May 2nd, Friday, 10am (be there by 9.15am) National Geographic Live presentation by Jody Cobb at Broad Stage in Santa Monica

If you have a middle schooler or a high schooler interested in photography, photo-journalism, or just travelling the world with a curious mind, this live presentation by renowned photojournalist Jodi Cobb is for you and your student.  Please join my educational group if you are able to arrive at the Broad Stage in Santa Monica by 9.15am on Friday, May 2nd, 2014 for the 10am performance as we will enter as a group.  Free parking is available and you will need print out a permission form to join this fieldtrip which I will email you when you RSVP with your name, cell contact, and the name and grade of your student.  This performance with many photos to illustrate her stories from her long career will be an inspiration to budding photographers, photojournalists, journalists and anthropologist :)  Please note that I have been assured that middle-schoolers are welcome to this performance.

For a brief preview of her voice and style of presentation, you can hear Jodi Cobb in this brief discussion of a geisha photo at this link:

http://events.nationalgeographic.com/events/speakers-bureau/speaker/jodi-cobb/

If you cannot come to this live performance, here's a link to an insightful interview given by Jodi Cobb with the Photo Society which deals with the technical as well as the business side of being a photo-journalist and story telling with photos:

http://thephotosociety.org/blog/interview-with-jodi-cobb-national-geographic-photographer/

This is one of many photos by photo-journalist Jodi Cobb.  If you can come, please RSVP by emailing me ASAP at reallykf@gmail.com and please note again that you will need to give permission to your child to see this live performance and I will email you the permission form promptly.

Date:  Friday, May 2nd, 2014 - please meet at 9.15am for check-in for this 10am matinee performance.
Venue:  The Broad Stage, 1310 11th Street, Santa Monica
Free parking

National Geographic Live

Stranger in a Strange Land

Jodi Cobb - Photographer

Join veteran National Geographic photographer Jodi Cobb on a whirlwind retrospective of a distinguished career that has spanned four decades. Known for breaking through barriers and going undercover to reveal hidden societies, Cobb has captured fascinating glimpses of worlds such as Japan’s secret Geisha culture, and the cloistered lives of Saudi Arabian women. Her landmark story “21st Century Slavery” exposed a wide range of human trafficking, generating more reader accolades than any other story up to that point in the Geographic’s history. Travel with this inspiring woman as she chronicles her public—and private—path from young photojournalist to world-renowned photographer. 

To read more about Jody Cobb, check out this links:

http://www.jodicobb.com/index.php#mi=1&pt=0&pi=2&s=0&p=0&a=0&at=0

to see some of her amazing photos on various subject matters.

https://events.nationalgeographic.com/events/speakers/2014/05/12/stranger-tor1/

has the following photo and text:

“There are stories everywhere—in your own house, your backyard, your town. You need to find out what you’re interested in, what you’re passionate about, what you want to change, celebrate, illuminate, interpret. It’s right there.”—Jodi Cobb

By nature curious and adventurous, Jodi Cobb has had a career that has taken her to over sixty countries in search of the raw humanity in some of the world’s most complex, impenetrable environments.

As a photojournalism student in the 60s, Cobb recorded American counter-culture, including some of rock & roll’s biggest names—Bruce Springsteen and Grace Slick among them—at pivotal points in their careers. Her first documentary project covering a commune in the Ozark hills garnered numerous awards, establishing her as a new young star of the photographic world. In the mid-70s, Cobb left newspapers to join National Geographic magazine—its first female photographer in what was then very much a boys’ club. She would go on to shoot some of the most pivotal stories in the magazine’s history, including the shocking and poignant “21st Century Slavery,” exposing a wide range of human trafficking, child, and slave labor.

Known for breaking through barriers and going undercover to reveal hidden societies, Cobb has brought to light fascinating glimpses into Japan’s secret Geisha culture and the cloistered lives of Saudi Arabian women. Whether using her camera to capture the experience of being a twin, exploring what is considered “beautiful,” or depicting the phenomenon of love, Cobb takes on challenging photographic assignments and invites us into her inquiring and adventurous life’s work.

Featured as one of National Geographic’s Women of Vision in a recent book and exhibition, Jodi Cobb takes audiences on a moving and at times humorous journey. Travel with her as she chronicles her public—and private—path from young photojournalist to world-renowned photographer.

Recommended for grades 9–12. Curriculum connections: Social Studies, Global Studies, Human Cultures, Women’s Studies, Anthropology, Geography, Photography. Open to middle schoolers too.

If you wish to register to attend this free performance on your own, here is the link to do so:

http://events.nationalgeographic.com/events/special-events/2014/05/02/stranger-student-la/