Jose Lopez
Many of you may remember that you had the chance to meet my partner Caitlin Kelly at the close of Tucson Institute. We left Tucson for my home state of New Mexico where we spent a week on vacation visiting friends on their ranch as well as New Mexico State University, the college I attended. The journalism dept at NMSU seemed happy to have me back for a visit and I was asked to lecture two photo classes. It was great and I have to say a bit emotional for me returning to the old classrooms that used to provide comfort and shelter while I worked hard to hone my craft.
I returned to New York and picked up my duties as the picture editor of the Times Business Financial section. The mantra of the 1992 Presidential campaign, "Its the Economy, stupid" played out again but this time it was on a world stage as certain countries in the EU were starting to falter due to their economic health. Greece, Portugal, Ireland, needing to be saved by Germany and the other EU countries.
This story is one that just won't go away and I continue to find myself challenged in assigning and coming up with high impact images that illustrate this ongoing story.
Today, I am in Miami teaching my seventh Institute. ( I know this cause I have saved my press passes from previous institutes.) I so enjoy getting to know the next generation of story tellers. Truth be told, I end up learning so much from the students, past and present.
Many of you may remember that you had the chance to meet my partner Caitlin Kelly at the close of Tucson Institute. We left Tucson for my home state of New Mexico where we spent a week on vacation visiting friends on their ranch as well as New Mexico State University, the college I attended. The journalism dept at NMSU seemed happy to have me back for a visit and I was asked to lecture two photo classes. It was great and I have to say a bit emotional for me returning to the old classrooms that used to provide comfort and shelter while I worked hard to hone my craft.
I returned to New York and picked up my duties as the picture editor of the Times Business Financial section. The mantra of the 1992 Presidential campaign, "Its the Economy, stupid" played out again but this time it was on a world stage as certain countries in the EU were starting to falter due to their economic health. Greece, Portugal, Ireland, needing to be saved by Germany and the other EU countries.
This story is one that just won't go away and I continue to find myself challenged in assigning and coming up with high impact images that illustrate this ongoing story.
Today, I am in Miami teaching my seventh Institute. ( I know this cause I have saved my press passes from previous institutes.) I so enjoy getting to know the next generation of story tellers. Truth be told, I end up learning so much from the students, past and present.
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| Caitlin and I on the Bosque Del Apache Wildlife Bird Refuge in NM last year. |
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