"Truth with a camera." The workshop motto was written by the MPW faculty in May 1959. When the late Clifton C. Ideally truth is a matter of personal integrity.
The roots of the Missouri Photo Workshop are embedded firmly in six decades of rich tradition; current workshops carry principals present from the beginning. Edom of the Missouri School of Journalism founded the Missouri Photo Workshop in 1949, he too, looked to the past to map the path for photojournalism's future. Inspired by the gritty, content-rich photographs of the documentary photo unit of
03/26/2026
The Missouri Photo Workshop is accepting applications for the 78th workshop. MPW will run from Sept. 20 - 26, 2026, in Maryville, Missouri. Spread the news! This workshop is for all photographers and photojournalists who want to learn how to find and photograph important documentary photo stories. Go to the workshop’s APPLY page at missouriphotoworkshop.org
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03/10/2025
The application page is open! Apply by April 5, 2025. www.missouriphotoworkshop.org. (About this photo: Thousands saw photos from the MPW archive when the "Small Towns, Big Stories" exhibit was in the State Historical Society of Missouri last year. This photo from Washington, Missouri, was one of the 121 photos on display. SHSMO assistant director of education Beth Pike has roots in Washington and learned more about this photo taken in 1972 at MPW24 by Phyllis Fernandez Romero, who was then a freelance photographer in New York City. "The Remillard children, Lynn, Tim, Laurie and Linda, wait for a school bus on the corner of Sixth and Wilson as the youngest sibling, Luann, peeks out of a window in the family’s home. The children’s uniforms met the standard dress code at Our Lady of Lourdes. Photographing daily life in a small town encouraged photographers to make meaningful pictures out of ordinary situations. Participation in the workshop often came from word-of-mouth recommendations, and that participation changed the visual culture at many newspapers.") Today, photographers and documentarians come to MPW at all stages of their careers. Daily news photographers are part of the mix which includes freelancers, photo editors, conservation photographers, non-profit photographers, etc. If you care about the process of finding, pitching and photographing an intimate picture story, we're here for you in Missouri.