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On this episode of 10 Frames Per Second, we sit down with author, educator, and photography critic Fred Ritchin to explore the future of photojournalism and his book, The Synthetic Eye.
From the history of image manipulation to the rise of synthetic imagery, Fred examines how technology is changing the way we create, interpret, and believe what we see. They discuss the responsibilities of photographers and newsrooms, the need for transparent labeling, and why visual literacy matters as the line between real and fabricated becomes harder to distinguish.
Through it all, the conversation returns to the power of a still photograph to connect us, document our world, and inspire action.
🎙️ This conversation was too good for just one episode! Listen to Part 1 now, and catch Part 2 this Thursday. #10framespersecond #thesyntheticeye #documentaryphotography #visualliteracy #photographypodcast
03 Nov 2026
🎙️ In the latest episode of 'The War We See' I had the absolute pleasure of speaking with the brilliant @fredritchin, whose pioneering work has continuously challenged how we think about photography and its possibilities.
At a time when debates about AI-generated imagery, misinformation, and the credibility of photographs seem to be dominated by anxiety about the future, Fred offers a remarkably refreshing perspective: what if we used these technological developments to rethink what photography can actually achieve? What kinds of images might encourage curiosity about our world and deepen our understanding of one another?
We explore Fred's experiences as a picture editor at ‘The New York Times Magazine’, his innovative experiments with digital storytelling, and his longstanding argument that photography has yet to fully embrace the creative possibilities offered by new technologies. But perhaps the most inspiring part of our conversation is Fred's call to move beyond photographing war and catastrophe, and begin thinking more seriously about photographing peace.
This was a genuinely fascinating conversation that left me thinking differently about the purpose and future of photography. It was also a deeply hopeful discussion, and one that I hope also affects listeners in the same way.
(Fred has also inspired me to go down a Palestinian rap rabbit hole, which is as thrilling as it sounds)
🎧 Listen to our conversation on 'The War We See', available now on Spotify (link in bio) and wherever you get your podcasts!
#TheWarWeSee #FredRitchin #WarPhotography #Photojournalism #VisualStorytelling #AIPhotography #PeacePhotography
28 Oct 2026
Congratulations to our teacher Fred Ritchin for receiving a Guggenheim Fellowship in the field of Photography!
@fredritchin @guggfellows
Fred Ritchin is one of the world’s leading experts on visual storytelling, media ethics, photojournalism and the social impact of photography.
Links to classes, talks, scholarships and more: @strudelmedialive
#guggenheimfellow #guggenheimfellowhip #fredritchin #socialjustice #photojournalısm
18 Apr 2026
Alexey Yurenev: Seeing Against Seeing
Conversation with Alexey Yurenev, @teunvdh Teun van der Heijden & Fred Ritchin @fredritchin
April 14, 2026
6–8PM
@printedmatterinc
Join us for a conversation around Seeing Against Seeing, an artist’s book by Alexey Yurenev, created in collaboration with Teun van der Heijden and the Anti-Kriegs-Museum. Yurenev will be joined by van der Heijden and Fred Ritchin, author and Dean Emeritus of the International Center of Photography.
Part of Silent Hero, the project explores how to visualize what cannot be seen—absent archives, repressed memory, and unwitnessed events—through a bespoke AI model trained on WWII imagery. In dialogue with Ernst Friedrich’s War Against War! (1924), the work rethinks photographic evidence, generating images that feel historical yet expose the instability of seeing itself.
Printed using a polymer technique and shown to Red Army centenarian veterans in Brighton Beach, their responses are embedded into the book—layering image, memory, and testimony.
Encased in a hand-welded steel slipcase, Seeing Against Seeing becomes a meditation on vision: what we see, what remains unseen, and how seeing might be turned against itself.
war’s true face as grotesque.
The object is born out of an amalgam of a dissection of an eighties pocket edition of War against War, Yurenev’s polymer prints and the response of the Red Army veterans printed in silver ink on translucent pages. The book block is hand bound and has the appearance of a brick. The object comes in a hand welded iron case that will become rusty over time. The sawing marks on the spine of the book and the welding marks on the iron case appear like scars. The book aims to be a meditation on vision itself: how we see, what remains unseen, and how seeing might be turned against itself.
13 Apr 2026
APPLY NOW — only 1 spot left!
Masterclass 2 with Fred Ritchin:
“Advancing the Personal Project for Social and Individual Change” starts March 25.
@fredritchin
ABOUT MASTERCLASS 2
This project-based class is about how the photographer can conceptualize their work to increase its impact in pursuit of social and individual change. Special attention is given to the selection and sequencing of imagery, the addition of photographs with other media, the ethics of image-making, and a respect for diverse cultural contexts. Includes a private 1-on-1 session!
ABOUT FRED RITCHIN
Dean emeritus of ICP, Fred Ritchin is one of the world’s leading experts on visual storytelling, media ethics, photojournalism and the social impact of photography.
— Masterclass Course 2
“Advancing the Personal Project for Social and Individual Change”
WHEN: Wed, March 25–April 29, 2026
Enrollment is by application.
LINK TO MASTERCLASSES in bio: @StrudelmediaLive
#mediaethics #documentaryphotography #visualstorytelling #socialjustice #photojournalism
03 Mar 2026
APPLY NOW: Masterclass 2 with Fred Ritchin:
“Advancing the Personal Project for Social and Individual Change”
Starts March 25.
@fredritchin
ABOUT MASTERCLASS 2
This project-based class is about how the photographer can conceptualize their work to increase its impact in pursuit of social and individual change. Special attention is given to the selection and sequencing of imagery, the addition of photographs with other media, the ethics of image-making, and a respect for diverse cultural contexts. Includes a private 1-on-1 session!
ABOUT FRED RITCHIN
Dean emeritus of ICP, Fred Ritchin is one of the world’s leading experts on visual storytelling, media ethics, photojournalism and the social impact of photography.
— Masterclass Course 2
“Advancing the Personal Project for Social and Individual Change”
WHEN: Wed, March 25–April 29, 2026
Enrollment is by application.
LINK TO MASTERCLASSES in bio: @StrudelmediaLive
#mediaethics #documentaryphotography #visualstorytelling #socialjustice #photojournalism
13 Feb 2026
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March 6, 9 - 1 pm
Imaging after Photography Symposium
Free with Registration, see profile link
Inspired by the spring exhibition, this half day event presents artists, authors, and scholars, at the vanguard of AI, creativity, and ethics. See the complete program at moody.rice.edu
Join us to hear from:
K Allado-McDowell (@kalladomcdowell)
Rashed Haq (@rashedhaq )
Ricardo Ferreira
Nouf Aljowaysir (@nouf.py )
Sofia Crespo (@sofiacrespo )
Noam M. Elcott (@noamelcott )
Nora N. Khan (@prometheanwatch )
Kai-Luen Liang
Fred Ritchin (@fredritchin )
#riceuniversity #aiandhumanity #houstonart
Photo credits: K Allado-McDowell (photo: Ian Byers-Gamber), Nora N. Khan (photo: Alexa Viscius), Kai-Luen Liang, Rashed Haq, Rodrigo Ferreira, Sofia Crepso (photo: Filipa Aurélio), Nouf Aljowaysir (photo:Frank Hernandez), Noam Elcott, Fred Ritchin (photo: Joshua Irwandi).
11 Feb 2026
We are pleased to invite you to the next edition of Living Room, an alumni initiative at the International Center of Photography.
Join us online on Thursday, January 29 at 2 PM EST for an afternoon of connection and inspiration. RSVP is required. Register today to save your spot.
About the Event:
What is the contemporary culture of Iran? Who are its people? The media is filled with graphic images, yet we know little of Iranian society today. This panel discussion with two ICP alumni, all with intimate knowledge of Iran, will show photography projects and discuss films that explore Iran’s diverse populations. The panel will also examine pivotal imagery from the 1979 Iranian revolution, and photographs and videos emerging from Iran today. What do we see? What is being left out? And, importantly, what might the future hold?
Panelists include @mandana.mahdavi Mahdavi (DOC Online ’21; DOC ’22) and @zahra.mirmalek Zahra Mirmalek (DOC ’22), moderated by Fred Ritchin @fredritchin
RSVP is required via link in bio
26 Jan 2026
APPLY NOW: Social justice photography class with Fred Ritchin — only a few spots left for Masterclass 1! @fredritchin
ABOUT THE MASTERCLASS
This class aims to encourage, stimulate, and educate image-makers toward creating imagery that engages people and impacts society, provoking discussion and possibly even change.
Enrollment is by application.
Limited full and partial scholarships available.
— Masterclass Course 1
“Innovative Strategies for Exploring the Human Condition”
WHEN: Wed, Feb 11–March 11, 2026
ABOUT: this course will engage students to enlarge their vision and produce their own innovative work. We’ll look at and analyze a variety of media produced worldwide both on paper (magazines, books, zines) and online. A very timely class.
— Masterclass Course 2
“Advancing the Personal Project for Social and Individual Change”
WHEN: Wed, March 25–April 29, 2026
ABOUT: this class will guide students on an exploration of how to cultivate the photographer’s voice as author, with special attention given to the selection and sequencing of imagery, the addition of photographs with other media, the ethics of image-making, and a respect for diverse cultural contexts. Includes a private 1-on-1 session.
LINK TO MASTERCLASSES in bio: @StrudelmediaLive
#documentaryphotography #visualstorytelling #socialjustice #photojournalism #fredritchin
23 Jan 2026
Social justice photography classes with Fred Ritchin starting soon!
@fredritchin
ABOUT THE MASTERCLASSES
These two courses aim to encourage, stimulate, and educate image-makers toward creating imagery that engages people and impacts society, provoking discussion and possibly even change.
Enrollment is by application.
Limited full and partial scholarships available.
— Masterclass Course 1
“Innovative Strategies for Exploring the Human Condition”
WHEN: Wed, Feb 11–March 11, 2026
ABOUT: this course will engage students to enlarge their vision and produce their own innovative work. We’ll look at and analyze a variety of media produced worldwide both on paper (magazines, books, zines) and online. A very timely class.
— Masterclass Course 2
“Advancing the Personal Project for Social and Individual Change”
WHEN: Wed, March 25–April 29, 2026
ABOUT: this class will guide students on an exploration of how to cultivate the photographer’s voice as author, with special attention given to the selection and sequencing of imagery, the addition of photographs with other media, the ethics of image-making, and a respect for diverse cultural contexts. Includes a private 1-on-1 session.
LINK TO MASTERCLASSES in bio: @StrudelmediaLive
#documentaryphotography #visualstorytelling #socialjusticeart #photojournalism #fredritchin
12 Jan 2026
3rd lecture with Fred Ritchin: Thu, Dec. 18 at 1pm ET.
Join us for the last lecture in our 3-part lecture series with Fred Ritchin:
“Impactful Imagery in the Age of AI” @fredritchin
Thu, Dec 18, 2025, 1–3pm (ET) on Zoom
LINK IN BIO: @strudelmedialive
About this lecture:
“Impactful Imagery in the Age of AI”
How is it possible to still preserve the credibility of photography in an age of “fake news,” “post-truth,” and artificial intelligence? Are new labels necessary to differentiate various kinds of imagery as well as a new vocabulary to reinforce the differences between non-fiction and fiction photography? Is it still possible to make iconic images that will be emblematic of an issue when there is no longer a “front page” to highlight what is happening in the world? If not, then what can one do to focus society’s attention on certain issues?
Open to all by donation — suggested donation $10 — with proceeds going to the Committee to Protect Journalists, a nonprofit organization that promotes press freedom worldwide. @committeetoprotectjournalists
NEW CLASSES: study with Fred Ritchin!
Starting in February, we’re offering two 5-week Masterclasses — an opportunity for image-makers to work closely with Fred Ritchin in a small-group setting.
Join us for a free 30-minute info session with Fred Ritchin to learn about these unique Masterclass courses and to ask questions — right after the lecture.
— Masterclass Course 1
“Innovative Strategies for Exploring the Human Condition”
Wed, Feb 11–March 11, 2026
— Masterclass Course 2
“Advancing the Personal Project for Social and Individual Change”
Wed, March 25–April 29, 2026
LINK IN BIO: @strudelmedialive
#strudelmedia #strudelmedialive #fredritchin #lectureseries #TheSyntheticEye #cpj #ethicsandai #ageofai #photographylecture #photographymasterclass #committeetoprotectjournalists #socialjustice #imagemakers #documentaryphotography #newmedia #photojournalısm
16 Dec 2025
INFO SESSION: new 5-week Masterclasses on image-making and social justice! @fredritchin
Join us for a free 30-minute info session with Fred Ritchin to learn about these unique courses and to ask questions.
WHEN: Tue, Dec 16 at 11am ET (on Zoom)
RSVP in bio @strudelmedialive
ABOUT THE MASTERCLASSES
These two courses aim to encourage, stimulate, and educate image-makers toward creating various kinds of imagery that engages people and impacts society, provoking discussion and possibly even change.
Enrollment is by application (deadline: Jan 5, 2026).
Earlybird Discount: 10% off if you submit your application by Dec 22.
Limited scholarships are available.
— Masterclass Course 1
“Innovative Strategies for Exploring the Human Condition”
WHEN: Wed, Feb 11–March 11, 2026
DESCRIPTION in bio @strudelmedialive
— Masterclass Course 2
“Advancing the Personal Project for Social and Individual Change”
WHEN: Wed, March 25–April 29, 2026
DESCRIPTION in bio @strudelmedialive
INFO in bio: @StrudelmediaLive
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12 Dec 2025
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