Evening program Thursday 21 May 19.30 - 22.15

• Introductory presentation by William Uricchio, professor of Comparative Media Studies at MIT and Utrecht University in the Netherlands. He will speak about his experiences at MIT’s Open Documentary Lab, where William and his team explore new forms of non-fiction storytelling.
• Marie Berthoumieu is an Interactive Commissioning Editor at Franco-German TV channel ARTE. Projects she has helped realise include Interactive Haiku with the National Film Board of Canada, linking the latest, hasty developments in today’s media to the peace and regularity of haiku poetry.
• David Campbell is a writer, professor and producer who analyses visual storytelling and creates new visual stories. For World Press Photo he investigated the current global situation in the fields of photojournalism and multimedia, and subsequently opinions on the manipulation of news and documentary photography.
• Dutch publishers and internet experts will show recent highlights of their work and debate about the role of digital storytelling in their future plans. Wieland van Dijk(NRC), Stan van Engelen (VPRO) and Laurens Verhagen (de Volkskrant).
• The (originally Dutch) Photographer Pieter van Hoopen will talk about his development, from photographer to multimedia maker. Recently he completed his project Hungry Horse, a portrait of a remote village in the US with US producer MediaStorm.

• Evening program Friday 22 May 19.30 - 22.15

• Danish digital storytelling expert Bjarke Myrthu will share his experiences of the PhotoStories Masterclass on digital storytelling he gave over the past couple of days. He will highlight some results from the participants.
• Caspar Sonnen: IDFA DocLab provides a showcase of the latest developments in the fields of Virtual Reality (VR) and documentaries online.
• Dutch producers and creators will share their experiences. Eefje Blankevoort(Prospektor) will talk about the Asylum Machine and Love Radio; Kadir van Lohuizenabout PanAm and the storytelling strategy of agency Noor Images; Bregtje van der Haak about her Multiple Journalism initiative; Submarine production house will discussThe Last Hijack and Refugee Republic, Robert Overweg about his art project Flying and Floating and TripleIT. 
• American photographer Peter DiCampo will discuss two of his projects: Everyday Africa, a group project that uses Instagram and Life Without Lights, an ongoing multimedia project on the social and economic impact of energy shortages in countries like Ghana, Nepal, Great Britain.

• Day program Friday 22 May -  9.00 - 17.00

  A large number of visiting speakers will be present to discuss the practical aspects of making and distributing multimedia projects. The workshops will be presentations in which various professionals share their experiences with working methods and used techniques. Visitors can choose from two program elements. 

  Specialists: 

  • Sara Kolster (interactive designer) & Anoek Steketee (photographer): TRANSMEDIA in their project Love Radio.
  • Bregtje van der Haak (film maker) & Richard Vijgen (information designer): DATA VISUALISATION in their project Atlas of Pentecostalism.
  • Robert Knoth (photographer) & Peter Claassen (video editor): CURATING AND EDITING in their project Poppy.
  • Aart Jan van der Linden (developer) and Yaniv Wolf (interactive producer): INTERACTION DESIGN in their project Refugee Republic.
  • Pieter ten Hoopen (photographer) analyses his MULTIMEDIA project Hungry Horse.
  • Peter diCampo (photographer) analyses one of his MULTIMEDIA projects.
  • Daria Scagliolia & Paul Swagerman: WORK IN PROGRESS about their project Vertical Citizens. 
  • Robert Overweg: INNOVATION (artist, virtual worlds).
  • Bjarke Myrthu & Eirik Backer: introducing the BLIND SPOT app, giving more meaning to social media.

    PhotoStories is organized by the Nederlands Fotomuseum, PhotoQ, IDFA DocLab, Jenny Smets, Paradox in collaboration with World Press Photo and EYE Film Institute.

    PhotoStories was made possible thanks to the generous support of: Foundation for Democracy and Media, DuPho, Stimuleringsfonds voor de Journalistiek, Dutch Film Fund.