Photojournalism Faculty
Assistant Professor, Photojournalism Undergraduate Advisor, B.A. & B.F.A. in Photojournalism
Matt Eich is a photographic essayist working on long-form projects related to memory, family, community, and the American condition. Matt was an Artist-in-Residence at Light Work in 2013, and at a Robert Rauschenberg Residency in 2019.
Professorial Lecturer, Photojournalism/Digital Media, Studio Arts Program
Steve Elfers has been a visual journalist for 30 years and has covered military conflict in Iraq, Afghanistan, Bosnia, Kosovo, and Somalia. Read More
Professorial Lecturer, Photojournalism, Studio Arts Program
Born in Jerusalem, Israel, Michelle Frankfurter is a documentary photographer from Takoma Park, MD.Read More
Program Head, Studio Arts Professor, Photography
Professor Kessmann's photographs–alternately made with scanners, cameras, camera-less darkroom processes, and most recently, screenshots from computer monitors–comment on image-making technologies and contemporary consumer culture. Professor Kessmann teaches at the undergraduate and graduate levels.Read More
Professorial Lecturer, Fine Arts
Richard Leiby is a longtime editor and writer at The Washington Post. He has reported from various conflict zones, including Gaza, Afghanistan and Iraq.Read More
Professional Lecturer, New Media Photojournalism, Studio Arts Program
Lavanya Ramanathan is a senior editor at Vox and former longtime features reporter covering race, youth culture, and the zeitgeist at the Washington Post. Read More
Professional Lecturer, Photojournalism, Studio Arts Program
Astrid Riecken is an award-wining documentary and fine-art photographer, based in Washington, D.C., and New York City. Riecken started her photographic career in her native Hamburg, Germany.Read More
Associate Professor, Art and Design Director of Graduate Studies, New Media Photojournalism
Susan Sterner started her career as a photojournalist freelancing with national and international publications while based in New Orleans, La. She worked for the Associated Press as a staff photographer, based in Mississippi and California. With the AP she covered domestic issues such as immigration, child labor and families in poverty as well as U.S. border issues and social change in Haiti. Read More
Professorial Lecturer, Photography & Photojournalism, Studio Arts Program
Benjamin C Tankersley is a fine art and commercial/editorial photographer who is a regular contributor to The Washington Post as well as additional local and national publications.