A space for learning, creating, and connecting through photography
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Realtime, live, and interactive small‑group photography classes, with students participating from around the world.
featured programs
Manhattan’s Lower East Side and Chinatown: In‑Person Weekend Workshop NYC
Oct 17–19, 2025 [read more]
photo: Lewis Rothman
Oct 17–19, 2025 [read more]
photo: Lewis Rothman
Miss the live book release event? Watch the video on our Youtube channel: The Synthetic Eye: Photography Transformed in the Age of AI with Fred Ritchin and Brian Palmer [more info]
The Photobook Show with Stefan Frank is a series of free talks that looks at recent (and not-so-recent) photobooks and how they advance the medium. [more info]
Subscribe to StrudelmediaLive’s YouTube channel for recordings of photo talks, books and zines by our students, and more!
coming soon
Photo Classes
Mini-Workshop
Making Portraits Anywhere
Sun, Sept 21, 2025, 12–2pm (ET)
Online Class
Image / Word / Object: Photography + Writing
6 Mondays start Sept 29, 2025
Online Class
Reorienting the Landscape
5 Saturdays start Oct 4, 2025
Mini-Workshop
Looking Inward: Photographing Family
Sun, Oct 12, 2025, 1–2pm (ET)
StrudelmediaLive Community Weekend in New York City
Manhattan’s Lower East Side and Chinatown: In‑Person Weekend Workshop NYC
4 start Oct 17, 2025
What our students say about our teachers
I wanted to say thank you for your wonderful classes. I knew I was going to enjoy it but didn’t realise how much. Your feedback and the open conversations with the other students was so insightful, it exceeded my expectations, hence I was happy to stay up til 2am!!
—Silvana (Australia)
I have taken photography classes at most of the renowned schools and organizations in the US, but none are better than those taught by Kai McBride of StrudelmediaLive. He is an incredibly intelligent and gifted educator who goes out of his way to make every class a memorable experience filled with ‘aha’ moments. Kai has talent galore. Don’t miss his courses!
—Patricia (Bronx, NY)
I wanted to thank you again for sharing your wisdom and your insightful thoughts with me these past ten weeks. I really enjoyed the structure you created for the class. It was also such a nice group of people — everyone was very supportive.
—Karyn (New York City)
The class was a deep dive from our personal images and into ourselves and back again! I loved the class and I think all of the participants in this really incredible group did as well…. Teaching a course that involves individual needs as well as the personal creative process is delicate and really requires a great deal of understanding and flexibility; I thought Carlos was extremely sensitive in his approach, and I felt extremely fulfilled and self-aware by the last week of class.
—Glen (Toronto)
