Stenin Сontest holds a workshop for students of Russian universities
21 / 02 / 2025Yekaterina Volkova, a photo editor with the Photography Desk and a teacher of photo journalism and history of photography, held the workshop. The expert discussed methods for making a high-quality photo reports and mistakes that can ruin it. She provided an insight into various categories of photo stories, their correct compilation and many other things that photo correspondents must know.
The Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest organized the event.
Attending the event online and offline were students from nine universities, including Moscow Pedagogical University for the Humanities, Russian State University for the Humanities, Russian University of Physical Education, Sport, Youth and Tourism (SCOLIPE), the Novosibirsk Institute of Humanities, Tomsk State University, Ural Federal University, St. Petersburg University of Management Technologies and Economics, Ulyanovsk State Technological University and Bunin Yelets State University.
Viktoria Belenko, Head of the Mass Communications Division at the Novosibirsk Institute of Humanities said:
“It is very important that our students were able to take part in this event and to learn the rules of professional photographers’ work. In my opinion, the most important thing is that young people learn how to take photos that will not have to be doctored, tampered with or otherwise processed in the future.”
Natalia Krasikova, a lecturer with the Media Communications Department at St. Petersburg University of Management Technologies and Economics, said:
“Not only did the lecture compile and systematize numerous rules and life hacks for making photo reports, but it really inspired our media students to engage in creative work and to search for their own perspective. Thank you for emphasizing the photographer’s respect for the object of their work; this is really important. Our separate thanks for involving multiple universities across the country, and this gave rise to a wonderful sense of volume and inclusivity!”
