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    Zoriah has begun to devote a portion of each year to lecturing and presenting to universities, institutions and at political events. For universities, a typical itinerary consists of two days of presentations to multiple departments followed by a public, multi-departmental lecture. The presentations can be tailored in length and subject matter to each department and the multidepartmental lecture currently consist of a thirty minute slideshow showcasing recent work from Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon, Palestine, the Asian Earthquake and the Tsunami. The lecture touches on many subjects including the art of visual storytelling, the current state of the media and my own thoughts on documenting life in conflict. Lectures can be tailored to the need of each individual organization, university or event.

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    Each photo story that I bring to the world costs literally thousands of dollars to produce. While transportation to and from remote locations eats up the majority of my budget, I must also pay for food, accommodation, insurance and equipment such as body armor, cameras, lenses, photo storage and equipment maintenance costs. - These photo stories depend on your support and funding. Without your donations these projects will live only in my dreams and not in reality, where the world can see them and be affected by them. If you enjoy seeing this work and believe in supporting truly independent photojournalism, please support it. - The power of the still image to teach, affect and inspire change is truly amazing and people like you make it all possible. Every dollar counts! - You can choose to make a one time donation, or set up recurring monthly payments. If you have not considered recurring monthly payments, these are a great way to fund ongoing projects without putting a strain on your pocketbook. - Because documentary photography is my full time job, recurring payments provide a much needed monthly income and let me focus on the issues that are truly important, intead of what subjects will sell to the corporate media. - - Secure donations can be made below with PayPal. If you are not comfortable with online payments, please contact us for an address to mail a money order or cashiers check to

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  • Mexico:
    Fossil Fuel Impact. Document car culture and its effects on the environment in one of the worlds most polluted cites, Mexico City.
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    Compare and contrast life in Jerusalem and life in the West Bank city or Ramallah.
  • Indonesia:
    Child Drug Addicts. Photograph the lives of children addicted to inhalants.
  • Morocco:
    Travel Photography. Travel from Cassablanca to Marakesh and produce a travel related photo series.
  • Honduras:
    Travel and Underwater Photography. Students produce a travel story with two to five days being underwater photography instruction by Zoriah and the master divers at Ocean Connections PADI Dive Shop. *students without a scuba diving license will complete a three day licensing course durning the beginning of the workshop.
  • Laos:
    Shoestring Travel. Students travel through Laos and produce a story geared to budget minded travelers and backpackers - Brazil: Amazonian Deforestation. Work in the Amazon Basin documenting the environmental impact of clear cutting.
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    Technology and The Modern World. Explore the role of technology in our lives in one of the most advanced cities on planet earth. *Japan workshops have higher tuitions and higher living costs.
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    The New Face of The Refugee Crisis. Live in an urban jungle pupulated by refugees from around the world while documenting their lives...and your own.
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    Poverty's Environmental Impact: Work in urban slums to show the impact of poverty on the ocean and environment.
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    Palestinian Refugees. Spend time photographing the lives of Palestinian refugees living in camps around the country.
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    Shanty Towns. Documenting life in extreme poverty.
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    Modernizing an Ancient Culture. Document how modernization and progress effect an ancient culture in the amazing city of Shanghai.
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    Beggars life. Spend one week documenting the life of homeless or "untouchable" man or woman.
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    Working in Extreme Conditions. This workshop is designed to give higher-level students a chance to experience work under adverse conditions.
  • Vietnam
    Comparing urban and rural poverty. Students spend half the workshop photographing in Saigon and the other half in Chau Doc or another small village.
  • Cambodia
    AIDS Orphans - live in an orphanage and document the lives of one or more children.

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  • Zoriah is an award-winning photojournalist whose work has been featured in some of the world’s most prestigious galleries, museums and publications. Zoriah's clients have included The BBC, Newsweek, The Wall Street Journal, Fortune, ABC News, NPR, Focus and many others. With a background in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Aid, Zoriah specializes in documenting human crises in developing countries. His vitae not only lists photographic achievements and study, but also the in-depth training and experience necessary for working under extreme conditions in some of the world's harshest environments
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Nothing like the internet to bring out the children with behavior problems. David, your parents should be ashamed of you.

What is wrong with some of these commenters.. this is looking more like youtube-comments, than anything else.

I think your work is amazing and would be attending this if I could.
I'll pass a link to this on to some friends.

You have no regard for humans. You were the one who showed dead U.S. Marines in Iraq. Why don't you get a life and let the real photojournalists document Haiti.

I think you are a model human Zoriah, a one of a kind. Nobody else puts themselves in the face of the truth like you do. You are the only TRUE photojournalist the world has. Thank you for risking your identity for the sake of truth, change, and graciousness. You are a the BEST there is. All these negative comments above, and I'm sure below after mine, come from ignorant uneducated people. Keep following your heart, it will always bring you joy. Your heart is the only voice you need to be listening to.

I think this is a great opportunity to learn photojournalism with real hard events. As photographers, we have the gift of capturing moments and documenting them to the world. Without photographers, the world wouldn't know what is really going on. I myself have been wanting to go to Haiti to photograph what is going, to witness the horror through my camera.

wow, I can't believe the things people are saying. First of all, unless you know someones motives you can't judge. If the motives are to truly help the people (even if it wasn't thought through very deeply) then what's wrong with it. second of all, There is not one photojournalist I know who hasn't been accused of exploiting tragedy at one point in their career or another. all that being said I don't think it's a great idea to bring a bunch of people who dont know what they are doing into a situation where they should be extremely sensitive.

This is great (not). Obviously what the Haitians need now are more pictures of suffering and disaster - that will get them back on their feet in no time!

If you can afford to fly there, you can afford to help. A lot.

It's nice to see your friend "Betheny" chime in that: "You are the only TRUE photojournalist the world has." That's a pretty ballsy statement.

Let me ask, what kind of photojournalist asks for donations to "support independent photojournalism". My educated guess, with more than 25 years of published experience, is that perhaps your work is mediocre, at best. In the old days, photojournalists earned their keep by producing quality, story-telling work that magazines and news outlets ASSIGNED them to shoot, and not on spec.

You come across as a glory hound and a narcissist. I had never heard of you until a colleague emailed me this link. Someone of your limited experience and name recognition should learn to humble up and let your pictures do the talking.

You have a lot of passion and I do wish you luck.

You should be ashamed of yourself for hosting a workshop at a nation in dire need right now.

If you were a truly wanted to help, you would donate 100% of your profits to help out the people of Haiti.

You should've been capitalizing on disaster photography from earlier on in the millennium. Imagine how much money you could've raked in if you did a workshop inside ground zero of WTC... Then Katrina... Sheesh, my head is spinning with all the disasters you missed out on! Hell, why doesn't anyone else do it? Oh right.. because they have COMPASSION over arrogance.

Thank you, for showing us how low a person can go.
You are a sad predator.
You are the ultimate glory hound. Shame on you and all those like you.

Haiti and Iraq are NOT tourist zones for the morale bankrupt like you.

I do not live in blog land, like so many these days. So this is first time I ever wrote to something like this.

Been a magazine photojournalist for 20+ years, covered numerous conflicts, never heard of you or seen your work before. Nothing exceptional or memorable. Everyone has the right to try to be a photojournalist. But pretending to be real one and sell workshops etc for the uneducated general public is ethically bankrupt.

To make sure I was not too busy making images and doing real stories, and had missed something important or someone ... asked a few editors I work for and fellow professional photographers and none have ever heard of you.
Now that we have we are DISGUSTED.

There is nothing brave about being a self serving ego manic.
The story is not about you. The story is about the people. Show respect.
Truth is not something, you even have a clue about.
Not something you sell. Doubt any or us real journalists commenting on your farce, will make a dent.

To each there own, you have the right to do whatever.
Please go back to your country club life, ours is a serious job.
Have to go wash my hands, I feel dirty, just being on your blog.

Photomercenary.

Ridiculous. Unprofessional. Unethical.

You are a parasitical opportunist--plain and simple, and a disgrace to the profession.

From under which rock, exactly, did you crawl, Mr. Zoriah -- and how can we send you back there?

Zoriah I think you are AWESOME with a capital 'F'. I mean, the fact that you would take time out of your busy day covering catastrophe to show people around and help them learn how to take pictures of people's suffering is just wonderful. You are truly an inspiration.

--Your Mom

The next time I read in the paper or see on T.V. that a "journalist" (and in your case, I use the term VERY LIGHTLY) has been either taken hostage or--better yet--killed while covering a hot spot or disaster zone, I'm hoping to see/hear your name and see your self-righteous smug-ass mug shot.

Wow, all these haters are giving me indigestion. On the other hand, when I first read Zoriah's workshop invitation in earthquake-ravaged Haiti,I was also perturbed by it.

I think Zoriah would do better to just realize his enthusiasm and passion may have gotten the better of his sense of propriety and judgement on this one.


Fiendish idea. No class, no care, no consideration.

You have the chutzpah to call yourself a "photojournalist?" What's even more despicable is the way you try to rationalize your blatantly crass, opportunistic and exploitative actions. Maybe some stars-in-their-eyes rookie shooters might think "Zoriah's way" is the way to go, but they'd have multitudes to learn. The profession and the word definitely doesn't need more Zoriahs. Man--now I think I need to go take another shower after visiting your site.

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You're a tool man.

If people can afford their own airfare, buy a tent, supplies and pay you 4k, then they should take ALL that money and DONATE it directly to helping Haitians not padding your dirty pockets. Your workshop has a very strong "ick" factor written all over it. Shame on you.

There is nothing about this plan that is useful, ethical, moral, or even contains common sense. This is totally based in greed, selfishness and serves no one but those with the sickest intent. Shame on you man, to call yourself a human being, let alone a photographer.

You will put yourself and others at dangerous risk and open yourself up to an awesome buffet of litigation for injuries and even death you may bring to your simple-minded participants.

Patrick Murphy-Racey
Knoxville Tennessee
10 Haiti Mission trips since 2004

Oh good lord,

Now we have a missionary chiming in, yea 10 mission trips and what the fuck have you accomplished in those 10 trips. Absolutely nothing, aside from harvesting souls for the lord. Yea thats what the Haitian people need, more fucking rhetoric, that puts food in their bellies and roofs over their heads.

I love how a bunch of white, middle class, over zealous morons think they know what is and isn't exploiting the people of Haiti, if you ask the Haitian people I think they would point to missionaries as those who exploit the most. Not only in Haiti, but in every developing country where missionaries go to harvest souls for the lord. you come in, and forcibly impress you belief system and ideals on people who want nothing more than to eat and provide good lives for their families.

Missionaries are the people who should bear the brunt of this criticism. You do no people any good, you consistently divide the nations you visit, and leave in your wake a trail of destruction and turmoil.

I've recently returned from 3 weeks in Haiti, for British Newspapers.
Victims of disasters like this need to handled with compassion and dignity.
They don't need a group of photographers looking for 'photo ops' for the hell of it.

Sure I got paid to go there, but after 15 years in the industry I believe I can show the respect and dignity to these victims.

Not sure a workshop of photographers would do the same.

The challenge in news photography is not producing great images from tragic disasters, but producing great images from mundane events...Thats the real challenge.

Nick Stern


haha these commenters are INSANE! BONKERS! Holier than thou much? Sour grapes much?

I really sorry about all the people who lost someone in this horrible incident, I don't wanna think about the pain of lost anyone in something like this, besides I can't take pictures after a situation like that.

This suddenly care because a disaster happened, something absolutely horrible happened to poor people that didn't need anymore damage. We care because we're human beings, we have hearts to care...

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this is a great post and thank you for sharing this nice experience,and hope you can give another posts as soon as possible.

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This is a great post and I think this is a great opportunity to learn photojournalism with real hard events. As photographers, we have the gift of capturing moments and documenting them to the world. Thanks for share it.

just here to pray for blessings.


We live in the Age of Bullshit.

It's nice of you to start this initiative.

I support you to offer a special small group workshop in Haiti focused on photographing the aftermath of the earthquake, its great!

Alas!!! I finally have somebody who has written just the way I think. Though a bad luck that I cannot write equally well like you, but you did it on my behalf and I am thankful of you to have understood the problem and written on as there are as many of people who undergo the torture just like me.

guy, i always pay attention to your blog. i like to read your articles, and we share some the same view.

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Too good man! Thanks for sharing these with the world. This is a must see and must watch piece of work which I would definitely recommend to my friends. Keep on posting such delightful work. You made my day buddy…

I am amazed by your talent! Your photos do not only reflect war, sadness or fear... But also hope! They are sometimes hard to watch but at the same time beautiful. Thank you for sharing this and thank you for being the strong person you are! You make us, and we definitely need it, face reality and be grateful for what we have!

I so agree with you on the points you stated here! I really loved this post, Thanks!

Ridiculous!!Too bad..I will pray for these people.

Fantabulous, this is an interesting stuff, definitely worth my time. I think you have done a great lot of research. Great buddy… some of the details you have shared is not their on any site. I think… you should continue working and sharing such amazing stuff!!!

With great pleasure I read your blog. The information is very interesting. my gratitude to you.

Thanks for this one.:)

I don't know what to say.. I am amazed by your talent.. it's true. but for this... Just my best regards take care..
I still don't like the idea...

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Exciting, right? But wait! This is a special workshop coping with the most intense disaster currently available, really Haiti earthquake was a disaster

I think your work is amazing and would be attending this if I could.I'll pass a link to this on to some friends... :) Best regards

I would like to thank you for sharing this great information with us. I am really glad to learn about this because it helps me to increase my knowledge.

hmm,..You have no regard for humans. You were the one who showed dead U.S. Marines in Iraq. Why don't you get a life and let the real photojournalists document Haiti.All the best

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