related fields; advanced amateur photographers.

Participants will require a digital/film camera with manual controls, experience, knowledge and technical skills in photography and a keen interest in photojournalism and documentary photography.

For more information contact Conor at training@belfastexposed.org.

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