Photojournalism Faculty

Jasper Colt

Jasper came to photojournalism late in life, but approached it with the passion of someone who had never before considered that you could do what you love for a living.

Frank DiPerna

Professor DiPerna started the BFA program in Photography at the Corcoran in the 1970s, and served for many years as the department chair.

Bill Douthitt

Bill Douthitt is Photography Managing Editor for Science magazine, the flagship publication of the American Association for Advancement of Science.

Todd Forsgren

Todd Forsgren uses photography to examine themes of ecology, environmentalism, and perceptions of landscape while striving to strike a balance between art history and natural history.

Michelle Frankfurter

Born in Jerusalem, Israel, Michelle Frankfurter is a documentary photographer from Takoma Park, MD.

Neva Grant

For most of her professional life, Professor Grant has worked at NPR as a producer, editor and reporter.

Avi Gupta

Avi Gupta works as Director of Photography for U.S. News & World Report where he has over 15 years of experience.

Karen Kasmauski

After college, Kasmauski volunteered in the rural regions of Appalachia working on health and education issues.

Jim Mole, a painter and sculptor by training, is a versatile, deeply knowledgeable Internet strategist and usability advocate with more than twenty-five years of experience in advertising, marketing, web design and development.

Astrid Riecken

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.

Manuel Roig-Franzia

Professor Roig-Franzia was born in Spain and grew up in Northern California. He got his start in newspapers at The Times-Picayune of New Orleans, where he not only learned how to write fast and report deeply, but also how to make a mean gumbo.

Susan Sterner

Susan Sterner started her career as a photojournalist freelancing with national and international publications while based in New Orleans, La.

Holly Yeager

Holly Yeager was the Middle East and Asia Editor at The Washington Post, and also covered lobbying for the paper as a member of the national staff.