2011 Mentoring Program
- Online gallery of Energy is Everything photo essays
- Read our summary review of this year’s program
- Read ASMP’s review of this year’s program
- See the UK Mentoring Program gallery
The theme: Energy is Everything
Without energy we would not exist. Energy is a internal or inherent power that has the capacity of acting, operating, or producing an effect. Whether exerted or not.
Young Photographer's Alliance is inviting the next generation of photographers to explore the theme of energy, to discover the powerful forces that shape our world, our politics, our environment, our lives and ourselves.
This project will send teams of talented college and emerging photographers along with their professional photography mentors into the field to find unique and inspiring perspectives on the meaning of "energy" as it affects us all in the 21st century.
Energy is anything and everything; it can be human, physical, mental or spiritual; a force of nature; it can be mechanical, technical, invented or created. The goal of this project is for mentees to harness their skills as an image-maker and to look beyond the obvious, to explore the theme metaphorically in a way that sheds new light on the human condition.
Through a series of through provoking images and a brief essay, you will be challenged to bring insight, inspiration and energy to the viewer.
2011 Teams
| Altanta, GA, United States, led by Stan Kaady | |
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| Laila Boggs | East Tennessee State University |
| Jordan Nelson | Art Institute of Atlanta |
| Steven Ricard | |
| Boston, MA, United States, led by Margot Cheel & Lynne Damianos | |
| Alex Abdalian | Syracuse University |
| Baoling Huang | Boston University Center for Digital Imaging Arts |
| Daniella Rascon | New England School of Photography |
| Sherry Saunders | Savannah College of Art and Design |
| Chicago, IL, United States, led by Dirk Fletcher | |
| Erika Johnson | Columbia College Chicago |
| Mary King | University of Michigan |
| Cynthia Lynn | Columbia College Chicago |
| Denver, CO, United States, led by EJ Carr & Dan Schrock | |
| Joslyn Bussow | Arapahoe Community College |
| Melissa Hadji | Arapahoe Community College |
| Houston, TX, United States, led by Rocky Kneten & Sofia van der Dys | |
| Peiyi Chen | Houston Community College |
| Batli Joselevitz | University of Texas at Austin |
| April M. Frazier | Rice University |
| Los Angeles, CA, United States, led by Cat Jimenez | |
| Rodjiana Munoz | Orange Coast College |
| Simone Paz | Santa Monica College |
| Esau Rosales | Brooks institute |
| Bethlehem Stirnaman | Cal State Fullerton |
| New York, NY, United States, led by Barbara Bordnick & Stella Kramer & Jill Waterman | |
| Annie Breen | College of Staten Island |
| Fiona Conrad | SVA Continuing Ed |
| Olivia Gilmore | Parsons The New School for Design |
| Jonathan Sosnowski | Art Institute of Philadelphia |
| San Diego, CA, United States, led by Jenna Close & Jon Held | |
| Bridget Baker | Seattle University |
| Brenda Garate | University of the Arts |
| Amanda McCarver | Brooks Insitute |
| Seattle, WA, United States, led by Rafael Soldi | |
| Teresa Meier | Art institute of Portland |
| Hanna Reingold | University of Washington |
| Lauren Riker | University of Washington |
| Lindsey Wasson | Seattle University |
| Toronto, Canada, led by Ozant Kamaci | |
| Danielle Coupland | |
| Gabriel Gutierrez | OCAD University |
| Oliver Pauk | |
| Beijing, China, led by Shannon Fagon | |
| Danielle Liu | Beijing Film Academy |
| Sam Sun | Nanjing University of Astronautics and Aeronautics |
| Daisy Wang | Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology |
| Bangkok, Thailand, led by Dennie Cody & DK Khattiya | |
| Sarun Deeruksa | Bangkok University |
| Worayot Muang-ya | Rajabhat Suansunantha University |
| Ittinan Natthachai | Kasetsart University |
| Suntud Talek | Rajabhat Suansunantha University |
| Kittipit Tritanon | Bodindecha High School |
| Glasgow, United Kingdom, led by Elaine Livingstone & Erin Moroney | |
| David Anderson | |
| Sean Anderson | |
| Michael Byrne | |
| Martins Melecis | |
| Antonia Spagnoletti | |
| London Fashion & Portrait, United Kingdom, led by Sharon O'Neill & John Wright | |
| Antonina Dolaniecka | |
| Natalie Halford | |
| Claire Huish | |
| Clare Jackson | |
| Helen Mildmay-White | |
| Suzi Ovens | |
| London Reportage & Other, United Kingdom, led by Sophie Batterbury & Justin Sutcliffe | |
| Irina Csapo | |
| Elizabeth Livermore | |
| Tina Remiz | |
| Billy Rowlinson | |
| Rob Stothard | |
| Alisa Suwanrumpha | |
| Aditya Swami | |
| Kat Waters | |
The UK teams are also listed on the YPA UK site.
Who’s this for?
- Anyone aged 18-29 or currently enrolled in a photography course.
What’s involved?
- You will meet with your mentor for six two-hour sessions over the course of ten weeks. The sessions may start as early as June 1, 2011.
- You will set the meeting times based on both your schedules. You must complete the project by August 15, 2011.
- Outside of meeting with your mentor you will be required to identify and photograph a subject based on the theme outlined above and deliver three images and a short essay of no more than 300 words.
- You will also be responsible to work with your team to document the process that you and your team go through to create your work.
- You will learn to write a creative brief and work with an editor on editing your images for your final deliverables.
Why should I take part?
- The project and your work will be promoted in the press.
- Work will be featured in an exhibit and on the YPA website.
- You will learn from an established photographer.
- You will be able to create some great work for your portfolio.
What do I need to do if I'm interested?
Applications for the 2011 North American program are now closed. Details of our next program will be published in 2012.
- Fill out the online application.
- You will need to upload 5-8 of your best images for the application. We are not expecting these to reflect our mentoring theme - they should simply be representative of your work. You will also need to upload a letter of recommendation from a professor, mentor, advisor, or employer.
- You will also need to give us some really rough ideas on how you might approach the brief. You will not be restricted to the ideas you propose here. We are only looking for a couple of sentences to get an idea of your creativity/approach.
- Submitting an application is no guarantee of acceptance. We are selecting candidates based on the quality of work, the creativity of your possible approach, as well as your location (ie. the ability for YPA to find and secure mentors in your area).
