Various Still Photography Work & Experiences

This gallery contains a collection of images featuring student work and behind-the-scenes photos of experiential learning moments.

Students work on site to photograph sculptures created by a classmate.

Students meet with Magnum photographers Alec Soth and Jim Goldberg before heading out to assist on a project that would culminate with an exhibit at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.

Behind-the-scenes of student installation of final projects from a documentary photo class. The pop-up exhibit and final critique occurred in the gallery of a local arts non-profit and remained on display for a month.

Students pose with Bobby Rush after recording an interview while documenting a community concert at GRAMMY Museum Mississippi.

Screen+Shot+2021-01-27+at+4.15.48+PM.jpg

Behind-the-scenes of student installation of final projects from The Malvina Project, a semester-long examination of a rural community in the Mississippi Delta. Students explored large format cameras and on-location portrait lighting techniques, while learning about this once vibrant area that now has only eight residents. The general public was invited to the pop-up exhibit and final critique where part of each student’s final assignment was to give a short presentation about their experience.

Close-up of a wall of polaroids created as part of a semester-long project titled A Portrait for a Story. Student’s would set up in the patio outside the art department and use large format cameras to create polaroid portraits of campus members in exchange for a story from that person. One polaroid was given to the subject, one went on the wall, and the student photographer and subject each kept the memory of the story.

Behind-the-scenes photo of students loading up for a class trip to document an event in Vicksburg, Mississippi.

Live Music Production

This was a course I developed per the request of the chair of the art department at Delta State University. He wanted an elective that would be fun for the students, offer extensive hands-on experiential learning, and create a splash where the art department would be highly visible in the local community. I came up with a plan to record shows in public venues with local musicians and the students would serve as crew and production.

Edited by Jonesha Keller

Photojournalism & Multimedia Storytelling

While teaching an intro course that was required for all journalism and new media majors and the University of Mississippi, we were meeting in-person once a week and supplementing that with online critiques and discussion. I utilized Medium as a platform for students to share work.

Screen+Shot+2021-01-27+at+4.04.11+PM.jpg

Screen+Shot+2021-01-27+at+4.04.27+PM.jpg

The Most Southern Place on Earth

This short clips were created by Robertson Scholar students from Duke University and the University of North Carolina. I served as mentor and instructor in helping them learn how to document the week-long workshops.

Follow workshop participant Laura Silver through her lunch at the Senator's Place, a restaurant in Cleveland, MS

Watch workshop participants Bobby Harley and Ben Bacon perform a song they wrote in reflection of the movie "Lalee's Kin"

View All Student Created Media from the Workshops